This is definitely speaking to me — I like being able to switch between tools, depending on the project, but dislike the silos most tools (trello, google sheets / airtable, canvas / google docs / text) create around structured data.
they probably mean the data is less portable across multiple tools. So, you're putting data in multiple places, and creating individual relationships based on the view.
And, putting data in multiple places means extra time and money managing it. Generally.
Given the above, I would love to integrate these calendars with some Zenkit API instead. I see a 'Generate new API key' option in settings, but cannot find any API docs anywhere. Is API access going to be free? Please at least allow it for students. :)
Feature Request: Sub-tasks
The first interface I use to create tasks is always an outliner, that way I can quickly breakdown everything that needs to be done and add details about their implementation. This is close to mindmaps as shown in your demo, but a text based outliner is faster to type, edit, rearrange in. Having Subtasks would allow an approximation of this.
Thank you.
Right now we have checklists ;) Full-featured "subtasks" is a very interesting matter and we are working an a default support for that. Currently, you might "implement" this by adding a references called "subtasks". You also could create an aggregation to sum up costs/time estimates of these subtasks.
Hey! Awesome looking site and I'm looking forward to using it. My only request is when you do decide to monetize, that you pick a pricing strategy that doesn't cause me to stop using your product. I was using upwave.io until they went to $4/user. Compared, Slack is $6.67/user and Google Apps for Business is $5/user per month. I'm in the small business market (less than 10 employees) and an option for 'up to 5 users' for $15 a month would be an easy purchase. A $5/user option would be an easy purchase if we keep your app open in a tab all day.
Thanks so much for your suggestions. We have plans for freemium pricing & will probably start charging in the Q1 of 2017. Pricing will be in the range of other productivity tools in the market.
Looks pretty interesting. The "typing" at the top of the page causes some movement of the page further down which makes reading the lower content annoying as it "bounces" up and down. Looks like it's due to the "typed" content wrapping to a third line for some of the phrases that are typed on mobile devices.
Just some things I noticed quickly. Some kind of progress or status bar could be added when doing an import. I've imported a CSV I exported from Jira and it just seems to be continuously importing with no idea on the status of it (how long is left, is it even still importing or has something gone wrong?)
Also when using the select box for the "Field Type" in the field properties pop up, the list is going below my screen and I cannot see the bottom items in that list.
Half ;)
Sorry for the delayed response! Good idea with the status bar. If you refreshed the page the collection should be imported. We're working on fixing that.
Oh! Thanks so much, I've sent it over to the developers. Would you mind sending your registration email address to info@zenkit.com (& mention your HN username)? It may be an account-related issue. Thanks again!
Must have an API, or at least export as csv AND json buttons. I use the pomodoro technique, it 100% necessary for me to be able to connect my task list with the pomodoro app I use: https://pomotodo.com
Hiya, yes! We agree. (And I am also an avid pomodoro fan :D). We'll be releasing the API when we release our iOS app next month.
We're working on exports too, they're on the way :)
Hi, Peter from Zenkit here!
We've had a lot of trello fans asking for Zenkit synchronization so we built a one click importer.
What features from trello would you like to see in Zenkit?
Btw we made a comparison page here: zenkit.com/trello
Also, I have some feature requests. I should mention I'm already a fan of the product and will be trying it out for the next few weeks, and I'm also sure you're already developing some of these.
* Mega List View: Collections are great! But sometimes I like to see all the things and feel overwhelmed. I can do this in search for tags (search "in progress") but a combined collection list would be cool.
* Data Export: Sometimes I want to export my list, like if I'm traveling without internet for a week but would like to still work on things. A .CSV, .MD, or something text based would be nice.
* Webhooks: I'd like to post to a slack channel when a task is done
* Assignment of tasks (not collections): I have a collection with a lot of tasks, but want to assign a specific task to an employee without them seeing all the collection tasks. Perhaps an 'assigned to me' board? Or maybe I can link a task to a different collection?
Hi, Peter from Zenkit here. Thanks so much for the suggestions!! Love the"all the things" idea. Webhooks and APIs will be released alongside the iOS app next month.
And we'll definitely have to think about the sharing/user permissions etc..
Love the "all the things" suggestion, we'll definitely look into that.
Webhooks & exports are on the way.
User assignments/permissions are definitely going to be improved. Great idea :)
Congrats on the launch! Very complete and well-thought from what I can see.
I assume you were not ready for HN #1 traffic, as I registered to start using on a real project of mine but faced some hiccups along the way of creating my own collection. I was able to create it and edit the settings, but right now as I try to access my recently created collection I only get: "Something went wrong, sorry about that! If this happens again, please let us know."
I will try later and I am in no hurry, but you should try to fix it asap. I logged in with the email on my profile if you need to check my specific case.
Thanks so much for the early confidence ;) That issue should have been fixed by now, it probably had to do with the database not scaling quickly enough. I hope it's working for you now!
You may want to allow the user activation page to work on mobile. I understand that the entire app is not ready for it but that one page would be important to allow.
When I receive such an email I always open it on my mobile.
Right now you end up on a page saying that the current device width is not supported.
Edit: It seem that my account was authorized even if only an error message was displayed.
Very good video and on-boarding! Looks ten time more useful then anything I've seen so far. The user interface isn't unitive, like I tried pushing the plus sign where I should have pushed enter. It needs tutorials!
With some more testing I found out it only has 1/5 of the functionality in the video. The overall experience is bad, like waiting several seconds after clicking somewhere and lagging animations.
Hi there, sorry to hear there have been problems with the UX so far. It may have been to do with the database scaling issue we faced earlier. Everything shown in the video is or will be available available soon (mind maps/analytics).
If you send your registration email address (and HN username) to info@zenkit.com our programmers will take a look at your case.
Hi there, sorry to hear there have been problems with the UX so far. It may have been to do with the database scaling issue we faced earlier. Everything shown in the video is or will be available available soon (mind maps/analytics).
If you send your registration email address (and HN username) to info@zenkit.com our programmers will take a look at your case.
I registered, logged in, tried to add a new collection. When I want to open the new collection, it shows me a "something went wrong" page. Doesn't seem very stable yet ...
Hey! Lucas, another Zenkit team member here! We're trying to answer your questions as quickly as possible!
Price: we'll use a freemium model, starting in Q1 2017. Pricing will be similar to other tools in the market.
Trello/imports from other apps: we have one click imports for Trello and Wunderlist, & working on more. We're also in beta with Zapier. You can see our Trello comparison here: zenkit.com/trello
Unstable/Problems registering: sorry to hear there are issues here! HN was pretty unexpected :) we'd be happy to fix this on a case by case basis. Please send us a short note to hello@zenkit.com with your username / registration email.
API/webhooks: we're working on publishing our API and we hooks. We'll make them public as soon as we release our iOS app at the end of this year.
Localization : support for more languages coming in Q1-2 2017!
Tutorials/onboarding: we're releasing videos in the next week or two. Again, HN was unexpected :D
Feature requests : thank you so much for your requests! We're taking note and will definitely keep everyone updated with new features. (we've already got a lot of great stuff in the pipeline!)
Feel free to get in touch via email if you want to chat!
Why freemium? In my opinion, a 14 day trial, and then $5 per month pricing is good enough. Sometimes I don't understand why so much software is given away for free.
I'll happily use it for free, of course, but it seems like value is being given away without a compelling reason.
Most business people get that our vendors have to pay to keep the lights on. Because this product enhances productivity, I doubt many business people would decide not to use this product, simply because it's paid. If so, they're probably not going to be in business long anyway.
Once you get used to it and have all your people people of your recently created team using it as well, once you grow over the free threshold, you will most likely pay. In the long run I see freemium as better option.
14 day free trial usually drives me away from really trying the application, I may not have enough time to really see if this tool fits my team's need and I don't want to pay for something I don't use that much yet, no matter how small the amount.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 161 ms ] threadAnd, putting data in multiple places means extra time and money managing it. Generally.
BTW, we are on Producthunt today and we have some other interesting comments there..
Given the above, I would love to integrate these calendars with some Zenkit API instead. I see a 'Generate new API key' option in settings, but cannot find any API docs anywhere. Is API access going to be free? Please at least allow it for students. :)
You are right. We have not published our API yet. We use this API to connect to Zapier. I would be happy give you early access. Please email me.
-Martin
BTW: If you needed one day for implementing something like this: We are hiring! ;)
Feature Request: Sub-tasks The first interface I use to create tasks is always an outliner, that way I can quickly breakdown everything that needs to be done and add details about their implementation. This is close to mindmaps as shown in your demo, but a text based outliner is faster to type, edit, rearrange in. Having Subtasks would allow an approximation of this.
Also, please start charging for it.
Just some things I noticed quickly. Some kind of progress or status bar could be added when doing an import. I've imported a CSV I exported from Jira and it just seems to be continuously importing with no idea on the status of it (how long is left, is it even still importing or has something gone wrong?)
Also when using the select box for the "Field Type" in the field properties pop up, the list is going below my screen and I cannot see the bottom items in that list.
Are you still having trouble with the fields?
If you just make the browser window small it will happen.
And TOS and privacy policy should not require a login ;)
I really would like to see a merge of features between Zenkit and Trello.
If Zenkit keeps my Kanban synchronized with Trello, it's already possible to me use it. I haven't found yet if it has this feature.
Btw we created a comparison page here: Zenkit.com/Trello
Would be nice if it had localization support so I can use it with my non-english speaking colleagues.
* Mega List View: Collections are great! But sometimes I like to see all the things and feel overwhelmed. I can do this in search for tags (search "in progress") but a combined collection list would be cool.
* Data Export: Sometimes I want to export my list, like if I'm traveling without internet for a week but would like to still work on things. A .CSV, .MD, or something text based would be nice.
* Webhooks: I'd like to post to a slack channel when a task is done
* Assignment of tasks (not collections): I have a collection with a lot of tasks, but want to assign a specific task to an employee without them seeing all the collection tasks. Perhaps an 'assigned to me' board? Or maybe I can link a task to a different collection?
I assume you were not ready for HN #1 traffic, as I registered to start using on a real project of mine but faced some hiccups along the way of creating my own collection. I was able to create it and edit the settings, but right now as I try to access my recently created collection I only get: "Something went wrong, sorry about that! If this happens again, please let us know."
I will try later and I am in no hurry, but you should try to fix it asap. I logged in with the email on my profile if you need to check my specific case.
Good luck!
When I receive such an email I always open it on my mobile.
Right now you end up on a page saying that the current device width is not supported.
Edit: It seem that my account was authorized even if only an error message was displayed.
Price: we'll use a freemium model, starting in Q1 2017. Pricing will be similar to other tools in the market.
Trello/imports from other apps: we have one click imports for Trello and Wunderlist, & working on more. We're also in beta with Zapier. You can see our Trello comparison here: zenkit.com/trello
Unstable/Problems registering: sorry to hear there are issues here! HN was pretty unexpected :) we'd be happy to fix this on a case by case basis. Please send us a short note to hello@zenkit.com with your username / registration email.
API/webhooks: we're working on publishing our API and we hooks. We'll make them public as soon as we release our iOS app at the end of this year.
Localization : support for more languages coming in Q1-2 2017!
Tutorials/onboarding: we're releasing videos in the next week or two. Again, HN was unexpected :D
Feature requests : thank you so much for your requests! We're taking note and will definitely keep everyone updated with new features. (we've already got a lot of great stuff in the pipeline!)
Feel free to get in touch via email if you want to chat!
I'll happily use it for free, of course, but it seems like value is being given away without a compelling reason.
Most business people get that our vendors have to pay to keep the lights on. Because this product enhances productivity, I doubt many business people would decide not to use this product, simply because it's paid. If so, they're probably not going to be in business long anyway.
Once you get used to it and have all your people people of your recently created team using it as well, once you grow over the free threshold, you will most likely pay. In the long run I see freemium as better option.
14 day free trial usually drives me away from really trying the application, I may not have enough time to really see if this tool fits my team's need and I don't want to pay for something I don't use that much yet, no matter how small the amount.