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Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

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Re: Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

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Post by nednar »

Love the look and feel, love the page, love that it is open source. The one thing I wonder about is whether this is something anybody would pay for. I mean, if GCal would have a github project, this would be a single `feature request` type Issue. And to most people both GCal (everywhere) and Outlook (at work) are free suites. If a user sees the whole suite as a product, then why would he pay for a single feature? And if the whole suite is already "free" in the mind of the user, doesn't that make it a lot harder?

Maybe it would make sense as component of a niche-market CRM solution?

Re: Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

#42

Post by Cenk »

nednar wrote: post #41

Love the look and feel, love the page, love that it is open source. The one thing I wonder about is whether this is something anybody would pay for. I mean, if GCal would have a github project, this would be a single `feature request` type Issue. And to most people both GCal (everywhere) and Outlook (at work) are free suites. If a user sees the whole suite as a product, then why would he pay for a single feature? And…

People pay for Calendly, so obviously there’s a market of people who would pay for it?

Re: Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

#44

Post by leokennis »

ckwalsh wrote: post #22

I have to echo everyone else here that the homepage could be much more effective. My first impressions without scrolling: * Calendso has something to do with calendars, based on the name. * It has a popular paid competitor called Calendly. * It's open source, and there is a hosted version as well. I do not yet know what problem it is solving for me or its existing customers. Scrolling down slightly further, I see the…

Also, what's up with this stock photo suddenly appearing halfway down the page?

https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1556761175-5973dc0f32e7

It's some picture of employees of "proof" (juding by the "proof.quip.com" URL in the guy's browser) watching a presentation by a guy in shorts holding a small statue of a whale with legs? What does that have to do with a calendar?

Re: Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

#45

Post by benjaminwootton »

Am I the only person who hates receiving calend.ly links?

I know it's unreasonble, but I find it somehow rude when someone asks me to go hunting around in their calendar, even though it's more efficient than agreeing on meeting slots.

I have even passed on some good opportunities simply because I have an aversion to calend.ly!

Re: Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

#46

Post by Radim »

pferde wrote: post #30
ckwalsh wrote: post #22

I have to echo everyone else here that the homepage could be much more effective. My first impressions without scrolling: * Calendso has something to do with calendars, based on the name. * It has a popular paid competitor called Calendly. * It's open source, and there is a hosted version as well. I do not yet know what problem it is solving for me or its existing customers. Scrolling down slightly further, I see the…

This describes also my "journey" within the homepage, to the letter. I see this often on similar small product homepages. Many of them describe the product for someone already familiar with it, and could do with taking a step back and trying to describe it for someone who, figuratively speaking, accidentally stumbled onto it and has no idea what's going on.

Have you considered that in some cases (though probably not Calendso's), that may be on purpose?

The VC crowd would have you believe that every product must disrupt the whole world – for the casual visitor, their gradma and their dog.

But niche products have to ward off tyre-kickers and what-if time-wasters, as much as entice their target audience. Using industry-specific jargon kills both flies at once.

If you "don't get it", you may not be the target audience.

Re: Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

#48

Post by I_am_tiberius »

baileypumfleet wrote: post #9
PinguTS wrote: post #2

Fancy website that does not work in my Firefox and does not work in my Chrome and does not work in my Safari. The content is only shortly visible and then immediately fades away. Please, less fancy for more better UI and accessibility.

I've tested it on Chrome, Firefox and Safari and all three work. We've removed the animations regardless. Does it work now?

FYI: On the landing page I was able to book an appointment without filling in a name or email address - at least it told me that the booking is confirmed - not sure if that is on purpose.

Re: Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative

#49

Post by raro42 »

Rome wasn't built in a day.

imho: * Calendso has the potential to become an interstellar spaceship, whenever it comes to scheduling a meeting without hassle.

* Aggressive marketing/"comparing" is not my style - prefer a more subtil way. Can you push the first version of your spaceship to pole position "comparing". yes. Will it work, maybe. At least you are in the race.

>So "An open source Calendly alternative" is quite clear for most people who want to make use of this.

ack.

* Knowing the team behind, the mentioned shortcomings will be resolved asap

* I18N is on the roadmap/in the pipeline

> 9. Fill out the fields (remembering to encrypt your password with BCrypt)

Find this normal. Do this often. Has room for improvement. Sure. Will be improved, sure.

imho: The most important thing about calendso is how much heart and love the team is putting into it. I can feel that. It makes me feel humble.

Go, go, go ... and stay safe.

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