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Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by bschwindHN » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:20 AM UTC

dmvaldman wrote: post #37

the main view is all rendered in a element... wow!

Honestly it was probably way easier (and more performant) to implement it that way. I would hate to wrangle DOM elements and CSS to get it to perform that smoothly and lay out in an expected and consistent way. I think most game developers would likely agree.

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by bpp » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:25 AM UTC

petermolyneux wrote: post #3

Hi all. Just wanted to show you my latest side project (been working on it for a couple of years now). It's a calendar app with a twist. It's developed as a web app, thats wy it could be integrated directly on the landing page. It can also be run on any device directly from http://app.oneviewcalendar.com Instead of the traditional monthview and day view I have used a timeline that is zoomable and scrollable. Give it…

Love the animation that resolves the home icon into the menu icon.

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by bschwindHN » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:28 AM UTC

wtbob wrote: post #2

Really neat idea. I'm sad that the site requires JavaScript, but I don't know how this would work otherwise.

Why are you sad that an interactive calendar app requires JavaScript?

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by elmigranto » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:28 AM UTC

WWKong wrote: post #42

Beautiful. How do you build something like this? Coding language? Stack? Dev environment?

Yes, all of those don't really matter. You just fire up whatever and start building the damn thing.

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by DigitalJack » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:39 AM UTC

Very slick. But something seems wrong with the two finger zoom (or I misunderstand it). It zooms, but it also scrolls a little... so the thing I was looking at will go off screen.

For example if I have Sunday the 10th at the top of the screen, and I two finger scroll/zoom, I'm preplexed why the date at the top shifts to earlier or later dates. This happens both directions. Maybe it's intentional, but it's unexpected (for me). I either want to zoom or scroll, not both.

I hope you take that as constructive. I really like it otherwise :)

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by kome » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:41 AM UTC

copperx wrote: post #39

bikamonki wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terrifying yet inspiring! Must make the best of such short existence :)

I'm not trying to be negative, but I disagree. It's deeply unsettling.

Respice post te. Hominem te memento.

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by pvg » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:46 AM UTC

mediumdeviation wrote: post #17

petermolyneux wrote: post #3

Hi all. Just wanted to show you my latest side project (been working on it for a couple of years now). It's a calendar app with a twist. It's developed as a web app, thats wy it could be integrated directly on the landing page. It can also be run on any device directly from http://app.oneviewcalendar.com Instead of the traditional monthview and day view I have used a timeline that is zoomable and scrollable. Give it…

Wait, are you Peter Molyneux the game designer of Fable fame, or do you just happen to have the same name?

'of Fable fame' is practically blasphemous.

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by cpeterso » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:47 AM UTC

I can't scroll the page using my trackpad on Firefox because the scroll events seem to be captured by the simulated phone and not passed to the page.

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by chris_overseas » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:49 AM UTC

This looks very promising, with a few improvements I can easily see this as my preferred calendar app.

Feedback: Is it possible to selectively enable/disable individual calendars? I have a "birthday" calendar from a large social network that results in multiple birthdays each day completely dominating the calendar. If I can't turn that off, it's virtually unusable for me unfortunately.

I tried to assign up for the Android beta but just received a confirmation email that I'd subscribed, no link to install the app. Is that to be expected?

[Edit: I just received a download link in an additional email. Thanks!]

Re: Show HN: New calendar app idea

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Post by bhtru » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 5:49 AM UTC

pvg wrote: post #57

mediumdeviation wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, are you Peter Molyneux the game designer of Fable fame, or do you just happen to have the same name?

'of Fable fame' is practically blasphemous.

Different generations different games. Not everyone played Populous.