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Has anyone here used cron? What makes it "next generation"? What are the platforms it supports, what's the business model? The website doesn't tell much.

skyleradams 4y ago
It’s if Superhuman made a calendar app to go along with email. It’s super fast and has good keyboard shortcuts, and implements advanced features like sharing availability Calendly-style.
- bzxcvbn 4y ago
  These are all nice features, but hardly deserve the qualification "next generation".
  - downriver 4y ago
    Do you disagree with Coca Cola calling coke “the real thing”, too? It’s marketing. Read the qualification as “good”, and trust it as much as any marketing.
    - bzxcvbn 4y ago
      >Do you disagree with Coca Cola calling coke “the real thing”, too? Yes.
- dvtrn 4y ago
  I have to ask because people here keep talking about cron’s speed: What functionality of a calendar is speed dependent? Genuine ask and not trying to be snarky, speed just hasn’t ever been something I’ve ever had to worry about with a calendar tool so the notion (pun not intended) is merely a foreign to me personally. Is it opening events? Creating a new calendar item? Syncing, or something else? Where is the speed gained in from compared to Calendar.app?
  - solarkraft 4y ago
    If it's anywhere close to the speed of Calendar.app it's super fast compared to Google calendar, maybe that's what people are comparing it with. Remember that the Windows software ecosystem for basic tools is terrible, so maybe its users are the most excited.
    - dvtrn 4y ago
      Ok but what is being measured? What functions of the calendar app are being proclaimed faster than…? That’s the thing I’m not growing here and sorry but the answer above doesn’t tell me this
snickerbockers 4y ago
Yeah, I'm having troubles imagining what could possibly be "next-gen" about a calendar app.
samtimalsina 4y ago
Everyone here talking about super fast, but that's one thing I haven't complained about my stock calendar app. Wish there were more screenshots.
krrrh 4y ago
It’s marginally better than the macOS stock calendar app, but pretty similar. Amongst people I know, windows users who have been used to google’s web calendar are the ones who have gotten most excited about it because having a dedicated calendar app has its advantages. I find it less useful than the macOS calendar.app because it doesn’t let me view my iCloud calendar which I use for personal events or birthdays from the iCloud contact database. The ui and interface is pretty snappy, and if notion is bringing on the team to speed up their client software it will be welcome.

skyleradams 4y ago

It’s if Superhuman made a calendar app to go along with email. It’s super fast and has good keyboard shortcuts, and implements advanced features like sharing availability Calendly-style.

bzxcvbn 4y ago
These are all nice features, but hardly deserve the qualification "next generation".
- downriver 4y ago
  Do you disagree with Coca Cola calling coke “the real thing”, too? It’s marketing. Read the qualification as “good”, and trust it as much as any marketing.
  - bzxcvbn 4y ago
    >Do you disagree with Coca Cola calling coke “the real thing”, too? Yes.
dvtrn 4y ago
I have to ask because people here keep talking about cron’s speed: What functionality of a calendar is speed dependent? Genuine ask and not trying to be snarky, speed just hasn’t ever been something I’ve ever had to worry about with a calendar tool so the notion (pun not intended) is merely a foreign to me personally. Is it opening events? Creating a new calendar item? Syncing, or something else? Where is the speed gained in from compared to Calendar.app?
- solarkraft 4y ago
  If it's anywhere close to the speed of Calendar.app it's super fast compared to Google calendar, maybe that's what people are comparing it with. Remember that the Windows software ecosystem for basic tools is terrible, so maybe its users are the most excited.
  - dvtrn 4y ago
    Ok but what is being measured? What functions of the calendar app are being proclaimed faster than…? That’s the thing I’m not growing here and sorry but the answer above doesn’t tell me this

snickerbockers 4y ago

Yeah, I'm having troubles imagining what could possibly be "next-gen" about a calendar app.

samtimalsina 4y ago

Everyone here talking about super fast, but that's one thing I haven't complained about my stock calendar app. Wish there were more screenshots.

krrrh 4y ago

It’s marginally better than the macOS stock calendar app, but pretty similar. Amongst people I know, windows users who have been used to google’s web calendar are the ones who have gotten most excited about it because having a dedicated calendar app has its advantages. I find it less useful than the macOS calendar.app because it doesn’t let me view my iCloud calendar which I use for personal events or birthdays from the iCloud contact database. The ui and interface is pretty snappy, and if notion is bringing on the team to speed up their client software it will be welcome.