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MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by rmoriz »

boor wrote: post #33

What framework/language was this coded in? Cappuccino?

I see traces:

https://app.getflow.com/assets/standard_interface.js

  - backbone.js  (~44 controllers extend from FlowViewControllerAbstract)
  - underscore.js
  - jQuery
  - iscroll https://github.com/cubiq/iscroll
  - socket.io

  - Modernizr
  - SWFupload
  - Showdown.js (Markdown parser)
Server (heroku):

  - Rails
  - nginx/0.7.67
  - varnish

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by br41n »

subpixel wrote: post #40
revorad wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you a Flow or MobileMe customer? I'm genuinely curious and want to know why you'd pay for these.

I'm not a Flow customer, but if it solves a problem for me I may signup (I gave up on Things, just started using Wunderlist, but delegating/collaborating are very useful features I've wished for...) I pay for MobileMe b/c it gives me true over-the-air contact/calendar sync on my iPhone. If another solution came around, I might consider it, but could it be free? And if not free, less than $10/mo? I also pay for Flickr…

You can "over-the-air contact/calendar sync on my iPhone" etc. with the FREE Gmail also. Yes, you can set it to have push & notifications too...

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by splish »

jarin wrote: post #17
jwwest wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just what I was thinking. I'm interested in hearing how long Flow was in development versus Asana (2+ years?). Considering Asana hasn't launched diddly, I'd say flow is the incumbent.

Has Asana really been in development for 2 years? Maybe someone should send them a copy of Dreaming in Code. Edit: Wow, I just looked at their "feature list" again. Do you REALLY need LDAP integration? Does it really need to be written in an in-house language? Why does a todo list that's supposed to work just as well for a single user need Gantt charts and a wall on each todo item? If anyone's ever used Quickbase, th…

Given the items you mention, LDAP potential and Gantt charts the enterprise could be a bigger target for Asana than Flow at the moment.

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by zackb »

The UI is absolutely gorgeous. And I thought the intro video was very well done. I've been looking for an alternative to Things.app for a while. OmniFocus is just too expensive and won't let me collaborate with my family members. I really like that you buy once and run anywhere as opposed to Omni's method of buying an individual app for Mac, iPhone, iPad. $10 a month seems like too much though. I would suggest a cheaper (free?) version for 1-2 users. That being said, I'm still signing up.

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by nhangen »

zackb wrote: post #55

The UI is absolutely gorgeous. And I thought the intro video was very well done. I've been looking for an alternative to Things.app for a while. OmniFocus is just too expensive and won't let me collaborate with my family members. I really like that you buy once and run anywhere as opposed to Omni's method of buying an individual app for Mac, iPhone, iPad. $10 a month seems like too much though. I would suggest a chea…

What about Wunderlist?

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by ianhawes »

FreshCode wrote: post #47

Based on the website landing page and the beautifully produced video, is this more than a glorified todo list?

Thats what I thought at first, but to be honest it's pretty powerful. When you combine this with a small to medium company, I think its a strong solution.

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by famousactress »

subpixel wrote: post #29
nicksergeant wrote: post #4

As a user of Flow for the past few weeks, I've been blown away by its UI and usefulness. Unfortunately, the pricing seems a bit steep for personal use. I'd also like to see some clarity on how pricing works with groups of people.

I respectfully call this a ridiculous proposition. How is $10/mo expensive for this, or for anything in life? It seems to me Flow pricing is learning a valuable lesson from MobileMe: if it's useful, people will pay.

I don't think the argument is whether or not the product is worth 10$, but whether or not people will think it's worth it, and pay. I don't think 14 days is enough time for a product like this to become indispensable to me, and for 120$/year it needs to be.

120$ buys a lot of egg salad sandwiches.

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Post by rue »

HaloZero wrote: post #11

I guess for personal use it's a bit expensive. Remember The Milk costs $25/a year vs $100/year for Flow.

It is, when considering the value proposition over e.g. RTM is the collaboration. $99 isn't terrible but by itself it's really got nothing over the multitude of other GTD options. To use it to collaborate, for just me and the wife, it'd be $198/year, if I understand the pricing correctly.

I'd certainly pay the $99 for a family licence which could be, say, 2 install-everywhere keys plus one just for desktop (for the kids).

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