![]() ![]() It’s easy to develop a sense of entitlement when you use a tool for so long. Originally designed around the Getting Things Done methodology, and now on its third major version, OmniFocus has grown to be one of the most feature-rich task managers on any platform – far surpassing the common, but inadequate title of a to-do list.Īs an OmniFocus fan for nearly a decade I can sympathize with the strong opinions that grow out of being a heavy user of something. Perhaps Omni's most popular product is OmniFocus – a rich suite of task manager applications for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and web. It's the classic "Adobe" issue: Never remove, only add. This means any significant changes that Omni makes risk alienating those users – who trust and demand the most from these tools. And when you consider that many of their products are pro-grade, best-of-class examples in each of their categories, you end up with not just passionate users, but demanding ones. Omni's focus on products and platforms for which they clearly have a passion in turn engenders a lot of the same passion and love from their userbase. You can always wait for version 4.1 or later to upgrade.There are few developers that have as rich of a history as The Omni Group with a product line that can trace its roots back to the earliest days of Mac OS X, Rhapsody, and even NeXTSTEP. It’s not sexy and there’s no Big Bang showcase but it’s very welcome to get features as they become available. ![]() We’re seeing apps like Agenda, Mindnode, Ulysses, and Things slowly add features. Instead of saving everything for a future version, we’ll start seeing a steady flow of features. ![]() We can see more developers adopting a new approach to software development. Version 4.1 and beyond will be where the Omnigroup developers will start adding new features. It might not matter much to some people but it’s something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. I can assign location data to my office, grocery store, hardware store, etc by using it any of the platforms. Version 4.0 allows me to edit the location coordinates. I can’t do that on OmniFocus for Mac 3.x. I need to go to my iPhone or iPad and assign a location (GPS, physical address). Previously, there would be features that won’t be on one platform or another. Who knows… may be I’ll leave Reminders for some time.Īs says, it’s feature parity on all 3 platforms for version 4.0. I think I’m going to adopt OF again, and see if it sticks. Everybody that is busy doing real stuff with OF, not my case, should wait for the golden releases. For such a complex tool (it’s the DEVONthink of task managers) the interface revamp would have been much more easier to understand if the first beta was the Mac one.Īnyway, I have always said that betas are only that, betas, and it is unfair to judge a major release for what the betas show.Maybe they rushed the iOS version before the UI direction was clear and the most glaring bugs were squashed -migrating to SwiftUI is not an easy task.Two things come to mind thinking of the generally negative feedback from the betas: It does not feel sluggish and I had no crashes.įeels like a more mature beta release with less rough edges than the initial iOS beta release. My impression: this is good old OF with a more modern look and feel -the complexity of the tool is there, that’s for sure but I have the feeling that Omni does not pretend to dumb or simplify OF, it is what it is. Turns out I was having recurring tasks waiting since mid 2021, it’s been that long since I last gave OF a solid run. I gave it a spin because… I had other things to do. ![]()
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