OmniPlan 1.5 RC 2 Released!

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by Skwirl on February 6, 2008

OmniPlan 1.5 RC 2 is now available and is a free update for existing OmniPlan 1.x owners. Thanks to all you brave testers out there, we're now closer than ever to releasing the final. If you find any issues in RC 2 please please please let us know as soon as you can. Also, if you're a Leopard user we strongly recommend that you use OmniPlan 1.5 instead because there are some known issues between OmniPlan 1.1.2 and Leopard.

Highlights of this version include a permanent solution to prevent the overlaid progress meter that comes up for some slow operations from forcing Spaces to switch to the space containing the document window. If you previously disabled the progress meter entirely as we suggested in the release notes for OmniPlan-1.5 beta 3, they will remain disabled until specifically reenabled. In a Terminal window, type “defaults delete com.omnigroup.OmniPlan LongOperationIndicatorDisabled” We also patched up the Automatic Software Update interface in the Italian localization.

To learn more about all the changes in OmniPlan 1.5, please see the release notes for more details!

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it breaks your computer, corrupts your files, and ruins your weekend. A more stable release is also available. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback feature in your copy of OmniPlan.

For current 1.5 beta users, you can use our nifty new software updater to download and install the new beta. For everyone else, go here to download the RC!

Comments

Hey!

Great software! I cannot wait to see the final release! I'm using it on Leopard and have not found any bug yet.

Márton

02.12.08 6:43 PM

I'm a long time Microsoft Project user, but have always worked on a Mac. When Microsoft discontinued supporting Macs for Project, I got a PC just to run Project. Therefore I'm excited about OmniPlan 1.5 RC 2. This said, I have been experimenting with the software (not significantly yet), and I am encountering a few issues. (FYI, I am running this on Leopard.)

1. I'm encountering problems scaling the task outline and gantt to fit my selected paper size. Changes to page orientation are being accommodated but not the scale changes.

2. Dependencies work differently than in Project. I can't figure out how to add lag times. Are lag times, not a supported feature?

3. I like to place start and completion dates at the beginning and end of each task bar in the gantt. I've discovered how to do this in Omniplan, but it does not appear that I can modify the presentation of the dates. (All dates appear with the 08 year notation which is visual noise).

These 2 points aside, the main issue is I can not scale to print.

jim

02.15.08 6:50 AM

MÁRTON:

Thanks for the compliment!

JIM:

1. Have you tried setting the page dimensions by going to “File” > “Print” and selecting “OmniPlan” from the drop-down menu? You should be able to set the print to 1 page high by 1 page wide.

2. It's called lead time in OmniPlan. You can find it in the “Task : Dependencies” inspector. Make sure you have the task that you want to add lead time to highlighted and you'll see a column in the inspector window where you can enter lead time.

3. The date format is pulled from Mac OS X's System Preferences. To change the format, you can go to “System Preferences” > “International” > “Formats”. Click on the customize button and set the modify the short date format. Once you save your changes, you can quit and relaunch OmniPlan to see the new date format.

Hope this info helps. If you have any questions about this, please email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Skwirl

02.20.08 6:34 PM

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