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OmniWeb 5.8 released

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Sep 29th, 2008

The Omni Group has released version 5.8 of OmniWeb, its venerable browser software.

OmniWeb 5.8 is now based on the same version of Webkit as Safari 3.1.x. It also fixes bugs with Spaces, and adds support for non-POSIX file URLs. Users can also choose Google Chrome in the list of user-agent strings. Full release notes are also available.

OmniWeb 5.8 is available from Omni's website, and works with Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later. The software is $14.95, with upgrades starting at $4.95 for users of Omniweb 4.

Tags: breakingnews, chrome, omni, omniweb, spaces, webkit

Filed under: Software, Productivity

OmniFocus goes 1.0

by Brett Terpstra (RSS feed) on Jan 8th, 2008

OmniFocus 1.0 represents a long-awaited addition to the GTD offerings on the Mac. It's a GTD-compatible task manager that has been in beta (or vaportrail, as they call it) for a while now and has gained an active community of users. Today's release puts Omni ahead of several other developers, which may help make up the minds of the more impatient GTDers who have been watching the options grow more varied and the spread of features get more convoluted.

Omni nailed a few things in this application, including a very powerful means of managing how tasks are viewed (focuses), recurring tasks and OS X integration that includes Spotlight indexing of tasks. The interface is unfamiliar to new users, but relatively intuitive. And, unlike some of the other up-and-comers, Omni made GTD standards a high priority. Whether that is a selling point depends entirely on the individual user's taste.

OmniFocus has updated almost every day since I got my invitation to the beta some months back. If you like applications that have a quick and responsive development team, you'll enjoy the development pace. It's retailing at $79.95 now that the pre-order discount is finished. Visit the website for more information.

Tags: GTD, Omni, Omni Group, OmniFocus, OmniGroup

Filed under: Software, Leopard, Beta Beat

OmniGraffle 5.0 beta 1

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Dec 1st, 2007

The guys over at Omni are on a roll, they just released a beta of the highly anticipated GTD application OmniFocus and today they announced the availability of the OmniGraffle 5 beta. The new test release is Leopard-only and has a bunch new features, headlined by a completely new layout engine, with new tools (including a Quick Look plugin), and native support for the Microsoft Visio file format (VSD) as well as stencils (VSS) and tools (VST).

OmniGraffle 5.0b1 is available for download from Omni. Pricing and final availability have not yet been announced.

Tags: Omni, OmniGraffle, Visio

Filed under: Software

OmniPlan

by Dan Lurie (RSS feed) on Jul 22nd, 2006

Well, the cat's out of the bag folks. OmniPlan is the name of that now not-so-super-secret new piece of software from Omni Group. As the name oh-so-subtly suggests, OmniPlan does project planning, complete with Gant charts and whatever else you project planning people do. I'm not quite sure what all of the features do, as I have zero background in project planning, but it's sure pretty!

OmniPlan has been in private beta for about a week, and a public beta will be released on Wednesday.

Tags: chart, gant, group, omni, omnigroup, omniplan, osx, plan, planning, project, software

Filed under: Software, Freeware

Graffletopia

by Dan Lurie (RSS feed) on Jul 19th, 2006

OmniGraffle is fantastic. Its useful, shiny, and it allows me to show people what my thoughts look like visually, even if it scares them a bit. Perhaps one of the most useful applications of OmniGraffle is for plotting out infrastructure of some kind; network maps; flow charts; company hierarchies. The only issue with OmniGraffle out of the box is that it comes with a fairly paltry selection of symbols and shapes to use when creating your masterpiece. Is that purple square the Executive VP of Finance, or is it the refrigerator in the break room?

Lucky for those of us too lazy to go looking for images on our own, Patrick Crowley of iCalShare has setup Graffletopia, as site dedicated to OmniGraffle stencils. (A stencil is a collection of reusable images or symbols.) Some of the stencils available are amazingly well done, and include such specific categories as Cisco network switches and Sun server hardware.

All stencils are provided free of charge, and users are encouraged to submit their own.

Tags: graffletopia, icalshare, layout, mapping, omni, omnigraffle, omnigroup, planning, stencil, symbol

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