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Beta Program Update 6/6/19
Hi Everyone,
First I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for all the time you took to give us feedback on the beta builds of the app. The issues and insights you shared helped our release process go much smoother than if we had done it alone. The team and I really appreciate it.
I also wanted to give everyone an update on the beta program and share a bit about what to expect in the future. We are wrapping up the release of the new app to the general public, and you probably noticed that we have not pushed new beta builds as frequently. This is not the end, in fact you all have been so helpful that want to keep building our beta community, so if you know anyone who wants in on the action, just tell the to send me a mail at [email protected] with the following information:
- Your Name
- Your Cronometer account email.
- Your Apple ID email OR you Google Play Account Email<- so we can flag you as a beta tester and give you access to the app.
- Your Cronometer account status, i.e. Gold subscriber, Free, or paid app.
- Your device i.e. iPhone 7, Samsung Galaxy, etc.
- The device's OS version.
Now for the fun part! We are going to focus more on user facing features now that the app has been re-built from the ground up, and all of you are going to get early access. Keep an eye out for a new build some time next week with a few brand new features. I’ll post an update once we get the release out to give you an idea of what is in the build. As always, we truly appreciate any and all feedback you are willing to share with us.
Cheers,
Spencer
SpencerD
Re: What integration would you like to see next?
I love this, but it's such a drawback that you can't import recipes from a URL as you can with recipe management systems like Paprika. I see that I'm not the only one that feels that way, but just wanted to add my voice to the chorus.
Re: Do you eat all of your calories?
Just my 2 cents but if you start thinking too much about "spending" all of your available calories, it will become an obsession. If you're comfortably full, and you've eaten well, let it ride.
Dark Theme
I would love the option to select a dark theme in the web client. The white background is a bit much on a large screen or late at night.
Re: What integration would you like to see next?
I enter my food tracking within a minute or two before/after I eat. I would love a chart showing my intermittent fasting time tracked by last food entered on previous day to first food entered on current day to calculate fasting time and a chart showing hours/minutes fasted per day.
Re: pulling activity from samsung health
I have found that Google fit will pick up the data for the Samsung Health app and pass it to Cronometer but it is a haphazard way of doing it and I don't think it is very reliable. So far I haven't found a good work around.
GLYCEMIC INDEX/LOAD
This is a vital addition to the foods data for those of us with chronic health issues caused by sugars, inflammation, etc. Please, please, please.
Re: What integration would you like to see next?
@jerbir We use gram amounts as a standard to provide accuracy and consistency. Especially if you are creating custom recipes you will want to enter the gram amounts so that you recipe becomes more usable.
You can always add more serving size types to a food yourself by editing a copy of the food and saving it as your own custom food for future use.
From our recent Blog Post: https://cronometer.com/blog/6-tips-getting-nutrition-data/
"Tip #5: Weigh it!
If you want the most accuracy, we recommend using a kitchen scale to weigh your ingredients to the nearest gram. Most foods have different serving sizes associated with them, but these can be problematic, especially for certain types of foods. For example, if you want the nutrition for ‘1 cup of raw baby spinach’, this is a very subjective measure. One person may loosely pack the leaves into a cup, and another may stuff them in tightly. Both have 1 cup of baby spinach, but the actual amounts are completely different. The only way to remove the ambiguity here is to weigh the spinach and enter the actual gram weight. This is less of an issue for food types that are more uniform like liquids or powders (my cup of flour should be the same as yours)."
Hilary
Re: New Site Design
I have to disagree with your disparaging comments about the @cronometer team. They are definitely a small group of folks that are working diligently for the consumers of the product. I have been using Crono for over two years, and have seen numerous customer requests implemented. From offering the ability to track net carbs, and subtracting sugar alcohols, to adding the ability to track the timing of entries, the crono team has made a very large number of changes to the crono app due to customer requests. The fact that they have not necessarily implemented any of your ideas (yet) does not mean that they don't listen. Being in the IT industry, I know first hand, how difficult it can be to discern user requests for wishes and requirements. The sheer number of requests that are wishes (the color of a button, or the order of columns, for example) must be taken into account, and most times have to be scrutinized and prioritized. They are a small shop. Instant gratification, while nice, is nearly impossible. Again, that does not take away from the fact that they are working very hard to implement as many changes that make sense, as they can. Not to mention, what you may think would be a great addition to the application, another user may not think the same way. There are a LOT of users of this app. The requests that will benefit the most users will likely get the higher priority.
The point of my comment is this... While you might not agree, the crono team is working very hard on this application, and has been for quite a while. They are very responsive to their users (more than I can say for countless other apps) and do their best to make changes that their users want. Have a change that you want made? Request it! The more users you get to like your changes, or agree with your stance, the more traction your request will get. But please, don't be nasty with the team. They are working for you. For me. For all of us.
