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Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by wushupork » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:23 PM UTC

benihana wrote: post #9

Minor thing: The iPhone on the site with the app shown on the screen - the low battery percentage, the alarm icon, the odd time and the AT&T icon are all kind of distracting to me. I know it has nothing to do with the actual app, but 11:53 is not a pretty number to look at, nor is 23%. The battery icon is over 3/4 empty which instantly causes me a little bit of anxiety - I'm worried that my phone is dying, not lookin…

It's funny how things like this that has nothing to do with the actual app has an effect on your overall impression of the app.

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by jasonwilk » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:25 PM UTC

Nice work. Very cool Product

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by Rudism » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:29 PM UTC

I've actually been using this for several days now. I tried several similar apps before it and think this is by far the most usable. I like it a lot, but have one suggestion: there should be a way to go to a previous day's list view. I often don't get into the app until I'm in bed, which is sometimes after midnight, meaning I've now lost the current day's list and am actually looking at "tomorrow's" list instead. It's then a bit of a pain to go to the calendar view for each item I wanted to cross off an put an x for the previous day.

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by ZanderEarth32 » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:30 PM UTC

Very nice looking app dude. One question, what sets this apart from the Reminders app that comes with iOS already? Not trying to put you out, genuinely interested to see the advantage of your app so that maybe I can switch.

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by 8ig8 » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:31 PM UTC

swombat wrote: post #10

Bought. Looking forward to using it. Edit: Some thoughts: - Reminder probably doesn't need minute-by-minute granularity... 10 minute increments are probably fine and easier to scroll through. - How about a "random time during the day" reminder?

> How about a "random time during the day" reminder?

I'd really like that. In the past, I've set up manual recurring reminders to go off at the same time during the day. When I got used to the reminder schedule, I started ignoring them.

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by pipecork » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:37 PM UTC

Wish it were on Android! This is a great idea that I already use on my physical calendar (a la Seinfeld). I can only see screenshots, but it looks like the font you chose wasn't meant to show statistics, evident in the "Completion Rate" percentage. The relative heights of the numbers and % sign don't parse very well, just a nitpick on my part.

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by followben » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:40 PM UTC

dave1619 wrote: post #12

Love the website design. Who designed it?

Looks like this fella designed the app: http://dribbble.com/scottdunlap

No idea if he did the website though.

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by iamben » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:42 PM UTC

maximegarcia wrote: post #21

nirvana wrote: post #13

Congrats! Building this has long been on my list of "rainy day projects". You've done a much better job of it, though, than I intended. One suggestion- I'd make a setting for letting you change the "Today" font from the handwriting one to a sans-serif one, like the rest of the app uses. I think the handwriting is very pretty and adds good production value, and so I'd keep it in the app, and certainly in the screensho…

I'd love to know what is this handwriting font. Anyone knows ?

dearJoe 2 - http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/joebob/dear-joe-2/regular/

:-)

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by bvi » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:43 PM UTC

tommi wrote: post #29

I have been using https://chains.cc/ which is as far as I know the best web UI for "Don't break the chain" idea. However the lack of mobile app makes it harder to use and therefore I'm giving Habit List a try. Looks great! btw. for me, week starts on Monday.

Pity. I get a "This connection is untrusted" message: http://imgur.com/aBV32

Re: Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

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Post by wattjustin » Sun, May 20, 2012, 5:47 PM UTC

Great app! There's far too many to do list apps that I've used for something like this and Streaks was just okay. This is what I've been wanting. Great job on a great 1.0!

My only question or suggestion, the reminder setup seems odd. If I choose every 3-5 days with a reminder at 6pm, does it remind me randomly, on the 5th day, on the 3rd? Making that a bit clearer or giving the option for choosing which day the reminder will be on would help there.

Other than that, I hope others see the value in building habits like this as I think it's a well implemented way of helping people like me who are quite forgetful.