That’s the one, and you’re right, it is currently a rebrand but ultimately the same product.
I think having separate apps is the wrong way to go for their “integrate everything in one place” philosophy, over the longer term. I’m eager to see what they do with it next.
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean that sounds pretty reasonable, could they just not think of a name that wasn’t already in prevalent use? Was the goal to be unsearchable for anyone trying to find it?
That’s like creating a reminders app and naming it task manager.
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
They renamed it Notion calendar, but Cron had pretty solid SEO. I much preferred its old name and theme.
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well that’s great for them, but that also means that people searching for the cron that has had that name for 50 years are going to get irrelevant results for a calendar app.
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I seriously doubt people looking for cron are going to be confused by a calendar app.
Help guys, every time I go to look up the mail command, the USPS shows up.
sugartits@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Or a spreadsheet program and calling it Excel.
Or outlook, access…
The name doesn’t matter if you can establish it.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, their point isn’t that it’s a weird name that doesn’t line up with what the product does, their point is that cron is an already existing bit of software that does something else.
It’d be like if MS made a notes app called Steam or Google called a new camera app iTunes.
Minus the trademark infringement I guess.
kautau@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Even worse is that it’s close enough.
Like “recur by specific days but not by months cron”
Is a valid search for both things. Only one came out in 1975 and has had that name forever, and one decided it would be cool to hijack it