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That looks gorgeous. Glad I jumped back to OF from Things now :)

It looks extremely promising and I am really looking forward to using it.

One question: Now that the columns are gone, will there still be a quick way to change start and due days? It looks like it requires more steps now. I’m asking because I’m using start days plus flags to pull tasks to my “today” perspective and am constantly entering / changing them.

I hope you still get some sleep these days… ;)

While the UI looks great, I am curious about the decision to use grey icons in the sidebar. Wouldn’t it make more design sense to use the same sidebar icons already in use on the iPad and iPhone versions of OmniFocus? In other words, instead of all new grey icons for Projects, Contexts, Forecast, etc., shouldn’t the app use the existing colored icons for Projects, Contexts, Forecast, etc. found on the iPad and the iPhone?

Additionally, I understand that this is an early version of the app… I’m curious if the mapping feature on the iPad and iPhone versions of OmniFocus will make it over to the Mac app? Seeing the actions mapped out on the Mac would give me another way to view my pending actions and would come in very handy. Plus, being able to edit the location data for Contexts on my Mac would be a bonus. So how about it… Map on the Mac version of OmniFocus?

Thanks.

Yes, I can’t wait :-)

Noticed none of the screenshots show how Perspectives (in Pro edition) will look and what evolutions may have occured there. Definitely interested.

Why Perspectives are great: As Journey one sang “Anyway you want it, that’s the you need it, anyway you want it”

Omni rocks!

I have been waiting days and nights.

The design work alone is worth the upgrade price to me. Can’t wait to start using 2

Looks great!

Except for one thing, the always visible scrollbars. Is that due to the configuration of the demo system or due to the application? I hope OmniFocus 2 will work with the overlay scrollbars like any other Mac application.

I am really excited about OmniFocus 2 and it looks absolutely gorgeous.  Great job thus far! I can’t wait!!

This looks awesome! Can’t wait. It would be really handy if you could move the gant chart around in the forecast view. It would make for such a simple and powerful way to plan out my day.

It’s shipping next week, right? Right? Arewethereyet?Arewethereyet?Arewethereyet?

Looks nice, but I was hoping for more fundamental changes like Tags or Multiple contexts per task

Looks great!

Still hoping it will have a proper way to do templates.

I LOVE that it’s single window. Above all I really struggled with the current omniplan and it’s multiple windows. I have another screen I plug into at work and multi-window apps do annoying things when switching resolutions. Here’s hoping I can beta test this….

Great evolution of the product, I’d like to see some enhanced reporting available.

Looks fantastic, very excited to see it as soon as possible.

Unified sidebar is welcome, switching from planning to doing “modes” has always been awkward in how it was implemented.  I like this approach a lot better.

Very much looking forward to the private beta of OF 2. I’m a long time user and *still* get confused as to which perspectives show what and when (and some inherit the last’s look, etc.). It means I’m never sure I’m seeing everything, or at least what I want to see. This looks like it could help solve that.

Forecasts is great on the iPad, but unfortunately it won’t work for me on the Mac, because my company uses Lotus Notes (yup). On iOS, Lotus’s calendar works as another calendar in the iOS Calendar app, so you can see it in OF. On the Mac, it’s the stand alone Lotus app, which means no dice. If there is a workaround, I’ll bet it’s locked down.

Hi,
looks great! I’ve been waiting for this for a long while…

I have two questions:
- will there be two-way synching with Calendar? I would love to be able to change a task’s due date just by drag and dropping it on a calendar either with an integrated calendar in OmniFocus or by two-way synching with Calendar.

- if I upgrade to the standard edition, will I be able to upgrade to the pro edition without paying for a full upgrade?

I will buy it on day one. I use Omnifocus every 10 minutes at work.
1. Is it 64-bit?
2. Can we change the fonts to Helvetica?
3. Is it faster?
4. Is it retina?

I own OF for ipad and I’d be happy to switch all my task managment on this platform with Of2 but at work,where I need it most, we have windows- based system.
Since it isn’t a good idea having separate places to for life and work stuff I finished to almost abandon Of for other applications that offered sync with toodledo, notwithstanding the better quality of Of.
Any chance to see the problem of the portability outside the Apple devices ? At least if you don’t want to develop a windows version or create a web app to access to omni server data, why not allowing the sync with services such as toodledo ? My apologies but I find absurd to be forced to drop Of for a mere problem of portability…

Marco

Please does it work with Google Calendar?

Also can you do a focus view on a project with sub projects and the gantt chart shows up for that project and sub projects?

Much appreciated

So happy to see this coming.  Love your products.  Own most.  Want more.

Whew! Compared to OF1 OF2 IS a breath of fresh air. Clutter is all stripped out. One tiny nitpick: would like to see the Context icon be an actual @ sign like in iOS.
Can’t wait to get this!

If you folks are interested, we snagged an interview with Ken about the new features in the upcoming version and Thursday’s event.  Check it out! - http://proguide.io/omnifocus-2-0-preview-with-ken-case/

Don’t get me wrong…I like the way this is going from the layout point of view, (though, I see a more than passing resemblance to both Things and 2Do apps), but can we have some more color in the design?  Colors are ENERGIZING and ENGAGING, and make me want to get in and manage my tasks.  The top and left side UI of OF2 above are very drab and GREY.  I liked the colored icons used in OF1.  And give me the ability to add some color to the fonts for the LHS section titles, and use colored icons.  Both OF1 and the Ipad version are more engaging than this.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but developers are able to issue redemption codes for the Mac App Store.  Could you not allow version 1 customers to buy the upgrade at the upgrade price from your online store then issue them an App Store redemption code for the version 2 they’ve upgraded to?

Wow! Looks like it’s going to shoot to the top app list for 2013 - at least for me. Fantastic!

Awesome… Can’t for OmniFocus 2 to get released.

However, I’d like to echo Gjermund Sivertsen. Please definitely integrate time estimation features more rigorously, and add them to iPad and iPhone.

Thanks, best,

Matthias

“Yes, on our online store we’ll be offering a 50% discount to current customers of OmniFocus 1, whether you originally bought directly from us or through the App Store. This means that current customers will be able to upgrade to the Standard edition of OmniFocus 2 for $19.99, or to the Pro edition for $39.99.”

This is really messed up you’re charging for an update all those that have already paid once. Few companies try to exploit their current customers like you. Very disappointed.

@John

Do you have a job?  Have you been paid more than once?  If so, why?  Shouldn’t that first paycheck entitle your employer to the fruits of your labor in perpetuity?  Yeah, sure, you did some more work, but it was pretty similar to what you did before, why should they have to pay more?

This is the first paid update for OmniFocus for Mac.  The program first shipped over 5 years ago: http://www.omnigroup.com/blog/entry/Announcing_OmniFocus_1.0/

That was less than three months after Apple first started selling Leopard ((10.5).  Apple has since shipped Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion, charging for each one of those 3 new major versions.  By comparison, Omni has been shipping numerous feature updates to OmniFocus for free during that time,

Either the new version delivers value worth the cost to you, or it doesn’t.  If it doesn’t, don’t buy it until such time that it does, if ever.  You can run the version you’ve already bought for as long as you can maintain a suitable machine on which to run it.

Just to add to the comments here about pricing: the discounts and the sales are all very good but I’ll buy OmniFocus 2 whatever you charge. It’s been a transformative application for me - my wife was driven to comment that I appear lighter and happier since I moved to OmniFocus - and that had been worth immeasurably more to me than the price I paid.

William

Thanks for the update.  Wouldn’t it make sense to offer OmniFocus 1 for $39.99 starting now, so new prospective customers of the non-Pro version of OmniFocus 2 can take the plunge now?

I’m using the temporary license right now, and I think I’m most likely going to get the non-Pro version of OmniFocus 2.  It doesn’t make sense for me to spend $79.99 right now, and I’d like to start using the product with a permanent license soon.

As William said, OF is also immeasurably to me. I’m using this software daily for years and it’s creating endless value. It never lost any data and my trust in OF is higher than in any other software. Therefore i’ll not update but buy the full license again.

Mark, the last sentence of this blog post states: “From now on, anyone who purchases OmniFocus 1 from our online store will receive a free upgrade to OmniFocus 2 when it ships.”
Reading the whole post it is absolutely clear, that for this price this will be the Pro-edition of OmniFocus, because it is also stated above that the Standard-edition will be at a different price: “The Standard edition of OmniFocus 2 will include all of the basic features which we’ve talked about above, and will cost $39.99.”
Please note, that if you buy OF1 now and want to receive the free upgrade ot OF2, you should buy the app at OmniGroups online store- not at Apples AppStore! The reason for this is also mentioned in the blog article.

In short again, if you buy OF1 from now on and from OmniGroups online store, you will receive OF2 Pro for free.

Looks great, but have multiple contexts / tags been ruled out?

Looks fantastic! Is there an expected date for the private testing to commence? Can’t wait!

There are a couple pretty good cases for multiple contexts. First is location. Currently, a context can only have one location assigned to it. There are a handful of bank branches I use regularly, so being able to tag task as for any of them would be very handy so that I get the appropriate bloop on my phone when I’m at *any* of those branches.

Second is tasks that can actually be accomplished multiple places. For instance, I can buy air conditioner filters at Lowe’s, Target, or even online. Being able to see this task on any of those lists would be ridiculously helpful. Hierarchical contexts approach handling this, but has its limitations.

If I have a context hierarchy like this:

- Errands
—Shopping
—- Lowe’s
—- Target
—- Amazon.com
—- Apple Store

This blurs the line between my Mac context and Shopping, but I can indeed add air conditioner filters to “Shopping” and see it when I select Shopping. But it will also show when I’m at the Apple Store too, but I can’t actually buy air conditioner filters at the Apple Store. Beyond that, shouldn’t Amazon.com be a Mac context instead? But, if so, then I need to set up a Shopping perspective that remembers context selections so I can select Mac : Amazon.com and Shopping. It’s doable, but perspectives are an odd hack for the multiple contexts issue that still has its limitations.

This gets even *more* screwed up if you have hierarchical contexts for location purposes. If I have a context hierarchy like this:

- Errands
—Shopping
—- Lowe’s
——My Lowe’s
—- Target
——My Target
—- Amazon.com
—- Apple Store
——My Apple Store

Then I can’t add the task “Buy air conditioner filters” to My Lowe’s and My Target and Amazon.com in a way that will alert me to the task when I’m actually *at* those stores. I have to add it to Shopping and then remember to check the list.

I hope that shows how multiple contexts are a true need, and not just a problem with how the user understands the work they’re trying to do.

Count me as another who is not eager to be forced to use 10.8.  Which features of 10.8 specifically make your development go faster?  In my experience, supporting prior versions of the OS always seems to be an understandable, if regrettable, afterthought at Omni.

Regarding tags or multiple contexts, I’d like to add my voice to the chorus. Here are two examples of situations in which I’d appreciate the ability to use more than one context:
1) I need to find out where to send a widget. Anna and Bob both have this information. I could email both of them, or ask either of them in person. What context do I use? Anna? Bob? Co-workers? Email? I’d like to be able to have the task “Ask Anna or Bob where to send a widget” show up under Anna, Bob and Email.
2) I need to show Anna a new widget machine at a particular location. Meeting with Anna in other places, or going to the place without Anna won’t work. I want to tag “Show Anna the new widget machine in the break room” with both Anna and the location. The task may be important enough to remember (and do!) but not so important that we need to schedule a meeting at that particular place.

I have one other feature request, and a comment on due dates:
- increased flexibility/ease in switching between ordered and unordered actions. For example, I need to talk to Anna about something and pick up something else from Bob before I can meet with Carol. I can do either of the first two actions in any order, but I must do both before I do the third. Right now this is possible but inelegant, requiring nesting of actions. It’s a bigger pain on iOS than on the Mac, but I find it frustrating in both places.
- I don’t understand the decision to have OmniFocus provide notifications at a due date & time, but not support a reminder time. If OF notifies me about an action, it’s already too late. I’d rather have it tell me in advance that my action or project is due in an hour or at the end of the day than have it tell me I should have everything done already. I could use the due dates as reminders, but I fear that treating “due” as “not-really-due” in OF is a great way to get used to ignoring actual due dates! Because of this, I don’t use due dates in OF at all.

I’m very excited about OF2, and I hope that the shipped product is as big a jump in usefulness as it is in looks!

Dear Ken,

Firstly, i love OF and deeply respect what you guys are doing. 

I would like to plus 1 the multiple contexts per action. I had been hoping for that change for quite some, so I have to say I feel disappointment at seeing your above comments on that issue.  These are strong feelings given the passion for the product, so please take the following remarks with that in mind.

I’m not sure if it is easily done given the applications origins in omnioutliner (that is my speculation), but it seems to me there are many tasks this day and age that have multiple contexts.  And being able to assign an action to multiple contexts has the potential to really improve the quality of your context view. 

Just a simple one like reading a newspaper.  I can do that on my ipad, iphone, on a website or with my actual physical paper at home or in the office.  i guess i could just create a single read context, but inevitably that would be capturing some actions that I could or could not do based on my real context.  I know folks have some work arounds for these sorts of things, but at the end of the day, these workarounds are really hacks.  It would be easier and more elegant to have this functionality in the software.

Obviously, plenty of folks seem to think multiple contexts per action would be helpful to them.  I’m not really buying the argument that the problem is I need to break down my next actions furthert.  By that rationale, my recurring “read the newspaper task”, needs to have two components.  First i need a next ction to decide which context i want to read the newspaper in today (context omnifocus) and then i need a read the newspaper action with the context i chose for that particular day.  Or by your rationale, i need to just decide now how I am always going to read the newspaper each and every day.  I feel pretty strongly that multiple contexts are the way to go for most people and that powering OmniFocus with them is the right way to go in the long run. 

Best regards,
Nick S

PS - Please set me up with OF 2 beta. I’m on the waiting list :)

@Craig,
almost half of your money was spent on products where you still have the most current version, with no talk of future paid upgrades as far as the eye can see.  How far back do you think the free upgrade offer should go? Compare the treatment you’re getting from Omni with that which you would get from Apple: free upgrade only if bought within 30 days, and no discount for purchasers beyond that.  You’re probably going to get several years of updates from OF 2 before the next paid upgrade…the cost of a 50% off upgrade is going to be peanuts compared to what you’ll likely spend on OS upgrades and new hardware over that time.  2 years from now, will you be appreciably better off if you had kept the 40 cents each week? :-)  It’s not like you’re going to be able to buy a rock-solid copy of OF 2 in the next month or two, either.

@Jonathan and @Ryan: Thanks for the feedback! I’m not sure what struggles you might be encountering that lead you to want multiple contexts/tags on tasks, but nearly every time I’ve seen a task require more than one context it was because the task had not really been broken down into concrete, discrete actions. I’m not saying that you should go _too_ far down the rabbit hole of breaking tasks down into sub-tasks (“Well, in order to send that email I’ll have to fill in the ‘To’ field, then the ‘Subject’ field, then compose each paragraph…”), but I do think that if a task still requires more than one context there’s probably some value to breaking it down further, because it lets you accomplish that part of the task and independently complete (and mark as complete) that portion of the task while you’re in that context. Have you experimented with this approach?

That’s the most egotistical rationale/response I’ve ever seen.  It’s basically saying ***I*** would never use (or I don’t see a need for) multiple contexts/tags, and if YOU would just use OF the way I do you wouldn’t need them either.  This has been a highly debated issue for years—- just look at the forum debates and work arounds.

I know at least a dozen people that use Things because OF doesn’t do multiple contexts.  Despite my “preaching” on why OF is better for any number of reasons, they come back to this one point.

You don’t want to implement this feature, that’s fine, say you don’t (I personally don’t use multiple contexts either).  Standby OF as the excellant product that it is, and for those that work differently let them choose other products.  but don’t justify it by saying people who want it are somehow wrong…

I hope team collaboration is coming! I’m looking forward to the update. I find myself using my ipad or iphone more often due to the interface. ... but I am still holding out hope for team GTDing. :)

Thanks for great products!

Are the bugs with editing the notes within each task (append and prepend etc.) fixed in applescript?  There are easy ways to work with metadata tags via applescript, but the bug in OmniFocus 1 note editing in applescript squashes that possibility.  I gave up a number of generations ago trying to make it work- it’d be wonderful to hear it’s been fixed!

OmniFocus2 looks quite interesting, and I appreciate the upgrade policies mentioned here.  It has been interesting to see how things have come along since the Kinkless days. :)  I too would love to see Pomodoro’s or even habit tasks that can be tracked with accomplishment via a Seinfeldian like view or bubbles or tomatoes completed per task.  “Focused Time” tracking could be useful instead. i.e., when the pomodoro or work-dash ala Merlin Mann has been completed, rack up the total time into the current task’s “Focused Time”- which goes along with “OmniFocus” quite well. ;)  [if you do this, please add applescript triggers for the pomodoro times! we could do so much with that!]

No mention of iCloud support anywhere… I kept using OF waiting for OF2 because I figured they will want to make us buy it again to get iCloud functionality but now I see they want us to buy it again WITHOUT even adding iCloud? Why would I do this? Such an inflated price and still no iCloud? And adding a “pro” version? I thought Omnifocus cost so damn much because it was already “pro”? Hell, I can switch to a dozen less than 10$ apps that do more. Screw these guys.

Hi Ken,

Thanks for your response to me earlier.

@David (02.01.13 1:49 PM): We don’t plan to extend that license, but I’ll talk with the team and we’ll see if we can find another solution to your problem.

I reached out to customer support on this issue. Any chance I could get in on the early beta for the Standard edition? Or another solution? I am just hoping to not lose access to OmniFocus on my mac while I wait for OF2 Standard.

David

When Start Omnifocus 2 Private Test ? :)
I hope soon !

I cannot wait for this application! I’ve recently been using OmniFocus, and it’s helping immensely. I’ve compared it with Things, and there’s simply no comparison. I need a program that like OmniFocus. And now that OF 2 is coming out, I’m amped! The application looks gorgeous, cleaner, and I love the bigger check boxes and the clean sidebar. Thanks Omni Group. :-)

I’m currently running OmniFocus on a mixture of 10.6.8, 10.7.5 and 10.8.2 Macs, plus an iPad 2.  I would hate to miss out on OmniFocus 2 due to Mac OS X limitations.

Please, please support our workhorse Macs along side the sleek new ones.

Another vote for multiple contexts!

I figure it’s too late in the process to integrate this feature. But I’ve been using OF for years, and I still long for this feature. I use the single context approach and it works ok, but I know well that I would benefit more from multiple contexts/tags. We are intelligent people who can exercise restraint with this feature and forcing the limitation upon the user is not always necessary. It’s actually somewhat frustrating (from a user standpoint). If the foundation upon which OF has been built does not allow this to feature to be built in (or built in easily or economically), then so be it. But if it is feasible to build this feature in, then please consider it more seriously and give it priority.

It would be interesting to know how many users would jump ship if a competitor emerged with all the capabilities/niceties of OF plus multiple contexts/tags.

Other than that gripe, I do think OF is the best software in this category, and I’m really looking forward to the updated UI! Thanks for your hard work.

I am another voice for adding multiple context/tags.  I understand the rationale for a single context.

I also think single context is an era that is quickly coming to a close.  There are many activities involving multiple context/tags.  This is one reason I have seriously looked at Things. 

You mentioned reaching a broader audience.  Look at how the broader audience uses technology.  They are not thinking in terms of a single context but rather is a group mentality.  This is where you will gain more users and a broader audience. 

I use OmniFocus not just for “work” related projects.  But also like many for Shopping, for helping my kids with homework reminders, for vacation ideas, etc.  I like others see the that in these cases multiple contexts/tags are needed.

Thanks for the encouraging feedback about “Project Templates”. Please, please do take your time to get it right. Here’s how I’d like ‘em:

Build Template:
1) Create New Template view
2) Add tasks
3) Set task due/start dates as references not actual dates
EG: task 1 due -4w, task 2 due -2w, task 10 due +2w
I would also find it useful to say “friday before” or “monday after” versus fixed numbers in some situations
4) Set contexts
5) Save

Make Projects
1) New Project from Template
2) Name project
3) Set project due date
4) OF creates all tasks and sets the absolute dates

I’ve been told there’s scripts for 1.X but I haven’t explored this and would favor integration anyhow. Thanks

Gjermund,

yes, OF1 has had a review feature since FCS.  Apparently many people prefer the look of the iPad’s review mode (even though it is significantly less capable than that on the Mac), so something like the iPad’s review mode is being brought to the Mac.  I hope that none of the existing capability is lost in the process! 

As for sharing projects, OmniFocus was built as a single-user application.  Work would need to be done to the sync mechanism to make it completely reliable in the face of multiple users possibly editing the same items.  OmniPlan handles that by making you resolve the conflict; OmniFocus does it by just taking the most recent change to that action item and discarding the rest.  The assumption is that even though you may have multiple OmniFocus clients (Mac, iPad, iPhone, etc.) that you are only making changes on one of them at a time.  That assumption breaks down for a shared project with your secretary — if you’re changing a date on an action, while she’s updating a note attached to that action, someone’s change will be silently dropped.

Short version:

I love you guys. Please add notifications for start/available dates as @Beth suggested.

Long version:

Ken! I’ve loved you guys ever since the 2007 sneaky peak days, and OF continues to burn it’s image into my mbp retina display, literally. Yay for retina displays! :( Ugh. Don’t even get me started.

Of course, that’s not your problem. I was just trying to be witty about how much I use OF!

OF is pure GTD. Thus, I applaud you for staying true to singular contexts (please don’t hurt me multiple-context-wanters). While I too, can see the need for them, the constraint DOES make one think “where will I REALLY get this done.” I personally like that.

Now that I’ve sufficiently buttered you up, please implement @Beth’s other comment regarding due/start dates. I’ll email the omni email to make it official, but to add to google’s SEO, here it is:

I would be flabbergasted if OF notified me (via notification center) when an action item becomes available via available dates (the artist previously known as “start dates”). 

While forecast mode will sort of handle this natively—thanks SO much for bringing that over btw—not all action items are created equal, and some need more lead time than others.

@Beth said it best, “If OF notifies me about an action, it’s already too late.”

Maybe start date notifications would annoy some people. So perhaps an option to enable/disable those in preferences? 

Sure, one could do a work around like: start taxes—due Mar 1, 2013

But again, like @Beth said, the reminder going off means you’re already late… late on starting. Hope that makes sense. Sorry for being such a windbag. See short version above. Or read @Beth’s comment. She said it way better :) Adios for now!

PS: This post is SEOed for parentheses and @Beth unintentionally. 

Will any speed/performance improvements be realized in OF2?

I take David Allen literally and capture 100% of the stuff in my brain. Thus I have hundreds of projects in various states. Currently, on my MBPR (SSD), when moving projects around, I get the “pinwheel of death” upon move. Wait. Maybe “pinwheel of delay” is more appropriate; nothing dies when the pinwheel comes up. Well, except for a little piece of my soul. :)

I have not been using OmniFocus that long but really love it.  I really like the iphone app and use it 90% of the time.  I have tried almost every task app out there and tried to make them work but hated all of the iphone apps to many clicks to get a item into the list with all the details.  I totally agree you need a degree in OF for the mac app even after watching David Sparks screencast, so glad you are making the interface so much easier to use!!! Can not wait for the upgrade.

Would love for something that I could use to sync Windows since that what I use at work.  However for now what I do is open icloud reminders and add task to that list all day on my windows machine at work and when I open OF they are all in my inbox so at home or on my ios device I sort them to where they need to go.  Not perfect but working just the same.

One thing that I really would like the OF2 to have is when I have a task due on a certain date would love for the ability to mark it as all day instead of a specific time.  I really dislike that I have to put a fake time in.  That is my biggest issue.

+1 @Charles Barbour

I am waiting on OF2 Standard.

I’d like to suggest the one GTD feature that has kept me from adopting what is otherwise excellent product - a PROCESS feature that enables you to process Inbox items one at a time.

One of the key parts of GTD is that you collect all of your thoughts into your Inbasket and then during the “Process” stage, have those collected thoughts present themselves to your mind one at a time.  That way, you can focus on clarifying what that thought means to you.

Implementation-wise I see a “Process” button working something like this

FOR each item in INBOX
  - Display the original item, and two options for Actionable (yes vs no)
  - If user clicks ‘yes’ show a “Successful outcome” field as well as “Next Action” field. The later field is pre-filled with the original thought but gives but is a place for the user to re-define the a clear next action out of the thought. E.g a thought ‘ddl q3 report’ becomes “download, review and comment on Q2 sales report” in next action field. Of course contexts, times, priorities etc are all set at this point
  - If user clicks “no” the give them options to delete, put on “Someday” (plus tickle date) or make it a reference item
NEXT item

It would also be great to have a way to create GOALS to which projects are attached.

Regards

@Yuji, Brian’s answer is correct.  If you buy now, you get a free upgrade to OmniFocus 2.  However, regardless of which product you buy, you’ll get OmniFocus 2 from the Omni store, not the Mac App Store.  If having a Mac App Store version is important to you, I believe you’ll want to wait until you can buy OmniFocus 2 from the Mac App Store.

Troy,

I remembered Ken stating this:

“But we’re in the process of updating our store so that you’ll be able to register your Mac App Store apps to get a discounted upgrade price when you buy an update directly from us.”

and concluded that you would use that same facility to offer a free upgrade for those buying in the “buy OF1, get OF2 for free” period.  That seems to give you all the pieces you would need to do so (once you’ve updated your store as described); is there a reason why you apparently aren’t going to do so?

Hope you will add Russian language support.

On the proposed system requirements: I would very much appreciate if OF2 would run on Snow Leopard. I’m on an iMac5,1 and not ready yet to move onto a new desktop computer, so I’m unable to run Mountain Lion. I wouldn’t even be able to participate in the beta release!

Thank you and I have been so looking forward to this update. I do wonder how you are gonna organize due tasks in the forecast view. Can you order them by project or context? It will be great if these tasks can be organized in customizable ways because there are many tasks due each day.

Thank you,

Yiling

this makes me very happy.

thank you.