[HN Gopher] Show HN: MeetingBar - A menu bar macOS app for calen...
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       Show HN: MeetingBar - A menu bar macOS app for calendar meetings
        
       Author : leits
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2020-07-29 20:17 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | elviz wrote:
       | Great idea, great app. You should consider making it a proper osx
       | app on the appstore and selling it for a 2$. If you are
       | interested and would love some help, let me know
       | (https://sideproject-help.com)
        
         | leits wrote:
         | Thanks, evliz! My app is completely opensource and free. I
         | don't plan to make it paid.
        
           | aloisdg wrote:
           | You can have both. Why people will pay for the app when you
           | can download it for free ? We will see it as a donation. I
           | always start by using FLOSS and if I stick with the software
           | for more than one year I send a donation. Having the app on a
           | store is a way to achieve that. Thank you for choosing to
           | open source the application it matters a lot for some of us.
        
             | FanaHOVA wrote:
             | If s/he wants donation, giving Apple a 30 percent cut is
             | not the most efficient way to do it.
        
               | aloisdg wrote:
               | 30%? Why Apple does even have a cut at all?
        
       | brailsafe wrote:
       | Seems like this is meant for remote meetings, but it would be
       | great for in office meetings too. I don't remember when so and so
       | has scheduled anything unless it's really consistent, then I'm
       | surprised in the middle of coding and look like a dick when I
       | stay to finish my task before joining.
        
       | jedberg wrote:
       | I have it installed but it doesn't tell me when the next meeting
       | is. It's just showing a checkered flag icon. Is that because my
       | next meeting is tomorrow?
        
       | yarsanich wrote:
       | I already using it.(from Product Hunt launch) Perfect fit for
       | work-day routine especially on WFH.
        
         | leits wrote:
         | Thanks for feedback, yarsanich!
        
       | misterbwong wrote:
       | Super cool. Anyone know if there is an equivalent in windows?
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | x2f10 wrote:
         | If you're signed into the "Calendar" app on Windows 10, you can
         | see upcoming meetings by clicking on the time in the taskbar.
        
       | ohadpr wrote:
       | Great - One thing Meeter does which is great (they are a
       | commercial app that does something similar) is popup a
       | notification with a 'join' button 2 minutes or so before the
       | meeting starts. That reduces the interaction to one click rather
       | than two.
       | 
       | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meeter-for-zoom-teams-co/id151...
        
         | wdb wrote:
         | Yeah, really enjoying the Meeter app that comes with the SetApp
         | bundle/subscription :)
        
       | barbs wrote:
       | For anyone looking for more general menu bar calendar app that
       | syncs with the macOS calendar, I can highly recommend Itsycal.
       | 
       | https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/
        
       | emptysea wrote:
       | Seems similar to https://apps.apple.com/us/app/next-
       | meeting/id1017470484?mt=1... which I love and use every day.
       | 
       | Allows you to click on the events and open meet, zoom, etc.
        
       | Varauk wrote:
       | I can't seem to open it; I keep getting this message:
       | 
       | > "MeetingBar" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for
       | malicious software.
       | 
       | > This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for
       | more information.
       | 
       | Both if I use brew or manually download it.
        
         | leits wrote:
         | Apple isn't very friendly to software distributed outside of
         | AppStore. For installing it you need to:
         | Allow installing software outside of AppStore before
         | installation         Allow opening the app from Preferences
         | after installation
         | 
         | Follow this official from Apple Support to do this:
         | https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491c
        
       | dang wrote:
       | We changed the URL from https://meetingbar.onrender.com/ to the
       | GitHub page because the latter has more explanation.
        
         | leits wrote:
         | Sorry, but can you return previous URL? The site is more user-
         | friendly than github interface.
        
           | FanaHOVA wrote:
           | Given the audience, GitHub might be more user friendly :)
        
         | dharness wrote:
         | I prefer the github url fwiw
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | tomcat27 wrote:
       | very nice!!
        
       | Zaheer wrote:
       | There was site someone made that automatically redirects to your
       | next meeting. Does anyone remember what it was called?
       | 
       | (Update) found it: https://now.me/
        
       | leits wrote:
       | Site: https://meetingbar.onrender.com/
        
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