We've had a lot of requests for web forums, so hopefully there are some of you who will thrust a triumphant fist in the air over this.
Caveats include the fact that we know the forums are kind of, well, not so fresh looking right now and we'll be stylificationing them in the future.
Drop on by and say hello, why don't you.
In case you missed the mind-bending breathtaking riveting mildly interesting news, we released a new version of OmniDiskSweeper a short while back, our first non-beta update since….um….well, since 2003.
Hush up, we've been busy. Dammit, people, we're a software company, not miracle workers! Or magicians! Or…bricklayers.
Anyway, the current version includes the rich, creamery Universal binary goodness, and what I typically refer to as “a number of improvements” because reading release notes makes my left eyelid twitch.
Happily, DiskSweeper 1.5 also now offers a revolutionary documentation technology called online help. And the refreshing smell of mint.
“Wait,” you may be saying, one hand methodically stroking your goatee as you gaze thoughtfully off into space, “can't I just use the Finder to find and delete files?”
Uh, yes. Yes you can.
(My marketing fu is very strong.)
However! DiskSweeper highlights the biggest files on your drives, so it's super handy for finding gigantor space-hogs like all those Numa Numa videos you downloaded. Since that was soooooo 2005, you should probably make room for the “Snakes on a Plane” trailer, you know?
In conclusion, the new version is here. Enjoy!
In response to some questions about Apple's freshly announced Boot Camp, a quote from Omni's CEO Ken Case:
In general, I think we'll see Microsoft selling more copies of Windows to Mac users (like the [copy] I'm just about to buy), and Apple selling more Macintoshes to Windows users: I know it will be a lot easier for many people to buy Macs now that they're not an either/or proposition, which naturally means a larger market for our software.Is it financially feasible to continue to write apps for Mac OS X, when equivalent apps may exist on Windows XP? Of course! We simply have to make sure that our applications provide the best possible experience on all platforms (not just on Mac OS X)—which, I hope, is exactly what we're already doing.
Hello, and welcome to The Omni Mouth, our charmingly-named outlet for All Things Omni. Well, not all things Omni, it's not like we'll be writing about…oh, the magnets on our snackroom refrigerator, or something. Like we'd be that self-obsessed and insipid! Please.
I mean, that's what our Flickr account is for.
Anyway, the plan is to provide you lovely people with frequent (“frequent” meaning “whenever we remember to do so”) updates on what The Omni Group is up to. We won't abandon our other methods of information dissemination, so if you are a fan of the carefully crafted, nutrient-rich press release, fear not–we'll continue to send out official conch trumpetings when new software versions are available.
Check back for news, tips, pithy vignettes, and a comical overuse of exclamation points.
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You may remember The Omni Group from such Mac OS X titles as OmniWeb, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner. The Omni Mouth is an ill-advised foray into the magical world of company blogging. We can't promise scintillating content, but we can offer slapdash updates on our development progress. Also, typos.
“...among all the great outliners and idea organizers available, The Omni Group’s OmniOutliner Professional 3.0 is the one that’s absolutely indispensable to anyone whose livelihood depends on clearly assembling and presenting his or her thoughts…”
“Turnbull: What's the one app you couldn't live without?
Ihnatko: Oof. If you only rely on one app, then you need to get out more. If we scratch from the list any app that comes with the OS (like a browser, a mail client, even a word processor), I'd have to go with OmniOutliner. I use it as a database, I use it for accounting, I use it for ordering ideas, I use it for snippets of information that otherwise defy categorization…it's a Big Deal. My book publisher wants me to do another book for them, and in the space of three or four days, I've gone from “What do I want to write about?” to jotting down a few ideas to having a long and now somewhat organized book outline to send to my editor. All thanks to OmniOutliner.”
“If a picture is worth a thousand words, a diagram is worth a thousand pictures. Whether you’re presenting a sales strategy to your boss or explaining your newest invention to a friend, diagrams let you express relationships and concepts better than you can with words and images alone. OmniGraffle Professional 4.0, the latest revision of The Omni Group’s diagramming application, adds new features that will entice current users to upgrade and encourage everyone else to take a closer look.”
“If you want a traditional outlining program with a great user interface that’s versatile, powerful and plays well with other applications, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better tool anywhere than OmniOutliner 3 Pro.”