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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 by roberttod »

JustFinishedBSG wrote: post #35
corry wrote: post #24

Really like this, congrats on the launch! 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. IMO if you're managing 10+ people and have 10+ meeti…

> 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) ∩ (…

The hackernews community has a broader range of thought than you give it credit for - not everyone is against electron apps. The top comment on this post is supporting that, and everyone who +1'd it.

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

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Post by ajacksified »

brunovegreville wrote: post #29
erichurkman wrote: post #28

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…

Understood, right now your meeting notes are not encrypted, but stored in a secure database on our server. We are currently considering two options to make sure your notes are safe: either end-to-end encryption on our servers or offline-based storage for your notes. Thanks for the remark

I was super excited until I saw this; I guess I'll have to wait. Offline storage is essential for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the ability to reach my notes if Hera is having an outage.

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

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Post by louisebayssat »

kareemm wrote: post #46
louisebayssat wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you very much for this detailed feedback :) - Your analysis of Streams is very on point -> as of now, users struggle to understand what it does. in the next few days, we're gonna automatically create streams for your recurring meetings and you'll see them in a dedicated space. It should be easier with the adoption moving forward. But basically, streams are like tags for emails. - The product as it is indeed bet…

I would think hard about whether keeping notes in Hera is important. I'm not sure it is. Personally I already keep other notes and meeting notes on my filesystem though I'm moving things to Evernote. But I don't want meeting notes in one place and other notes in another. And unless Hera becomes a tool for non-meeting notes, I'll use Hera to take meeting notes but keep them elsewhere. Re: Streams - still not entirely…

I love the way you frame what streams are. And I would add that they basically help you be relevant in your meetings as you get access to the relevant context (= notes from past meetings in that stream). I also agree that we may have used a exotic joker with the name "Stream" when there was no need

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

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Post by eddyg »

This looks useful for someone with a lot of meetings to keep track of.

The one thing I noticed watching the demo was the odd way keyboard shortcuts were displayed. There is no "+" between the modifier key(s) and the letters/digits... it's just ⌘1 or ⌘D (not ⌘+1 or ⌘+D).

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

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Post by pantulis »

brunovegreville wrote: post #16
sidewinder128 wrote: post #13

Your app looks fine and interesting, The problem is the audience you are choosing, Mac users are very elitist. I am sure you can get some market in Windows instead of Mac using electron, the windows users does not care which tech you used but that it just works and gets the job done. Of course Windows users also they do not want trash but if have good performance and it works, It is fine.

Good insight, I agree with you. We have found great fit with co-founders of early stage start-ups and product managers in high growth start-ups. Mac is overly present in this target audience, hence our initial start on MacOS! That being said, it's on us to show users that a well-crafted Electron app can behave as nicely as a native one. Down the road, we might switch to a native app if we believe it would significant…

If you are considering a native version, then you are not prioritizing multiplatform which is Electron's strong point. Why choosing it insted of something like Catalyst?

Mind you, I am not against Electron apps on my mac (Evernote user here heh)

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

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Post by brunovegreville »

eddyg wrote: post #54

This looks useful for someone with a lot of meetings to keep track of. The one thing I noticed watching the demo was the odd way keyboard shortcuts were displayed. There is no "+" between the modifier key(s) and the letters/digits... it's just ⌘1 or ⌘D (not ⌘+1 or ⌘+D).

Thanks for the comment, it would indeed probably clarify the shortcuts!

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

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Post by brunovegreville »

guico wrote: post #56

Cool product! I find that the headline is a bit hard to read. I think "Get back control over your meetings" reads easier.

You're the second to suggest that, we are implementing the change on the home page as we speak, thanks :)

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

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Post by guico »

kareemm wrote: post #46
louisebayssat wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you very much for this detailed feedback :) - Your analysis of Streams is very on point -> as of now, users struggle to understand what it does. in the next few days, we're gonna automatically create streams for your recurring meetings and you'll see them in a dedicated space. It should be easier with the adoption moving forward. But basically, streams are like tags for emails. - The product as it is indeed bet…

I would think hard about whether keeping notes in Hera is important. I'm not sure it is. Personally I already keep other notes and meeting notes on my filesystem though I'm moving things to Evernote. But I don't want meeting notes in one place and other notes in another. And unless Hera becomes a tool for non-meeting notes, I'll use Hera to take meeting notes but keep them elsewhere. Re: Streams - still not entirely…

To me streams are a collection of meetings of the same kind, and the notes related to those all in one place.

I personally think the name of the feature could be better. Maybe "Series"?

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

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Post by guico »

brunovegreville wrote: post #58
guico wrote: post #56

Cool product! I find that the headline is a bit hard to read. I think "Get back control over your meetings" reads easier.

You're the second to suggest that, we are implementing the change on the home page as we speak, thanks :)

Awesome! Good luck with the launch!
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