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Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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post #43

why would anybody keep using this, when macOS Monterrey is on the way and it has "Quick Notes" built in ? https://www.apple.com/macos/monterey-preview/

I think Notes will work fine for most people if you don't attend many meetings, but Hera is for power users. If you attend many meetings a day I can see the real value in this.

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

#113
post #34
post #7

sorry to undermine your efforts but someone has to say this: as a Mac user, i won't be paying $100/year for electron app will stick to itsycal, a freeware, "real" macOS app, i've paid $10 for not affiliated, but feel free to check out: https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/

I can't really understand the reasoning behind making a macOS-exclusive Electron app. You don't get any of the benefits of making an application specifically made for one operating system, and you don't get any of the benefits of a cross-platform framework.

I was wondering the same thing, it would have likely been faster to build this with native frameworks.

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

#116
post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> To the people moaning about Electron apps... you're not the market. To the people moaning about $100 price... you're not the market. To the people moaning about Mac-only... you're not the market. To the people who missed the value-prop COMPLETELY and think some free taskbar widget is the whole idea... you're not the market. Then who's the market? Because it's obviously not us and I think the (accepts Electrons) ∩ (…

> (accepts Electrons) ∩ ... Outside of a small vocal group of people mostly concentrated on HN and prone to give crappy hot takes, practically everyone in the world "accepts Electrons".

Practically everyone accepts them where there is no better solution.

And usually there is no better solution because third party integrations to online services (think Stack, Discord, etc.) are limited or aren’t kept up-to-date with official apps.

Or, in Discord’s case, are outright against the ToS and not worth people’s bother.

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

#118

I have been looking for a tool that better connects meetings to notes. I have some local scripting to connect meetings to notes and collect TODOs across my dozens of meetings/week. It looks like Hera could've replaced a lot of my custom setup! But storing in your cloud, and needing access via G Suite is a non-starter. You won't get much for early adopters in top-end enterprise if you need _yet more apps installed in…

Look at Agenda. You connect your calendar locally (with optional iCloud or Dropbox sync) and then you have a note that’s attached to a calendar event and a project (client name, coworker name, whatever.) Each note has a to-review/to-complete status and you can save searches to keep on top of your notes and plan ahead. It’s a really smart model and saves me a lot of time.

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

#119
post #7

sorry to undermine your efforts but someone has to say this: as a Mac user, i won't be paying $100/year for electron app will stick to itsycal, a freeware, "real" macOS app, i've paid $10 for not affiliated, but feel free to check out: https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/

I'm sure the founders of Hera know this, but just so there's clear representation here on HN: as a Mac user, I would happily pay $100/year for anything that makes my meetings better. I'd pay more than $100/year. I'd pay $100/year for every person on my team. I don't care if it's an electron app, or 10 lines of Javascript: if it makes meetings better, I'm in.

This doesn’t make any sense in context of the actual paid app market. If you cared about paying for time-saving meeting quickjoin and automation software you’d already be paying for Fantastical, Agenda, etc. and you’d be mentioning it here.

I think you’re confusing price for actual utility here. I do wish this team luck but they aren’t doing enough for the money, given what $50-100/year per team member already gets you.

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

#120
This is interesting, but i'm not sure whether you this kind of integration with the meeting itself. Mac + Google cal might be a little limiting no? What's the % of total market there? You may want to just have a version of this app that doesnt do meeting integrations but has these features for note taking that are nice (templates, stylings, etc).
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