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OmniFocus: The Feedback Cometh

by Brian on May 30, 2007

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone participating in the OmniFocus alpha. We're getting tons of good feedback. The graph below shows the number of items we have in our system, broken out by product. See the blue line? That's OmniFocus. Red line? OmniWeb. Green line? OmniPlan. Nothing else even makes it onto the chart right now. If it takes us a while to respond to you, now you know why.

RT-High-Traffic

 

Comments

Just out of curiosity, why do all of the programs have spikes at the same time?  Is it because of the weekend?  The graph is too small to read the text.


Intersting anyway.


Keep up the good work.

Jason

05.30.07 5:41 AM

You wouldn't get so many people clamoring to get their hands on the early cpies if we didn't all have high hopes for the program, and want to help make it the best it can be.


Maybe I should get that OmniGraffle beta and look at it.

Jay Elmore

05.30.07 5:50 AM

Jason, you can click the image to view the original version. The spikes tend to grow larger in the evenings and overnight and then get smaller during the day as the emails are answered. The ticket creation graph shows spikes that are offset from these.

James

05.30.07 6:00 AM

I think I am going to revise my conceptualisation of the banner graphic for this blog. I've always seen it as the OmniBloggist, shouting across the plains to all who will listen.


Now I see it as the opposite. The image is the OmniConsumerCollective, in a small room, screaming into the OmniBloggist's ear.


You should take this graph, over the period of a few months, and convert it into a sound wave, then release the sound wave for our audio pleasure.


Perhaps it will say something.

AmberV

05.30.07 6:19 AM

Damn, someone send some emails about OmniOutliner, will ya?

OmniDork

05.30.07 6:55 AM

James- Thanks, makes a lot more sense now. I tried clicking earlier but didn't get anything- it works now though.


As for OO, I'm all for it too- after OmniFocus. I'm in the middle of the OF goodness right now, and if OF is any indication of what OO will be like….Omni will rule the world.

Jason

05.30.07 7:31 AM

Oh no, they're on to us! Quick, hide the mind-control device!

rachael

05.30.07 7:55 AM

Could we get an update on the Beta? Particularly, how far down the list are you and how often are you adding more testers.


Some of us are still obsesively clicking on out Get Mail buttons with unhealthy frequency…

Gregory

05.30.07 9:51 AM

I second that.  Please provide access to the OmniFocus image.

Zach

05.30.07 12:31 PM
Team Member

We invited another 250 people today, so we've now invited everyone who subscribed before March 16.  (We're up to about a third of the beta list's 7,500+ subscribers.)

Ken Case

05.30.07 1:27 PM

aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggghghhhhghgh

I signed up March 19th

aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrhrhrhrrgrhgrhgrhgrhgrh

Joel

05.30.07 2:02 PM

OmniFocus is the ultimate tool to procastinate, even when you don't have it, since it makes me constantly checking my email ;-)

Jacco

05.30.07 3:32 PM

Perhaps at this point you would consider quietly putting a link for download on website and re-direct the human resource spending time on a beta to more productive use (and let me get my fix now!)

Ed

05.30.07 5:29 PM

Just got my invite yesterday.  Ken, this app is brilliant!  It's obviously still alpha, but all ready it's IMHO the best GTD app out there.  Better than Kinkless, Actiontastic, iGTD…


Could you put a sticky in the forum where you can update where you are on the beta list?  I spent weeks checking these comments, searching the forums, and looking at my inbox waiting for my invitation.  I actually feel a sense of relief having the alpha now as I'm emptying my brain into it (and yes, I know it might blow up which is why I have backups out the wazoo!).  I'm sure other people are as anxious as I was to get my hands on this thing, and anything you can do to help people wait would be greatly appreciated.

Miles

05.31.07 6:50 AM
Team Member

Good idea.  There's now a status thread on our OmniFocus forum.

Ken Case

05.31.07 7:33 AM

how about reversing the beta invites from most recent date…just for a few days?


hehe.

david

05.31.07 8:46 AM

Nice graphs.  If you are interested insharing, I am curious what tool was used to generate the graphics.

Tait

06.01.07 1:13 AM

That's odd. I subscribed to the list on May 26th and haven't received my invite. Hmmmmm….

Wireless

06.02.07 8:30 AM

[...] And the main reason for that is Omni Focus. I tested it pretty often in the last few days, and as far as I saw on the Omni blog, I’m not the only one . I must say that they are taking it very seriously, there were some days with two or three builds and tons of bug fixes. It starts to look like a pretty decent application to me. Even if it will costs money, the balance is favorable to Omni Focus. Why? Because I already have two of their applications: Omni Plan and Omni Outliner Pro, and if Omni Focus will integrate with them, then it will be a logical decision. And if I will use Omni Focus for my business, it makes little sense to continue to use iGTD just for personal user, I will end up with a ton of duplicated data. [...]

iGTD goes commercial, Omni Focus goes pretty well

06.02.07 10:16 PM

Yes, I'd also like to know how those beautiful graphs were created.

Ted

06.03.07 9:51 PM

I would also love to know what system you use to track the bugs and what generated the graph.

Jon Beebe

06.04.07 8:21 AM
Team Member

I think our graphs were made with some home-grown ruby magic, but I'm not sure.

Lizard

06.04.07 11:36 AM

The trouble-ticket system we use is called

Request Tracker.

brian

06.05.07 4:53 AM
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