Changelog

Two new poll types: recurring slot finder & period finder

Until now datly answered the question "when do we meet once?". Two new poll types now cover the other two everyday cases: the regular meeting and the shared multi-day period.

Recurring slot finder

Finds the fixed slot for the team meeting, sports night or club evening. You pick weekdays in a week view, give each day its own times if you like, and choose the rhythm — weekly, every two weeks or monthly. A live preview shows the next concrete dates while you build the poll. The group votes Yes/Maybe/No per slot, and the confirmed slot downloads as a repeating calendar series (.ics) that calendar apps place on every occurrence automatically.

Period finder

Made for group holidays and trips. Everyone marks their available periods directly in the calendar: tap the first and last day, or tap a calendar week number to select the whole week — adjacent periods merge automatically. A new availability timeline shows all participants side by side, a green "Together" strip highlights the days everyone can make, and "common periods" cards rank the best overlaps. The admin confirms the winning period with one tap.

Improvements that came with it

• Calendar weeks (KW) in every calendar — in the big selection calendar, the date picker and the calendar overview.
• Time quick-pick: when adding times, one tap picks morning, afternoon or evening — or repeats your last time. Own times are still possible, of course.
• "Today" buttons bring every calendar and the timeline back to the current month or week instantly.
• Unified dialogs: confirmation prompts now appear as overlays in datly's own look instead of bare browser popups.
• Confirmation email after creating a poll — with both links, so the admin link can't get lost (when an email address is provided).
• Creators are marked available automatically for the dates they propose — no more voting for your own suggestions by hand.
• Duplicate protection everywhere: identical dates or times can no longer be proposed twice.

Security, privacy & the guide

A full security review made datly more robust, and privacy self-service became complete — because a scheduling tool holds names and email addresses, and those deserve care.

• Security hardening across the board: stricter browser security rules, and datly now loads nothing at all from external servers — all fonts, icons and scripts are self-hosted.
• Data export for everyone (GDPR): logged-in users download their data in the profile; guests request a personal export link by email — no account needed.
• Privacy-friendly visit statistics: datly counts page views without cookies and without storing IP addresses — day-level numbers only, nothing traceable to a person.
• The guide with FAQ went online: searchable, bilingual, covering every feature from creating to the final date.
• Editing date options: admins can correct the date or time of an option later — votes already cast stay attached.

A fresh face: the "Fokus" design

datly received a complete redesign. The goal: less visual noise, faster answers to the one question that matters — "when can everyone?".

• A unified results view: best dates as cards on top, the votes grid below, the calendar overview one tap away — the same structure on the poll page and in the admin view.
• Quick Vote: tap a best-date card and your Yes is pre-filled — voting in two taps.
• Polls with many options page through columns instead of scrolling endlessly sideways.
• New typography and icons, softer colours, and a mobile-first layout that works just as well on a phone as on a desktop.

datly goes live

The first release, built around one idea: finding a group date should need no account, no app and no ads.

• Two poll types: the date poll with Yes/Maybe/No voting and the free day picker, where everyone marks their days on a calendar.
• The two-link principle: a public participation link for the group, a secret admin link for the creator.
• Final date with notification: everyone with an email address is informed and receives a calendar file (.ics).
• Optional free accounts with a dashboard for all polls, deadlines with automatic reminders, and a fully bilingual interface (German/English).