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Re:Notion Acquires Cron by krono on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:54PM (#31683629)
What does Cron bring?

Their website[1] shows something that looks nearly identical to the MacOS default calendar app (edit: which is a good design to take inspiration from) but no list of features or much else of substance.

Edit: Their docs[2] contain some more info

1: https://cron.com/

2: https://cron.com/docs

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by bberenberg on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:30PM (#31684180)
It's super fast, works great across multiple calendars, is super fast. I would say it's what I wish Apple would make the default calendar. The only downside I have to date is no iOS app. It's one of my favorite apps, unfortunately I expect Notion will ruin it.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by qeternity on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:35PM (#31684234)
> It's super fast, works great across multiple calendars, is super fast.

But how fast is it?

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by bberenberg on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:40PM (#31684312)
Lol, fair, didn't reread and stream of conscious isn't the best. But yes, really damn fast ;)

Leaving original up intentionally.

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by op00to on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:58PM (#31684573)
It’s so fast you have extra time to talk about how fast it is .. twice! A glowing recommendation!
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by qeternity on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:56PM (#31684533)
Haha just busting your chops.

You’ve convinced me to try it out!

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by DigiDigiorno on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:15PM (#31685543)
I just assumed you were adding emphasis on how fast it was lol
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by askafriend on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:36PM (#31684253)
Super
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by qeternity on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:57PM (#31684546)
Super and also super.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by codegladiator on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:54PM (#31684509)
definitely a 7 out of 9.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by bpizzi on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:50PM (#31685250)
Yes, we are borg, we will adapt.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by dberg on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:37PM (#31684262)
Goes to 11
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by jandrese on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:07PM (#31685431)
Are people using calendar apps that are slow? I can't remember speed ever being a problem on any of mine.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by lawgimenez on Thursday June 09, 2022 @09:42PM (#31689033)
Cron is running on Electron. I doubt it is fast.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by mnholt on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:58PM (#31683706)
I thought their first product photo was the macOS calendar app with spotlight up in front of it.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by bm5k on Thursday June 09, 2022 @05:57PM (#31687441)
I discovered cron looking for a way to manage my "two DayJob calendars with 85% duplicate events but 15% unique events".

Specifically since I was annoyed at getting 2 notifications for every event that was duplicated on both calendars.

And cron actually solved that problem by automagically recognizing duplicate events and only notifying once. I turned off all notifications in calendar.app.

The only other differentiating feature I am aware of is how configurable the menu bar app is.

Thankfully, I no longer have the original problem + I don't like things in my menu bar so I'm probably switching back to the built in app.

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by gumby on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:36PM (#31686497)
Doesn't look like it adds much of anything to the Apple calendar, which itself is a pretty minimal implementation. I actually found it worthwhile to pay $50 for Busycal which has a lot of features important to me (presumably not to most people). Fantastical also has a following at around the same price point, though it didn't do it for me.

I wish notion supported the mac, but they just have a lame web view which isn't any better than using a web browser. Doesn't act at all like a native app.

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by pmontra on Thursday June 09, 2022 @05:27PM (#31687129)
> Doesn't look like it adds much of anything to the Apple calendar

Cron also runs on Windows. No idea if Windows comes with a calendar.

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by nvrspyx on Friday June 10, 2022 @12:00PM (#31695964)
> No idea if Windows comes with a calendar.

Windows does come with a calendar, but it's not great.

Re:Notion Acquires Cron by jreynoldsdev on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:50PM (#31684458)
Step #1 to being acquired by Notion, host your documentation on Notion.
Re:Notion Acquires Cron by alexarena on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:25PM (#31684944)
Their availability sharing is top notch, too.