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Show HN: Windo, a Simple Timezone Tool

3 points by alexjray 7y ago

alexjray 7y ago
Hey hacker news, Alex here! I created the timezone tool I have always wanted. Something simple, useful and shareable. The application is URL based and saves to your browser's storage so you don't have to keep adding/removing timezones to compare. Additionally, I wanted each URL to be shareable across many platforms. Windo parses each URL to generate dynamic open graph images and titles that unfurl when you post that link to different platforms. There is a lot I still want to do, but I was curious if this is something you all would use and why? Thanks a ton! - Alex
ocdtrekkie 7y ago
This is kinda neat. However, I found the time zone suggestions nearly useless past the initial one. I live in Chicago, and that was a suggestion initially, so great. ...But then all of the suggestions for cities to add were "close" timezones. I naturally can quickly infer when California or New York time is, so once I've selected that I'm in Chicago, a pile of suggestions for n-2 and n+2 cities isn't all that helpful. If I pick a US-based initial timezone, offer me London, Tokyo, etc. Like, suggest timezones that I probably can't easily calculate from memory, and am likely to be interested in based on popularity in international business.
- alexjray 7y ago
  ocdtrekkie Great suggestion(pun intended), timely too; international features are next on my list. Great reminder of how important this use case is for people who need tools for timezones.
- alexjray 7y ago
  So I updated the suggestion list so that the locations are ordered by population size, the largest appearing at the top. I figured the cities with higher populate would be the most relevant.
bastijn 7y ago
I'm using https://www.worldtimebuddy.com https://www.worldtimebuddy.com for this. I like how it's ui is much more condensed versus yours. Also it supports saving time ones through urls like so: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?pl=1&lid=2756253,1277333,294801,5350159&h=2756253 https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?pl=1&lid=2756253,1277333,294... Only thing is it has a limited set of free features.

3 points by alexjray 7y ago

Hey hacker news, Alex here! I created the timezone tool I have always wanted. Something simple, useful and shareable. The application is URL based and saves to your browser's storage so you don't have to keep adding/removing timezones to compare. Additionally, I wanted each URL to be shareable across many platforms. Windo parses each URL to generate dynamic open graph images and titles that unfurl when you post that link to different platforms. There is a lot I still want to do, but I was curious if this is something you all would use and why? Thanks a ton! - Alex

ocdtrekkie 7y ago

This is kinda neat. However, I found the time zone suggestions nearly useless past the initial one. I live in Chicago, and that was a suggestion initially, so great. ...But then all of the suggestions for cities to add were "close" timezones. I naturally can quickly infer when California or New York time is, so once I've selected that I'm in Chicago, a pile of suggestions for n-2 and n+2 cities isn't all that helpful. If I pick a US-based initial timezone, offer me London, Tokyo, etc. Like, suggest timezones that I probably can't easily calculate from memory, and am likely to be interested in based on popularity in international business.

alexjray 7y ago
ocdtrekkie Great suggestion(pun intended), timely too; international features are next on my list. Great reminder of how important this use case is for people who need tools for timezones.
alexjray 7y ago
So I updated the suggestion list so that the locations are ordered by population size, the largest appearing at the top. I figured the cities with higher populate would be the most relevant.

bastijn 7y ago

I'm using https://www.worldtimebuddy.com https://www.worldtimebuddy.com for this. I like how it's ui is much more condensed versus yours. Also it supports saving time ones through urls like so: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?pl=1&lid=2756253,1277333,294801,5350159&h=2756253 https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?pl=1&lid=2756253,1277333,294... Only thing is it has a limited set of free features.