Things 1.0rc now available

Mike - it comes up 10%. Whom should I contact about that?

Thomas, you're completely missing the point, this isn't just some random feature that mindless users think they need, along with dozens of others, it is THE feature.

MobileMe / WebDav syncing is clearly important to Things users: it is by far the most requested features, with six times more requests than the next most requested feature. 120 requests vs 19.

I understand the arguments about the need to avoid bloat and actually ship, but when your major competitors have already had such a vital feature for half a year, it is just dumb to release a product - and get reviewed on that product! - with such a major omission. All the reviewers are going to focus on that missing features and, in the public mind, Things will become the task manager that doesn't sync properly. It will be thought of as that long after they actually introduce proper syncing.

At the very least, Cultured Code should give us a roadmap or some sort of indication of when it might appear. A vague statement that it is a "high priority" is not enough: we are being asked to put down $40 for a task manager which, without proper syncing, does not work in terms of "trust".

One of the key points in Dave Allen's "Getting Things Done" book is that you must be able to trust your system. I trust iCal because I know that if I enter an appointment into my calendar, whether via my desktop or my iPhone, it will be automatically synced in the background, without any intervention or manual syncing from me. This means that I KNOW that all my calendars are up to date.

I can trust iCal, but I cannot trust Things ... yet!

According to the release notes, it is 1.3 (http://gridgets.com/releasenotes.html). It's been submitted, but must go through the App Store process.

I was in the same camp as you. I bought OmniFocus and really wish I had my $80 ($100 including the iPhone app) back. It just hasn't been worth it.

I've been evaluating Things, but also using the beta of The Hit List. THL has seduced me away from Things and I'm finding and using it more than I used Things and especially OF.