Thanks @rrhoover ! One of our design goals is to give people more scheduling powers so that they *can* actually understand their time usage and manage their own schedules. Lots of opportunities to accelerate and streamline time management. Let us know how it goes!

@rrhoover me too, just installed

@liveink Thanks Kevin! Love Farmstead, it's a lifesaver with young kids in the house!

@bob_ryskamp I just went to register but the app requires access to view my email. I'm too paranoid to give any apps access to that. Is there any workaround?

@rrhoover The current functionality combines email and calendar features, so unfortunately it's not possible right now to separate the permissions. One of the insights we've had working with beta customers is that, since so many scheduling requests start with email, it's hard to provide a complete experience without it. If we had a version with reduced email integration (e.g. no email Assistant, no ability to view emails connected to an event) would that still be appealing to you?

@ryanstenson Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. One of the most helpful features for our test users was connecting their email and calendar workflows; of course that requires access to both products. And we plan to implement addition and sharing of calendars, though currently have no plans to delete Google calendars (and we'd never do that without you requesting it). To Google's credit, they're very careful and explain the most extreme possibilities that connecting apps could do. We're also very careful with your data (here's our privacy policy: https://woven.com/privacy) and you can remove our access to your account at any time from your Google account settings if it's a concern. Hope that helps and thanks for the comment!

@ryanstenson Thanks for the feedback. You are right we should have done a better job explaining how these permissions are used. Here is our current attempt, let me know if this helps explain things a bit better: https://support.woven.com/faq/ho...

@ryanstenson Yeah that stopped me too, well that and permission to read all emails has become a non-starter for me. No matter how much convenience the app might add to my life. I feel like the amount of apps asking for sensitive email information is becoming a ticking time bomb from a security standpoint. I don't know exactly where the privacy balance is, but this app looks pretty awesome so great work guys.

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@villeodell Appreciate the detailed feedback, we'll look into each of those suggestions. Definitely understand that many people have corporate policies that they need to follow; we want to support them too!

@just_s Our goal is to support each one of those use cases, so please check back in a few months. And all of them will have the same key features, since our apps use a shared and unique backend. Stay tuned!

@elizabethhunker Glad to hear it! Voice is super interesting...what would you want to say to your calendar?

@nirchernia Fantastical is super cool. Great design on the Mac especially. Our initial focus with Woven is helping people with the most time-consuming parts of time management: shared scheduling to help figure out when and where you can meet with people, and then map and travel planning to get you there. Those are when our unique backend technology starts to really kick in. Look for more intelligence coming soon!

@joelrunyon It is similar functionality. You first create what we call a "Draft Event" and add your suggested times. You can then "Share" this draft event, which generates a URL that can be put inside an email message or a chat application. When your guest clicks on the link, they see the times you suggested and they can just hit "Schedule" to book one of them (Your guests don't need to be Woven users for this to work). Alternatively, they can also add their own suggestions. If they do so, you get a notification in Woven.

@joelrunyon Some similar concepts, yeah. Sunrise Meet (which was super cool) also let you choose a few times to offer to someone else. With Woven we're extending that a bit so that guests can also suggest their own times, and also update participants and the location. That way if the times you offered don't work for them, or if you don't know all the information up front, you can still find something that works.

Thanks @mikeorren , appreciate the review! We'll keep working on making everything easier to understand and use.

you mean sunrise calendar?

@karahasanh We're looking into how we can support international users, stay tuned!

@karahasanh @bob_ryskamp did u manage it now ?!? How can someone outside US have it

@paddy Thanks for the feedback and I definitely understand your point of view. We use your contacts (only names and email addresses) to allow you auto-complete meeting participants from within Woven so that you don't have to hunt for your guest's email address when trying to setup a meeting. They are not used for any other purpose. This article further explains how we use all the Google permissions we ask for: https://support.woven.com/faq/ho...

@johngil We're just in the browser on desktop for now...what OS would you like us to prioritize for a native desktop app?

@bob_ryskamp I am Safari based due to the incomparable basic features, though I realize most people use Chrome or Firefox. I appreciate the response.

@johngil Sounds good. Woven.com/app should work well in Safari, definitely let us know at support@woven.com if it doesn't! Hoping to create a more native desktop app for Mac soon.

@omtnt We're still a small company, so we don't have the support and legal capabilities to cover international sales and support right now. Great to see all the interest though and we'll expand coverage as quickly as we can!

Sorry to hear that Juston. Two main features we currently offer on top of Google Calendar are 1) a map view with travel planning for days when you're on the road, and 2) shared scheduling, which lets you coordinate times and places to meet more efficiently. Give those a shot and let us know what you think!