What is 10x better than Calendly? • Hacker News Board

Re: What is 10x better than Calendly?

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Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, Dec 25, 2023, 11:48 PM UTC

samsamlh wrote: post #17

quickthrower2 wrote: post #4

The real question is "what is calendly lacking for {user group}". For me, as a casual user, I would love the calendly type experience to be integrated with the video call. So you send a link, arrange the time, and then the same link takes me onto that call (no separate teams/zoom logging in etc.)

Very specific need, I would handle this by popping up a button when the meeting time approach to "join meeting" in a fast fashion when it's time. That's still 2 clicks away from the call starting from your inbox but at least you don't search among text and other links

It is not really a need. More a desire! It is about a smooth experience, as soon as you link me to Zoom or Teams, I need to put up with their crap UX. For Zoom, that usually means an update just before the meeting (I join meetings 5 minutes earlier if I need to use Zoom), and for Teams, that is 10-15 minutes of testing, reinstalling, rebooting, practicing how to use it etc. Teams at work is probably OK, but teams for a job interview is terrifying.

Re: What is 10x better than Calendly?

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Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, Dec 25, 2023, 11:50 PM UTC

seanwbren wrote: post #9

quickthrower2 wrote: post #4

The real question is "what is calendly lacking for {user group}". For me, as a casual user, I would love the calendly type experience to be integrated with the video call. So you send a link, arrange the time, and then the same link takes me onto that call (no separate teams/zoom logging in etc.)

cal.com does exactly this

I think there will be an X does this for most things people suggest - there are a lot of calendar type apps out there.

Re: What is 10x better than Calendly?

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Post by samsamlh » Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 8:30 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #21

samsamlh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very specific need, I would handle this by popping up a button when the meeting time approach to "join meeting" in a fast fashion when it's time. That's still 2 clicks away from the call starting from your inbox but at least you don't search among text and other links

It is not really a need. More a desire! It is about a smooth experience, as soon as you link me to Zoom or Teams, I need to put up with their crap UX. For Zoom, that usually means an update just before the meeting (I join meetings 5 minutes earlier if I need to use Zoom), and for Teams, that is 10-15 minutes of testing, reinstalling, rebooting, practicing how to use it etc. Teams at work is probably OK, but teams for…

1 - Would you use a calendar app offering basic web visio conference tied to the event link? 2- Do you expect high quality apps like meet and zoom to also handle calendar links?

Maybe the job interview niche as you pointed out is a good candidate for 1 no matter if the company also uses zoom or teams which is very interesting, I'll expand my investigation in this, it looks like zoom and some other popular service offer web integration so that could be a great combo (w/ calendar app) in term of easiness of implementation and market value

Re: What is 10x better than Calendly?

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Post by arathis » Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 10:34 AM UTC

from-nibly wrote: post #19

miraantabrez wrote: post #14

One problem with calendly is sending links politely without seeming like the other person should bend to your schedule / do the scheduling. So I‘ve usually said something like: “what’s the best time for you? You can also pick a time here if easier:” But maybe there’s a product experience that can solve / prevent this problem.

Who gets offended by someone giving them a calendly link? I get offended when someone wants to do some ridiculous back and forth with me. Just send me a link and I'll pick a time that works for both of us. When you send me a link you are saying that you value my time more than your own. Which is ridiculously courteous.

Hi. Me, I do. A sales person said 'hey let's get coffee'. I agreed. Then they send me a calendy link of 'okay, choose a time and date that I've predefined.' It comes across like I'm working to fit their schedule. Obviously this isn't the way they want to communicate it, but that's how it comes across.