The Omni Group hints at Yet Another Product
It's a sad, sad day when the Mac world gets all giddy over some third-party application that does something somehow for whatever reason -- but we're not really sure what -- though it has a yellowish icon and is supposedly eagerly requested by a bunch of people and is, after all, by the same company that brought you OmniWeb, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, and OmniDazzle (you know, that other product we were all giddy about).And despite the vague (viz: non-existent) description and the lack of hints as to its purpose, I am excited to hear about the new mystery app the fine folks at The Omni Group are cooking up. All they'll tell us is that it's repeatedly requested, the pic shown here is a blurred image of it, and it is not a replacement for Mail and is not a word processor.
So why spread non-information, you ask? Well, because if you correctly guess what it is (in the blog post's comments) you'll get a super-secret sneak peak at the future OmniWhatever. And then you could slip us a note as to what it is.
I mean, not like we're condoning you breaking the trust of The Omni Group and leaking information regarding OmniSecret. That would just be wrong -- and if you do, frankly, I'm not sure we could be friends anymore. We love those guys.
But yeah. You know how to reach us.
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I agree with whoever said OmniLock - that's what I thought as soon as I saw the icon, and it's something that has a huge demand behind it. Some kind of file-password-protection app.
(I want a million quid if I turn out to be right.)
If they make a GTD app, great, it will rock. If they do not, great, I'll continue to build mine :-)
http://www.kaboomerang.com/blog/
I with EJP (#6) and Jacob (#7); it's either a PIM or a spreadsheet (I want both!).
July 13 2006 at 12:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWe sure don't get much information from that blurry icon, but I'm going to have to go with Omni Urine Tester.
July 13 2006 at 10:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI also vote for a dedicated GTD app similar to kinkless
http://kinkless.com/
I think all this 'mystery app' stuff is done by Omni for just two reasons:
1. marketing: create expectations, blog space, etc.
2. Get lots of free new product ideas.
I think I read somewhere that they were making an app that clipped the silent parts of your MP3s without re-encoding them. Or was that another company that gets me all giddy? Anyway, since I could really use that app, and thought about writing it myself, that must be it.
July 13 2006 at 12:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's a project management app. I think.
July 13 2006 at 12:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI put in my vote for a blogging & feed reader app.
July 12 2006 at 10:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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