Omni Group confirms OmniFocus, a GTD app in the works
The Omni Group has hinted at new products and teased us with a handy tool and toy. While 3rd party solutions have existed to turn their OmniOutliner Pro into a mean, lean Getting Things Done machine, the Omni Group has finally spilled the quintessential bean in a recent blog post and confirmed that a true-blue GTD app is in the works, and its name is OmniFocus.
However, I say the Omni gang spilled one bean - and one bean only - because they have twisted the cruel rumor knife ever so slightly by withholding any other details. No features, no clues, no ETA or price range. Not even a blurry icon. Cursed Omni Group! For now, it seems, you have forced us to suffer in your dungeon of anticipation! Our only salvation is your humbling generosity - some day - offering the warm sunlight of more details. Oh despair - thy name is OmniFocus!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
morgan said 8:46PM on 9-25-2006
i dont care much for this type of hype, similar to disco and the maczot secrets. it would be different if it was for pro or semi-pro applications, or any programs of more significance than 20 dollar shareware.
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tblaze said 9:00PM on 9-25-2006
I wonder if this annoucement has anything to do with the winner of MDA first round.....
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fred said 9:45PM on 9-25-2006
"I wonder if this annoucement has anything to do with the winner of MDA first round.."
I think it has everything to do with that (by the way I voted for that app).
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Todd said 10:08PM on 9-25-2006
"I wonder if this annoucement has anything to do with the winner of MDA first round.."
I doubt it - just not Omni's style.
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Alexei said 10:10PM on 9-25-2006
I'm going to agree that this isn't news. This isn't even *blog-worthy* news, which isn't "news" 50% of the time. In fact, not only did this article waste my time, but I had to waste more time to point out what a waste of time it was.
Can't you see the vicious cycle you create every time you post a lousy article like this, just so that you can get your 5 cents a word for posting?
Please, think of the children.
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Rishabh said 10:54PM on 9-25-2006
Wow, I can't wait how OmniFocus turns up. Although I have been using OOP + Kinkless setup for a while now, I am positive that OmniFocus will better it!
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iMatt said 6:49AM on 9-26-2006
Although OMNI's work is excellent--(love the 'Graffle, and I wish I had a use for the yummy 'Plan)--they should launch this very soon to get the .
There are already at least two or three GTD apps on the horizon, including the very promising looking Midnght Inbox.
www.midnightbeep.com
I wonder if Omni may have missed their chance to conquer the market on this one...
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Dry County said 11:17PM on 9-25-2006
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.
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Suds said 12:07AM on 9-26-2006
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.
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svolix said 1:20AM on 9-26-2006
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.
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Kurt Vander Bogart said 1:37AM on 9-26-2006
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.
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south said 5:18AM on 9-26-2006
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.
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historydoll said 9:11AM on 9-26-2006
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.
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David Chartier said 9:22AM on 9-26-2006
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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Tony said 12:28PM on 9-26-2006
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.
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coalxman said 5:17PM on 9-26-2006
MY Bet is thier going to buy GTD Kinkless. than support it and refine it.
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historydoll said 2:25PM on 9-27-2006
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
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