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Re: Daily.place

#2
Hi everyone!, I want to share my lastest project.

The objective of daily.place is to have within reach of a single page the necessary tools to be able to have a space for concentration. Ambient sounds, pomodoro timer and a to do list.

Everything is saved and available in your browser under a name of your choosing.

- Music list with different ambient modes (rain, forest, lo-fi, coffee shop, etc.)

- Pomodoro timer with short and long pause, fully configurable.

- To-do list with progress bar.

- Light and dark mode.

- Configurable name + daily greeting and current time and date.

Any feedback is welcome! enjoy it!

Re: Daily.place

#4
Ehh... I think it's just okay. It's like a mix of things I might use, but each thing is just okay.

The ambiance sounds are an obvious loop after a few minutes. The coffee shop one was pleasant, but then it goes silent at the end of the track and pulls me out of my focus. Similar story with the lo-fi. A few minutes in and I memorized the loop and felt distracted by it.

I don't need a todo app. Anything work related goes on github issues/projects and anything personal goes in my e-mail inbox.

The Pomodoro was my favorite feature. I like the simple ding when a session is over. I might use it again, but do I open daily.place or do I go to a website more focused on delivering the best possible pomodoro timer?

Do I really need another website to visit on a regular basis? Isn't the best interface no interface?

"Do one thing well and work well with others." <-- not Daily.place

Re: Daily.place

#7
I suppose it's fine if a lot of people like it, but if anything it shows how little desktop environments have advanced/bloomed, and how deeply cargo-culted that whole space is.

This should be trivially easy to implement without visiting the web.

Re: Daily.place

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post #7

I suppose it's fine if a lot of people like it, but if anything it shows how little desktop environments have advanced/bloomed, and how deeply cargo-culted that whole space is. This should be trivially easy to implement without visiting the web.

> it shows how little desktop environments have advanced/bloomed

Are you suggesting it should be built in to a desktop environment and not a separate program? Why?

> how deeply cargo-culted that whole space is

Desktop environments? I don't understand this point at all.

> This should be trivially easy to implement without visiting the web.

By "should" are you critiquing the author, or do you not think it's easy for some reason?

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