Omni Group confirms OmniFocus, a GTD app in the works

It's now been confirmed that this is going to be a development of kinkless. Here's a link to the post from the developer of kGTD, describing his contributions to the upcoming OmniFocus.

http://kinkless.com/news/hold_breath_exhale_focus

MY Bet is thier going to buy GTD Kinkless. than support it and refine it.

Yes, this is news. Many of us are currently using Kinkless+OmniOutliner Pro, and would welcome an "official" and polished solution. The Kinkless solution is good, but not perfect.

#1: If this works as well as hoped, it'll be as much of a pro or semi pro app as you can get. With the functionality and productivity gains, this would be worth $300 in the Windows world. Just because it's going to be sanely prices, doesn't mean it won't be invaluable.

#8: Because Kinkless+OOPro isn't perfect. It's an AppleScript bolt-on solution that does a good job (I use it, as do many others), but it has limitations. (Manual syncing, anyone?) So, for GTD, this app will likely be *better* than OOPro.

Guys, guys, c'mon: what you're all forgetting is that if *some* readers are exceedingly offended by a piece of information *they* don't care about, it *obviously* means it can't be news anymore.

Totally sorry everyone; I'll check with y'all's agenda before printing anything again.

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This is particularly interesting for those of us--and I know I'm not the only one--who like OOP but can't seem to get Kinkless (which is almost completely undocumented--to work properly. In the meantime, as noted above, there are lots of other GTD apps in the works, including Thinking Rock and one which hasn't been released yet called KaDo List.

morgan and Alexei, this IS news; there are many gtd devotee/mac users out there. but please tell me i'll be able to import everything from kGTD into this new app easily. i don't want to have to type everything in again.

This is new to me. I have spent the last three days trying out Customer Management productivity apps (Daylite, Crm4Mac, Studiometry, Redlien, Quiokbooks CM, SOHO Organizer) and reading about 20 others. This GTD sounds like a good concept. I'm willing to give it a try even if it may be the latest flavor of the month.

Between this, Inbox, and the third GTD-oriented app announced in the My Dream App contest... why are all of them coming out NOW, and not a couple years ago?

90% of innovation is secretly people ripping each other off.

Though OmniOutliner + Kinkless works so well, why would I want to spend an extra $20-$40 to get an app that does't have the versatility of OmniOutliner Pro?

I also second the comment that this is barely news.

Man whats with the omni haters among us?

Any news out of Omni is great news. If done correctly, this app will be extremely important.