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Things 1.0rc now available
Cultured Code has issued the 1.0 release candidate for Things, its popular GTD application, a little more than a week ahead of its official launch on January 6.Things 1.0rc has a huge list of changes including new icons, the ability to reorder to-dos in the Today list across project and area boundaries, the ability to edit titles and reorder projects in the sidebar (my biggest pet peeve prior to this), fixes to syncing and compatibility issues with the iPhone version of Things, and numerous big fixes. A complete list can be found here via MacUpdate due to site difficulties with Cultured Code. An official mirror detailing the release notes can also be found here.
Things 1.0rc is available at the mirror of the Cultured Code website, since the main site is either being sluggish or not responding at all due to demand. An alternate download location can be found through MacUpdate, along with the complete list of changes. Full price for a Things license is $49USD, but a coupon for 20% off can be used until January 15 - even if you missed out signing up for the newsletter. That code is THINGSPRESALE20.
Things requires OS X 10.4 or later. It is also recommended for those who own the iPhone version to update to version 1.3 once it becomes available through the App Store.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
zeero said 9:06PM on 12-29-2008
I'll wait until they release an upgraded version that includes "support".
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Pixelton said 10:57PM on 12-29-2008
If you need support to use Things you should not be allowed outside without a handler or a helmet.
donnacha said 3:11AM on 12-30-2008
It's not so much the lack of support that gets to me, it's more the incredibly slow development and astonishing lack of response to feature requests in their forums.
Don't get me wrong, it's a nice app, but for a long time now some sort of MobileMe / WebDav syncing has been, by a long shot, the most frequently requested feature. I'm shocked that it isn't appearing in 1.0, especially as the iPhone is a pivotal battleground for this type of app and there main competitor, OmniFocus, has had proper syncing from the start.
I still like things, just surprising at what looks like a pretty serious blunder.
zeero said 12:27PM on 12-30-2008
Thanks Oli!
TorsteinV said 9:12PM on 12-29-2008
I just bought Things and I've been loving it since I first got the open beta earlier this fall together with Things for iPhone.
I happily paid the 39$ they charged with the coupon, without hesitating (almost not hehe, I'm a poor student).
Money well spent! :D
T
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Jakob said 11:47PM on 12-29-2008
A poor student? I suppose you should have checked out their education store! http://store.esellerate.net/culturedcode/education/
dorian said 9:15PM on 12-29-2008
i would love to see a nice comparation to this with other gtd apps w/ there iphone/ipod touch apps
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truss said 9:28PM on 12-29-2008
I would get excited about GTD programs if there weren't like 100 of them that all claim the be the perfect solution. Nobody has that much to do.
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Tony said 1:17AM on 12-30-2008
I would get excited about frying pans if there weren't like 100 of them...nobody has that much to cook.
(Damn, I need to cook an omelet. Now what do I do?)
Robert said 9:51PM on 12-29-2008
I have been a supporter of things since 2007 and have followed it's development, this has been a very publicly developed and people have had a lot of suggestions and they (cultured code) has welcomed the feedback.
What more do we want in a small company developer?
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thezonie said 11:18PM on 12-29-2008
Anyone have any opinions on how it compares to running OmniFocus on ones Macs and iPhone?
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dave said 11:42PM on 12-29-2008
I have used both on my mac and only omnifocus on my iPhone. Things is nice but not as powerful as OF. The iPhone version of OF syncs with various services (mobileme,webdav,etc.) so for me that is a big deal. I understand that things syncs over wifi, but that cant even compare to the "it-just-happens" way OF does it. I also couldnt find a way to sub-task a task in things which makes it sort of difficult to really manage a project. I guess if your looking for more of a basic todo app things is good. If you want deep planning then OF is the way to go. One plus for things is that it appeared to auto-sync my todo's with iCal which OF dosen't do. Then again, you cant sync iCal todo's to the iPhone anyway so I'm not sure it matters.
rebby said 10:51PM on 12-31-2008
A note about the previous comment...If you don't have Things for iPhone, then you probably shouldn't be trying to compare its features to OF.
And for the record I have both OF and Things for both my MacBook and iPhone. Things had a wifi sync long before OF, which is one of the reasons I had switched to Things. It's true that Things doesn't support a more deeply structured planning (Sub-projects, sub-tasks), but it does day-to-day gtd-get-that-thought-out-of-my-head stuff really well. And the iPhone version (in my subjective opinion) opens faster than OF, which is nice when you just want to enter something in the inbox.
And yes, I know that OF lets you get to the inbox when everything's loading. But still...
Adam PW Smith said 11:37PM on 12-29-2008
I bought OmniFocus but soon found that they had gold plated it to the point where I was frequently getting lost in the functions. Things is much simpler, meaning it doesn't have as many functions, but the ones it has are faster and simpler to use.
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Megan Lavey said 12:03AM on 12-30-2008
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.
Odineye said 12:01AM on 12-30-2008
I'm also in the camp that finds Omnifocus to be way too much for my needs. Thing a is straightforward while still allowing you to break projects down into component tasks and schedule recurring tasks (one of my personal favorite features.
I've found the beta to sync well with the iPhone. This feature makes ubiquitoous capture very feasible and useable.
I'll be early in line for the paid app.
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Bryan Veloso said 12:15AM on 12-30-2008
Doesn't seem like Things 1.3 for the iPhone is up on the App Store yet. (You meant 1.2 as opposed to 1.02 right?)
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Megan Lavey said 12:21AM on 12-30-2008
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.
kinas said 9:43AM on 12-30-2008
The iPhone version of OF syncs with various services (http://www.rockyslots.com) so for me that is a big deal. I understand that things syncs over wifi,
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thomas said 10:18AM on 12-30-2008
"It's not so much the lack of support that gets to me, it's more the incredibly slow development and astonishing lack of response to feature requests in their forums."
And thank god for this. If culturedcode rushed a project with the insane amount of features users want it would be one giant mess. Go use omnifocus.
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