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iPad or Bust!

Posted by Ken Case on 01.29.10 @ 9:56 AM File Under: iPad, News, OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, OmniGraphSketcher, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan

One of the things we often struggle with as a company is deciding how much to talk about our future plans and our current work towards those plans.  Our natural inclination is to be open about what we're doing, but there are several problems with talking about future plans:

  • Our plans can and will change, upsetting customers who were making their own plans based on our original plan.

  • Our plans might interfere with current sales, as customers stop buying OmniGraffle 8 in anticipation of the future release of OmniGraffle 9.

  • We might get accused of promoting vaporware, as when we started talking about OmniFocus.

But there are also problems with not talking about our future plans, as it leaves people wondering what direction we're going and whether they'd like to be going that direction too.  So, given the exciting event of this week, I think it's appropriate for us to share some of our plans with you now…

Remember how Macintosh was intended to be the computer “for the rest of us”?  That's what we feel Apple's iPad is:  the best computing device for most of the things people use computers for.  (Or, as Apple puts it, “the best way to experience the web, email, and photos.”)  It's the computer people can sit down and start using immediately, without training, whether they're 2 or 92.

We're really excited about Apple's iPad, and we want to make all of our products available for it as soon as we can.  Yes, we already had a big year planned for 2010, with several long-anticipated major product releases—but we think iPad is really important:  important enough to spend some time juggling our plans to figure out how we can introduce five new iPad apps.

Yes.  Five.  We want to bring all five of our productivity apps to iPad:  OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan, OmniFocus, and OmniGraphSketcher.

This is a big undertaking, and we can't do it all at once.  We started working on iPad adaptations of OmniGraffle and OmniFocus as soon as the SDK was made available Wednesday afternoon, and we're hoping to get started with OmniGraphSketcher for iPad within the next few weeks.

OmniPlan for iPad will be a little further behind, simply because the OmniPlan development team is on the home stretch of their two-year OmniPlan 2 development cycle, and we'd like to get that out the door before bringing OmniPlan to another platform.

Similarly, the OmniOutliner team is also heavily into a major development cycle—one which affects not only the next major release of OmniOutliner, version 4, but also the upcoming major releases of both OmniFocus and OmniPlan—so that team is booked up for at least the next several months.  But while it won't be on iPad on day one, OmniOutliner is where all of our projects start and we think it will be a great fit for iPad, so we plan to adapt it as soon as possible.

What does this mean for our non-iPad apps?  Well, for the apps we're bringing to iPad immediately there will be a bit of a delay in their next major Mac release cycle:  for example, while we've already done a fair bit of work on OmniGraffle 6 for Mac, we're going to put that work on hold while we work on the iPad adaptation.  Not that we don't think OmniGraffle 6 is important or exciting, but we think OmniGraffle for iPad is even more important.  For the other apps, OmniPlan 2 and OmniOutliner 4, we're hoping for little or no delay in our upcoming releases, but there's likely to be a bit of a pause immediately afterwards as the teams shift gears and start working on bringing those apps to iPad as well.

So, that's our current plan.  As I said in my introduction, our plans do change over time—obviously, they've changed quite a bit just this week!—so please don't rely on things happening according to today's particular snapshot of those plans.  But I hope that this snapshot at least gives you a sense of what we're doing and why (and perhaps even an idea of when), so you can decide whether we're going in a direction you're interested in.  Either way, I hope you'll let us know!

Thanks for your time!

 

Comments

  1. Joe

    01.29.10 10:03 AM

    I'm very curious (and I don't expect an explicit response) about your pricing for these apps. Apple's setting another (poor, IMHO) bar for app pricing with the $9.99 marker for each of the iWork apps. I personally *CLEARLY* recognize the higher value of OmniGraffle and would be willing to pay more than $9.99 for it - but I'm curious as to your thoughts on the pricing bar and the influence it'll have over higher grade applications.

  2. Marcus S. Zarra

    01.29.10 10:27 AM

    So does that mean that Omni is hiring? :)

  3. Tassia

    01.29.10 10:30 AM

    Will the OmniFocus iPhone app transfer as is to the iPad? I'll definitely be getting one, though I'll be waiting til the 3G version comes out (April, I'm assuming). For my needs, I'll be looking forward to the OmniFocus and the OmniOutliner apps most of all.


    Thanks for doing this.

  4. Stuart Sipahigil

    01.29.10 10:42 AM

    This is great news, Ken. I think your apps—specifically OmniOutliner, OmniFocus and OmniGraffle—will absolutely rock on the iPad. I can't wait to see them.

  5. Tim Reid

    01.29.10 10:45 AM

    I just love you guys! Great products and a fantastically open attitude to what you're planning. I'm most excited by the prospect of iWork on the iPad and to be able to get “oWork” (i.e. The OmniApps) too would just seal the deal for me. The touch interface would be just thrilling to use for Omni Graffle, which I use for drawing schematics for my work (I design video projections for theatre shows) and the idea of shuffling objects around, drawing in lines representing the cables connecting the kit, stretching boxes and graphics by pinching. Goosebumps :)


    So, I say unleash the OmniHounds, and I'll look forwards hugely to the results…

  6. Jonathan Poritsky

    01.29.10 10:46 AM

    This is huge, folks. I've been very happy with Omnifocus on iPhone. I'd like to own up to balking at the price originally, but once I clicked install, it started to make sense to me. The iPad looks to be a platform for full-fledged applications, which I think is what you have understood the iPhone to be this whole time. OF for iPhone was more than a widget. I'm very excited to see where you guys take this.


    When you dig through the SDK some more, let us know if OmniGraffle is going to be full fledged vector graphics. I don't know if that's possible on the iPhone, but if there is a touchscreen vector creation app for iPad…well holy crap that would rock.

  7. Connor P

    01.29.10 10:49 AM

    That sounds fantastic! I am most excited about OmniFocus and OmniOutliner, and OmniGraffle and OmniGraphSketcher are very well suited for the iPad UI.


    Can't Wait!

    Connor P

  8. @Mygeekdaddy

    01.29.10 10:52 AM

    As a long time OmniFocus user, I cannot wait to see what it will look like on an iPad. Getting a quick review of my tasks on the go will be a huge plus in my book.

  9. Orion

    01.29.10 10:57 AM

    You have a hard-working, incredibly talented team of people, and I look forward to what will no doubt be Best of Class apps… well worth the wait!

  10. marc

    01.29.10 11:01 AM

    this is cool news.

    i have been sitting on the fence about the ipad until now.

    i am a little bit concerned that apples proprietary chipset will go south. should have used an arm.

  11. marc

    01.29.10 11:04 AM

    @joe don't worry about apple pricing.

    in the real world although many apps are 99cent come-ons the closest thing to omnigraffle on the ipod is the japanese app called zeptopad and that has always been twenty bucks.

    and omnifocus for iphone has never tried to undersell bento either!

  12. Gopi

    01.29.10 11:07 AM

    Thanks for the update. I think that Omni apps have the potential to turn the iPad from a “big screen iPhone” into a genuine computer. OmniGroup seems to be one of the best at figuring out which features are needed and which aren't. That, IMHO, will be what determines success and failure on the iPad. iWork and the Omni suite will mean I can use an iPad instead of a laptop.

  13. Zohar

    01.29.10 11:21 AM

    OmniOutliner for the iPad would be killer.  Great for taking notes in class.

  14. Jeremy

    01.29.10 11:26 AM

    I can't wait Ken - y'know with iWork and the OmniApps on the pad I may even retire my old PowerBook…

  15. Brian

    01.29.10 11:31 AM

    Tassia - iPhone applications will run on an iPad with no modification. You can run them in the center of the screen (iPhone-sized) with a black border around the edges, or you can activate a mode that doubles the pixels. (So the app uses more of the screen, but looks blockier.)


    We expect that the eventual iPad versions will give the best experience, but until we can get those done, you'll be able to use all the apps you already own on your devices.

  16. Dale Gardner

    01.29.10 11:52 AM

    Awesome news. OmniOutliner and OmniFocus are essential tools for me, and OmniGraffle is very helpful as well. Can't wait to see these apps and use them - looking for beta testers?

  17. Johnny Turner

    01.29.10 11:54 AM

    I agree that an “Omni” suite of products on the iPad will be awesome. Count me in. Where can I send my money.  :-)

  18. Mike Harris

    01.29.10 11:55 AM

    Given that I'm particularly unenthusiastic by the iPad and by the idea that the uber-restrictive closed environment of the iPhone is being ported into Apple's pseudocomputers, I'm not entirely enthusiastic to hear that Omni's going to make its Mac users wait in order to devote materials to this rather (to me) uninspiring new platform.

  19. Johnny Turner

    01.29.10 11:55 AM

    Just to add another thought.  Some kind of an authoring tool for epub documents will be needed also.

  20. Mike Harris

    01.29.10 11:57 AM

    A needed clarification as to the phrase “Apple's pseudocomputers”—I *own* a Mac, so people reading my comment shouldn't interpret that as a comment towards Apple's Mac line.  By “pseudocomputers,” I was denigrating the “computer” of the iPhone and, now, the iPod.  I'm quite unimpressed with the Microsoftian, censorious, 1984ish way that Apple's been running its business on the iPhone platform, and even less impressed with the fact that it's now being pushed into a platform closer to “normal computers” than to a phone.

  21. John C. Randolph

    01.29.10 12:01 PM

    As soon as I saw Apple demonstrate Keynote on the iPad, I thought “I want OmniGraffle on that!”.  I'm fine with waiting a bit for your next version on the Mac, since Omnigraffle already does everything I need it to.

    Thanks for filling us in on your plans.  I can't wait to see your apps on the iPad.


    -jcr

     

  22. Mike Cohen

    01.29.10 12:17 PM

    I love OmniFocus on both the Mac and iPhone. How will the iPad version compare to those two?

  23. Stormchild

    01.29.10 12:58 PM

    @ Mike Harris


    Wake up and smell the future. ;)

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  25. Eurobubba

    01.29.10 2:06 PM

    Personally I'd rather see resources devoted to OmniFocus 2 with things like tags, tighter OmniPlan integration, etc. on the Mac. Or even the rumored OmniContact….

  26. Alderete

    01.29.10 2:20 PM

    @MikeHarris: Substitute “complicated” for “open” or “free”, and “simplified” for “closed” or “restricted” in your comments, and I agree with many of your points.


    Fact is, if you're here reading and commenting on a blog of one of your software vendors _you're not in the target market_ for the iPad. But millions of people are. Computers are too complicated for normal people. The iPad shows a new way of using computers, that will likely prove to be superior for those normal people. Experts and enthusiasts like us, well, we're going to have to adapt.


    See Frasier Speirs's “Future Shock” for a detailed, extremely thoughtful treatment of this:


    http://speirs.org/blog/2010/1/29/future-shock.html

  27. Matt R

    01.29.10 2:35 PM

    Wonderful news, I'll certainly be buying Omnigraffle and outliner!

  28. Vernon Stinebaker

    01.29.10 3:46 PM

    This is great news. Looking forward to running the outstanding Omni Group apps on the iPad.

  29. [...] Omni Group is bringing five of their applications to the iPad, including OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner. They’re excited about the iPad because: Remember how Macintosh was intended to be the computer “for the rest of us”? That’s what we feel Apple’s iPad is: the best computing device for most of the things people use computers for. [...]

  30. Nick Finck

    01.29.10 4:05 PM

    (jaw… on floor)


    Enough said.

  31. Ben

    01.29.10 4:38 PM

    Wohoooo. And that is for both: the fact that you intend to develop dedicated iPad apps (no matter what price you choose, they will be reasonable i'm sure) and that (and how) you share this information with your customers! Well done!

  32. Marc Salzberg

    01.29.10 4:39 PM

    My first thought on seeing the iPad introduction was that OmniGraffle would be spectacular on that platform.  I *will* be getting an iPad, and I *will* buy OmiGraffle for it.

  33. Craig Pugsley

    01.29.10 4:59 PM

    Can I just say that I'm an software interaction designer by trade, and I have the pleasure of being able to use Omnigraffle for my daily work. The one major app I believe the iPad would be perfectly fitting for would be a touch-based version of Omnigraffle. I'm thinking of the existing Omnigraffle basic eature set, but with the one key addition of being able to draw with your finger a shape, and the software determines what shape you were trying to draw and automatically corrects it to the properly- drawn shape. Draw something that has four roughly straight lines all at kinda 90 degrees to each other, and the software corrects it automatically to a square. It would make mocking-up designs so much easier than using either a mouse and keyboard or a pen and paper.

    Guys, please make this happen. If any third-party can do pro-grade apps on the iPad, it would be you guys.

  34. Pixín

    01.29.10 8:33 PM

    Well, that leaves iPhone and iPod Touch users with the chance of having a downsized version of each app. Always wanted to have an Omnioutliner app for checklists

  35. [...] Read the full blog post from Ken. [...]

  36. JulesLt

    01.29.10 9:26 PM

    I immediately though, on seeing the iPad, I want OmniGraphSketcher for that, and was going to ask here - so this is excellent news.

  37. StefanF

    01.29.10 10:19 PM

    You guys rock! I can't wait to see OO, OF and OG on the iPad. If it means that I have to wait for the next (and long awaited) major releases for the Mac - fine by me!

    As for the pricing: You know that you can charge anything you want.  ;-)

    Seriously: 9,99 Euros for each would be nice, but even 15,99 as for OF would be reasonable.

  38. Robb Chadwick

    01.29.10 10:40 PM

    I like your plan. As the owner of a number of your applications, I am looking forward to using them on my iPad. OmniFocus is certainly totally necessary ASAP. However, I wish you'd give a high priority to OmniOutliner as well. I can't think of a more perfect app for the iPad ... sitting in a coffee shop outlining a project, article or whatever. It needs to be there ASAP. Thanks for listening.

  39. Tim

    01.29.10 10:42 PM

    Oooh - Omnigraffle is going to the be first app I buy for my iPad!  Awesome!

  40. Ravi Khalsa

    01.29.10 10:43 PM

    Great to read this! I plan on ordering an iPad immediately when available. Do you need beta testers?

  41. Olivieri

    01.29.10 10:54 PM

    So glad to here about this.  I am so excited about the ipad.  I have macbook and iphone, but sometimes I DO want something I can carry around a little easier for just email, reading, calendar planning, and TASKS..


    Great job

  42. Ringo

    01.30.10 12:10 AM

    I would like very much Omnigraffle and OmniPlan on my upcoming iPad. Please Omni team, don't rush the product. Take time to well design a great multi-touch experience for your very good apps. Thanks !

  43. oomu

    01.30.10 12:21 AM

    the moment I saw iwork on the ipad, I wanted all the omnigroup applications on it.


    -

    I don't care about what nay-sayers says :  the iphone/ipad sdk is very powerful (it's the mac os x one without old stuff),  the cpu is an arm (standard), and I see no problem in a computing platform without complications.


    (and yes I'm also a linux user and I understand the importance of freedom software but I also understand the importance of a SIMPLE and NATURAL _tool_ )


    I will buy

  44. John B. Kendrick

    01.30.10 1:20 AM

    Great news!  I've got some ideas about new UI for OmniFocus on the iPad, including handwriting notes.  I've detailed this idea and others for OF on my blog at http://johnkendrickonline.com  Thanks again OmniGroup!

  45. Stephen

    01.30.10 1:38 AM

    Yip dee doo! Bring on Omnifocus for the iPad. I wish Omni all the best and know they will all be superb products in your fine tradition.

  46. [...] The Omni Mouth » iPad or Bust!: “” [...]

  47. Ron Proto

    01.30.10 3:05 AM

    I’m delighted and excited that you will be releasing the Omni application suite for the iPad. The one I’m most interested in is Omni Outliner Pro. I developed a comprehensive Omni Outliner checklist for auditing solid waste operations.


    Now, I print it out and take it with me. I check off each item and handwrite notes in the margins. Then I have to enter my scribbling into my computer. What a waste of time.


    I’ve always envisioned cradling a iPad, actually at the time I was envisioning a Mac tablet, but iPad will do, in one arm while checking off items and writing notes directly on the iPad. This is easy and efficient.


    As you can imagine, I was disappointed that the iPad doesn’t accept handwriting input. Not everybody has they luxury to type while they work. Perhaps you could figure out how to add handwriting input to Omni Outliner.


    The ability to write directly on the iPad would be a boon to the rest of us who use checklists on clipboards as part of our workflow. Just think of doctors on their daily rounds, coaches during practice, operation auditors in the field, or investigators at accident or crime scenes just to name a few. Typing on the job for us just doesn’t cut it. Some of us still have to write the old fashion way, with pen in hand.


    For now, just having the capability to write directly into Omni Outliner would be a time saver, but in the future, the ability to turn that handwriting into typed text would be Star Trek. Don’t you just love technology.

  48. David Herren

    01.30.10 3:33 AM

    echo an earlier comment…while I hope to have an iPad someday, and of course a version of OmniOutliner on it, I'm still very hopeful that we'll someday see OmniOutliner for the iPhone as well/

  49. R Eden

    01.30.10 3:44 AM

    I'd been wavering on whether or not to buy an iPad, but I would buy one just for OmniGraffle.

  50. Clark Quinn

    01.30.10 4:21 AM

    I already blogged that OmniGraffle was the killer app for the iPad, awesome!

  51. Allen

    01.30.10 6:51 AM

    OmniGraphSketcher on a tablet! Economics and mathematics students rejoice!

  52. sam kusnetz

    01.30.10 7:08 AM

    i like this plan! i'm excited to be a part of it!

  53. diskgrinder

    01.30.10 7:20 AM

    @TIM REID oWork! Perfect coinage there. I use omnigraffle and keynote every day (tech director for ad agency) so the idea of having BOTH my favorite apps for creating functional specs on the iPad fills me with joy.


    The prospect of directly manipulating a flow chart, whilst geekward in extreme, is going to cut my production time by half.


    Fantastic.


    It's not a gamechanger, it's the game

  54. Mike

    01.30.10 7:21 AM

    Hey Omni team,


    Please take this opportunity to work on OmniOutliner as closer to the top of your productivity stack rather than a later development. It has been ignored for much too long on the iphone/ipod touch and now on the ipad this can be a primary tool for taking notes, making lists, etc - if you get it out fast enough it will be a top choice for students in a niche market for this device and its use in classrooms.


    Thanks!

  55. Faré

    01.30.10 7:45 AM

    To prevent OmniFOO N+1 to eat the sales of OmniFOO N, at the some time when you see sales of OmniFOO N dropping, offer a future upgrade to N+1 with each purchase of N.

  56. Nick

    01.30.10 7:48 AM

    Don't know which product on the iPad most intrigues me…  GraphSketcher (love the idea of dragging a line of best fit), Focus (with sync so I am nagged everywhere), or Graffle…  I think you have three sales there!

  57. Michael

    01.30.10 7:52 AM

    Just wondering what you have been waiting for?


    Sure some of the products aren't really applicable for the iPhone - but after 2 years I thought you might have had something out for Omni Outliner?


    In the mean time I have moved on to other programs which have been almost as good and infinitely more portable on my iPhone.


    What's the Bust Deadline? 6 months? 12 months?

  58. Buddha88

    01.30.10 7:53 AM

    Ken, thanks for giving us an update on your plans…..some software companies choose not to communicate and I appreciate that you did.  I love OF and OO and would love to see them on the iPad because I think that will be the best platform for many apps (and the Omni products) in the medium to long run.  Very excited to see what your great group can do on this!

  59. GaranceD

    01.30.10 7:56 AM

    OmniGraffle is a great app for the iPad platform.  And I'll certainly pick up OmniOutliner too.

  60. shinfu

    01.30.10 8:25 AM

    As the launch of the AppStore OmniGroup is going to be with great apps. I remember when I bought the OF for the iPhone. Since that moment Omnifocus is my main app in all my macs and Phone.


    I've waiting for OmniOutliner 4 to buy it, now wiht all this coming, I think we'll have the SUITE OF OMNIGROUP in our iPad and hopefully iPhones.


    Every project will start in Omni software and will finish in another. ( Outlining, creating great graffles, marking tasks.. )


    Thank's Ken for share with us.

  61. Robert M

    01.30.10 9:11 AM

    This is *fantastic* news for me. Top of my personal priority list is OmniOutliner, followed by OmniGraffle.


    Just make sure there's some way for me to swap files with the Mac versions, please!

  62. Jon W.

    01.30.10 9:13 AM

    I agree with Mike Harris.  I'm disappointed that resources are being diverted from the long-overdue OmniOutliner update to add strength to the app store, perhaps the most consumer-hostile development in the history of personal computing.  I don't want any part of that future.

  63. Nick

    01.30.10 9:17 AM

    OmniOutliner is the one application that I absolutely wanted to see make an appearance on the iPad. Thanks for being so prompt to commit!

  64. Stewart

    01.30.10 9:27 AM

    OmniGraffle on the iPad?  Wow, that would be so cool.    Grudgingly, I accept you can't work on the Mac version at the same :-).  Good luck with the move the Pad.

  65. Erika Hall

    01.30.10 10:42 AM

    OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner on the iPad! Dorkily exciting. I have a feeling that I will split my time evenly between MacBook Pro and iPad, and lean towards the latter.

  66. Harald Striepe

    01.30.10 11:34 AM

    Got almost all of your product (no sketch, yet), will get iPad, sign me up. Would love to be a beta tester!

  67. Dan

    01.30.10 11:53 AM

    Awesome news.  Omnigraffle was one of the first apps I thought of when I saw the iPad.  It will no doubt be a wonderful experience.

  68. Josh Reynolds

    01.30.10 12:02 PM

    Hooray!!!  I use graffle and focus (mac and iPod touch) every day and love them both. I'll preorder a 32 gig ipad when I can and am looking forward to the fruits of your labors.


    PS tell your writer I miss the newletters

  69. Stephane

    01.30.10 12:08 PM

    I've been using OmniOutliner for so long I can't remember, it's probably the first app I bought for OS X. I'm looking forward to buying it for the iPad as well as OmniGraffle.


    Looking forward to a real mobile computing experience

  70. Tom Christopher

    01.30.10 12:21 PM

    I'm excited to see that OmniGroup is placing a sense of urgency on developing apps for the iPad; great plan!


    OmniFocus, OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner are a significant mainstay of my daily workflow. I couldn't buy an iPad without them. Given this, I think the iPad will raise the bar for those of us who are passionate about getting work done in the most efficient way.


    Awesome Ken!

  71. Mike S.

    01.30.10 1:04 PM

    OmniGuys, you rock. Don't know how else to say it.

    I'm an owner of OmniGraffle Pro and OmniOutliner, and I had two OmniWeb licenses back in the day. And I'm seriously thinking about buying OmniGraphSketcher.

    But I must say that I'm very pleased you'll be bringing your great productivity apps to the iPad.

    Can't wait!

  72. Clark

    01.30.10 1:10 PM

    I'm very curious to see how you port these.  A huge and profitable gap exists right now for the ipad when it comes to note taking.  Think in class or wherever.  Simple using omni outliner as designed on the mac would be nice, but wouldn't be quite ideal (typing is going to be quite a bit slower).  A great note taking app would need to combine using both touch (freehand) and typing (which is slower).  A good combination, possibly with the intention that the user could use one of the available iphone styluses on the market, would make a lot of money.  Of all the vendors, I think Omni could do it.

  73. Darrick

    01.30.10 1:58 PM

    Jon W. And Mike Harris…


    Instead of complaining, read the blog post again… They are saying that the team working on OmniOutliner is booked up working on a major release. That clearly implies they are going to deliver on that before moving the team to the iPad version.


    “Similarly, the OmniOutliner team is also heavily into a major development cycle—one which affects not only the next major release of OmniOutliner, version 4, but also the upcoming major releases of both OmniFocus and OmniPlan—so that team is booked up for at least the next several months”


    I personally think it is awesome that they are making iPad versions of these applications. Can't wait to get my iPad and Omni apps.

  74. [...] there by a post on MacRumors, OmniGroup has announced that they are bringing their suite of top end productivity to the iPad. Currently, [...]

  75. Alexander Fringes

    01.30.10 4:25 PM

    I've been hoping for an iPad version of OmniOutliner since Wednesday's events (and of course I would've loved one for the iPhone as well, although I see how it makes less sense than an iPad version).

    I'm incredibly excited for the release of all of these apps and glad that you decided to let us know in advance.

    I'm happy to be able to stay in the Omniverse when it comes to productivity.


    PS: How “magical” will it be to use OmniGraffle on the iPad .... I can't wait.

  76. John

    01.30.10 5:18 PM

    Thanks very much for treating your users with respect. So many developers keep their plans secret or dumb them down for fear that the neanderthals in their user base will start growling if things don't go their way on their schedule. Most users understand that plans can change and really appreciate being kept abreast of developments nonetheless. Looking forward to the Ipad goodies.

  77. sagefool

    01.30.10 6:01 PM

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    We need more announcements like this. 


    I gotta know where you guys are headed… so that I can OmniPLAN and OmniFOCUS on it!


    Loved that you gave us a head's up - Your success is our success.


    How bout using this blog to keep us in the loop more often?


    Seriously, I want to plan on it.


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  78. Stefan E.

    01.30.10 6:57 PM

    Cool! That's the best reason to get an iPad so far.

  79. [...] travelers, bloggers and people like me who just can’t stay without. And not only iWork: In a blog post, Omni Group has committed to bringing five of their productivity apps to the iPad including [...]

  80. Peter

    01.30.10 7:48 PM

    So glad to hear what you guys are doing..personally I have not used your software but from the looks of it would be most useful. Please keep me informed via email and best of luck!

  81. [...] support as the iPod I’m good. OmniGroup is going to release all five apps for the iPad, Omni blog post. I do not know about Things, but I do not use the existing iPhone app because of the lack of cloud [...]

  82. George

    01.30.10 8:34 PM

    Fantastic news!  I think the iPad is going to be a huge hit and is a great product from a great company.  So devoting major resources on your part is a very smart decision.  For those commenting negatively on the iPad platform, I'll bet you dollars to donuts they were against the move from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X too.  I do not see the iPad taking anything away from the Mac.  If fact, I see it as just a fantastic extension of the Mac.  I hope you will have a good way of syncing data from the Mac version of your tools with the iPad versions.


    I plan to buy the iPad when it's available and would love to buy OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner for it.  I've had both of those on my Macs for years.  Please please don't price them too high.  The iPad platform is going to be huge so depend on huge sales for making your money rather then a high price.  I think Apple's strategy of pricing for the iWork tools at $10 apiece fits in perfectly with the iPad platform.


    Looking forward to running the Omnigroup tools on my iPad!

  83. [...] Group se ha mostrado muy interesado en el iPad, hasta el punto de que han anunciado que piensan crear versiones para el iPad de sus cinco aplicaciones: OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, [...]

  84. Dan

    01.30.10 9:46 PM

    Great News


    Forward thinking and exciting news from omni, hope that it has great benefits for your company and all who use your great products. It is this kind of open mind, honest attitude to development that makes for great products.


    The iPad does seem to be a true reboot of computing for everyone and good software needs to be there from the start.

  85. James

    01.30.10 10:08 PM

    Kudos for embracing the future and computing for the rest of us. Omni has the talent to make at least one killer app for iPad thus justifying its purchase alone.  Remember how the Mac made boring tasks fun? iPad with the help of talented developers will make those tasks so engaging you can't take your hands (fingers) off them!

  86. [...] The Omni Group anunciou nesta sexta-feira em um post no seu blog oficial que lançará versões otimizadas de todos os seus cinco aplicativos de produtividade para o iPad. [...]

  87. Mike J.

    01.30.10 10:21 PM

    This is great news, but I think that the lack of multi-tasking on the iPad presents both a problem for everyday users of these apps (like me) and an incredible opportunity for Omni to really exploit this platform.


    I am a doctoral student and I have relied on OmniOutliner Pro, OmniGraffle and OmniGraphSketcher as the perfect set of tools for taking notes in class, ever since my undergrad days. While in class, I type text notes in OmniOutliner while I simultaneously create and add the graphs, charts, sketches and flowcharts that most professors like to add to slides or write on the chalkboard. This works reasonably well, but I think it is not an ideal model for the iPad since it will only allow me to work in one application at a time.


    I think the perfect iPad app would integrate these features into one amazing notetaking app. Maybe it is still OmniOutliner based, but I want to be able to add an OmniGraffle-type flowchart or a OmniGS graph without having to switch apps. (Remember, I'm still taking down the prof's notes here!) Maybe I would just draw a box in OmniOutliner and then click one of the great new contextual menus to say “This is an OmniGraphSketcher frame” and the appropriate tools would pop-up. I could add to the graph in the frame while I continue to take notes outside the frame.


    Even if the design tools from OmniGraphSketcher and OmniGraffle were just a limited subset of the full-featured versions, this would be an absolutely killer app! This is how we write notes on paper and the absence of an integrated app like this explains why most students still use the ol' spiral-bound.


    Oh, and one more thing—how about creating an app called OmniEquation? I want to be able to draw a math or statistics equation (or even just a symbol like Greek characters mu or alpha) and be able to quickly add it to my notes, ideally in LaTeX or at least as an image. It doesn't have to calculate…just be clean and recognizable as a formula. That would be amazing!


    I would gladly pay $30 for such an app on the iPad and I think most of my classmates would as well. If Omni decides to do this, may I suggest that you ask actual college students to give you copies of their class notes from a variety of fields? I think you would see that there is a definite need for a REAL notetaking app, one that allows clean, quick input of multiple content types…and that the iPad is the perfect platform for it!

  88. [...] idea detrás del iPad me sonaba de algo. Hasta que hace unos minutos, al leer un artículo de Omnigroup, anunciando que tienen previsto desarrollar sus aplicaciones para el iPad, he encontrado a qué me [...]

  89. Jan

    01.30.10 10:41 PM

    This is great news.


    Watching the keynote, my initial feelings for the iPad were lukewarm, but that only lasted until the moment that Jobs said it would run iPhone apps. At which point I'd wanted one just for OmniFocus.

  90. Ben

    01.30.10 10:46 PM

    To Darrick on Jon W…..


    I would have to agree with Jon W. here. As a long-time OO user with an iPhone 3GS, I've really been disappointed, and surprised, with no OO for iPhone. After a brief spell with TaskPaper, I finally threw in the towel and use Simplenote to keep home, work and iphone all in sync. I'll certainly check OO for iPhone/Pad when it (finally) comes along….but can't say for sure I'll go back. Wonder how many others out there are like me….

  91. Craig Gholston

    01.30.10 11:46 PM

    When I bought my first PowerBook (Gigabit Ethernet), I was introduced to OmniOutliner and I have been a fan ever since.  It is 2010 now and my 550 MHz processor is obsolete.  Therefore, I will be buying the new Apple iPad in May.  Thank you for seeing the big picture and upgrading your applications to work with the iPad!

  92. Joerg Simon

    01.30.10 11:49 PM

    Wonderful!

    I already own some of your apps, and really look forward having them on the iPad

  93. Phil

    01.31.10 1:09 AM

    THANK YOU so much for committing the development of Omnigraffle for the iPad.  I use graffle every day on the Mac and this announcement just solidified my purchase of the iPad.  Killer App indeed.

  94. Paul Stamatiou

    01.31.10 1:34 AM

    wow this is great news!!

  95. Gordon McAlpin

    01.31.10 2:15 AM

    I use OmniOutliner for plotting out my comics, and I'm definitely getting an iPad. I'll definitely get your OmniOutliner app.

  96. Evert

    01.31.10 3:00 AM

    I have been hoping for a release of OmniOutliner for the Iphone as well. An adaptation for the iPad means that the iPhone SDK is used. Please consider not exclusively releasing the OmniOutliner app to the iPad. OmniOutliner would be my replacement for Notes on my iPhone.

  97. CM Harrington

    01.31.10 3:56 AM

    OK, so maybe I am the only dissenting opinion here (unless they've been removed)… Currently there are a lot of bugs in OGP, some of which have been there for several versions. So now you're going to allocate resources to creating a totally new version for the iPad?


    Unless it's going to be primarily a consumptive app (mostly displaying already existing graffle files, not creating new ones), I can't see how an OG app would be at all useful to anyone who has needs beyond the most simplistic. A typical OGP project file I work with makes the application consume over 1GB of RAM (yes, I have complex files). I don't even think the iPad would be able to open it, let alone allow me to display and manipulate it.


    OmniOutliner? Focus? Sure, I see that. It makes sense, and the applications are both 'simple' in terms of what they do, but OGP is a totally different beast.


    Speaking of, when is it going to get some love? Some of us have work to do.

  98. Melodie Neal

    01.31.10 4:23 AM

    Thank you, you have confirmed my opinion that the iPad will be more than just a toy.  Look forward to seeing your software running on Apple's “next big thing”

  99. Judd

    01.31.10 4:35 AM

    I grow to love Omni more and more.  Thank you for having some vision while so much of the tech world has been reactionary.  Excited and looking forward to buying Omni products on my iPad.

  100. [...] second link is a link to iPad or Bust, the iPad blog post from the OmniGroup. OmniGroup are the company behind OmniFocus, my GTD app of [...]

  101. [...] Ken Case (from OmniGroup) We started working on iPad adaptations of OmniGraffle and OmniFocus as soon as the SDK was made available Wednesday afternoon [...] [...]

  102. vijay stevens

    01.31.10 5:59 AM

    I will only get an ipad if and when you port the products to the platform.


    Hopefully by then we will also have multi-tasking.

  103. dr mom

    01.31.10 6:09 AM

    The first minute I saw the iPad, I thought, “How cool would it be to have my OO and OF on THAT!”. Well, it looks as though it is a reality. This cinches the question of whether or not to purchase an iPad. Thanks for the hard work folks, and thanks for the communication! Can we see some more of that? YAY!

  104. Darrick

    01.31.10 6:19 AM

    @Ben re: Jon W and Mike Harris


    If they were complaining about lack of iPhone support I might agree on some level. However, if you read their posts, they were complaining that Omni was going to focus on anything going through the App Store and wanting updates to the Mac versions. Since Omni indicated they will finish the Mac updates that are in progress, I'm not seeing a problem there. Also, getting these applications to either iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch will be a wonderful thing. I hope it ends up on both sets of devices and not just iPad, but I will take what I can get. :)

  105. Noel

    01.31.10 6:19 AM

    Sign me up.

  106. Sarah

    01.31.10 8:42 AM

    I can't wait!!!!! Omnifocus is going to amazing on the iPad and I have been weeping for lack of Omnioutliner on my iPhone since I got it. I am dancing for joy! I am hoping I don't have to wait long for omnioutliner!!!!

  107. Mark Hernandez

    01.31.10 8:53 AM

    Yay!  I also immediately thought your products would be a perfect fit for the iPad while I was watching the iPad presentation. I would immediately use OmniFocus and OmniOutliner on the iPad.  Go for it.  We're right behind you.  Whatever you charge it will be worth it. People will pay for quality.  Don't worry about having all the features in the first version, and of course, it will be different than that MacOS version.  Don't let people's misunderstanding of the iPad mess up a beautiful redesign of your products.

  108. Tod

    01.31.10 9:50 AM

    OmniFocus on iPad will rock. It will be worth whatever you charge.

  109. Mickey

    01.31.10 9:56 AM

    YES! It's great to see that some of the software publishers get the idea!


    The iPad is a revolutionary device smoothing the transition from the classic desktop computing to the new wave of intuitive ubiquitous computing.


    Stay tuned for breathtaking experiences as more and more software developers give up on delivering more and more (useless) features (of which typical users only use 20%) and rather concentrate on streamlining the human computer interaction.


    I can't wait for your OMNI products, I'll buy all of them for the iPad.


    Thanks!

  110. “iPad or Bust.”

    01.31.10 11:09 AM

    [...] Link: iPad or Bust [...]

  111. » APPLE LINKAGE Daily LOG

    01.31.10 11:33 AM

    [...] Mac Rumorsでは、The Omni Groupが、iPad版の「OmniGraffle」「OmniOutliner」「OmniPlan」「OmniFocus」「OmniGraphSketcher」の開発意向を表明したと伝えています。現在OmniGraffleとOmniFocusのiPad版に取り組んでいるとのことです。  via applelinkage.com [...]

  112. IGNITER » The iPad is sneaky.

    01.31.10 11:50 AM

    [...] I started out thinking it would be ideal for my kids to use their favourite learning sites and with the attached keyboard as my mom’s next computer for the basic email and browsing that she really needs it for. But I’m also now finding a bunch of other uses, like browsing for movies to rent, watching those movies while travelling, reviewing our finances on Wesabe, etc. Shawna also mentioned using it for recipes while cooking and I could see using it for logging DailyMile runs as I stretch. I could even see it being the new tool for in-meeting presentations and napkin sketches. [...]

  113. [...] to subscribe to our RSS feed or newsletter. Thanks for visiting!Omni Group has said they’re bringing five apps to iPad and it seems like they have even rearranged parts of their delivery and [...]

  114. [...] um artigo publicado no blog oficial da empresa, Ken comprometeu-se a desenvolver, o mais rápido possível, os atuais cinco produtos principais da [...]

  115. [...] Meer info: Blog Omni Group [...]

  116. [...] il caso di Omni Group, che attraverso il suo blog aziendale ha annunciato, tra l’altro, di aver iniziato a lavorare sulla conversione per iPad di cinque [...]

  117. robo cop

    01.31.10 8:24 PM

    I pad has MONO speaker ... oh my gosh what a rip off, even iphone has stereo speakers.  switch even those little speakers to mono and they sound horrible.


    i ipad desparately needs the ability to view flash and java video which it does not, ... its really bad in that respect.


    also the screen has huge black bars cutting off nearly 2 inches of the 10 inch display. 


    i also hate the fact you still cant save even a small file to ipad, if you get an attachemnt there is essentially no way to save it and use it later, you have to go to your real computer.


    wost thing is, the storage size is only same as iphone and touch!  so small and the cost nearly 900 bux with the 3g and the “larger” storage.


    might as well get an acer.  screen is better its 100X more powerful and 1/2 the cost.

  118. Cesare

    01.31.10 8:27 PM

    Great decision! My first though when I watch the Job's keynote was: “I would immediately buy an iPad if it can run Omnigraffle, Omnioutliner and Omnifocus” and here it is! I'm intrigued by how the UI will change to manage the palettes. Like in iWorks? I'm pretty sure you knows best!

  119. [...] la presentación del iPad, Omni Group, un conocido grupo de desarrolladores para Mac, confirmó en su blog que portaría cinco de sus aplicaciones de productividad al nuevo dispositivo de Apple, siendo una [...]

  120. Howard Yermish

    01.31.10 11:05 PM

    Very excited to see this news and completely understand development issues. OmniGroup has been one of the few development houses that consistently delivers first rate applications which I use every day. Keep the great work coming!

  121. Tim

    01.31.10 11:39 PM

    Wow, the idea of OmniGraffle for the iPad rocks my world. It is one of the very few go-to apps that is present all aspects of my personal world. YAY!

  122. [...] might leverage the new device (and potentially new paradigm for using a computer). The Omni Group made a similar announcement (OmniGraffle on the iPad could be super awesome if executed properly) but sadly they didn’t [...]

  123. DaMan

    02.01.10 12:06 AM

    You guys make such great products, can't I just start sending you money now? Pre-Order? Your products make me so much money I have no problem sending you $100 to hire more people to get this done faster. Ok Ninjas, get working.

  124. Jonathan Poritsky

    02.01.10 12:55 AM

    I'm quite excited about the Omni apps (as I think I said here already). Just put together a piece on how they can impact filmmakers with the iPad. Omnigraffle out in the field could be amazing:


    http://www.candlerblog.com/2010/01/31/ipad-for-filmmakers-hopefully/

  125. [...] OmniGroup Blog   Filed Under: Apple Tablet News, Applications. Tagged With: iPad, OmniGroup, Productivity Tools, [...]

  126. [...] für das iPad vorstellen wird. Auch andere Entwickler werden nicht untätig bleiben. So hat die Omnigroup angekündigt ihre wichtigsten Programme für das iPad zu [...]

  127. [...] wrote, “Remember how Macintosh was intended to be the computer “for the rest of us?” [...]

  128. [...] Draw network diagrams in OmniGraffle {ref} [...]

  129. [...] Endel av tankene mine forutsetter at tredjepartsutviklere faktisk utvikler programmer for formålet, men det er jeg ikke i tvil om at vil skje. Allerede ser vi at applikasjoner som var nesten umulig på iPhone blir tilgjengelig, best eksemplifisert med iWork som ble vist frem under lansering, og OmniGroup har allerede annonsert at de vil gi ut flere av sine mac-programmer på iPad, bl.a. OmniGraffle. [...]

  130. mewithoutdebt

    02.01.10 5:54 AM

    Here are my 3 simple reasons why ipad will fail.

    http://www.mewithoutdebt.com/2010/02/3-simple-reasons-why-ipad-will-fail.html

  131. [...] Omni Group to Bring Five Apps to iPad [...]

  132. Sterling Zumbrunn

    02.01.10 6:28 AM

    Great news, Ken. The latest version of OmniFocus for iPhone was a fantastic update, and really shows what Omni is capable of on Apple's mobile platforms. I think OmniFocus for iPad will be equally awesome, and OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle will be welcome additions as well. Congrats on the foresight, and thanks for keeping us in the loop.

  133. tom

    02.01.10 8:21 AM

    you confirm to be the best again, so far!

  134. [...] Secondly, a larger screen may not seem like much, but it will make a world of a difference. Touchscreen phones were in existence long before the iPhone was but a twinkling in Steve Jobs’ eye. What we should learn from the iPhone’s legacy is that hardware, on its own, is virtually irrelevant in gauging a product’s usefulness or potential for success. What does matter is software, and a larger screen will have a huge impact on what developers are able to accomplish with a multitouch display and the iPhone OS. Almost fully-functional apps like iWork have already been shown, and the Omni Group has begun to port their apps to the iPad. [...]

  135. Kris Black

    02.01.10 3:32 PM

    If there's anything I can do to help let me know. Omnifocus was the first of two apps I thought about when iPad was released. The other being SketchbookPro Mobile. I'm going need some organizing to get my drawings done.


    Thanks for the update.

  136. [...] of The Omni Group, Ken Case announced last week that the company plans to port all five of its major productivity apps to the iPad. According to [...]

  137. [...] [via The Omni Mouth] [...]

  138. Miguel Marcos

    02.01.10 10:45 PM

    Another note of approval for OmniFocus on the iPad.

  139. [...] tool, ending with a plea to developers to make apps for just that purpose. Since that time, OmniGroup has announced their intention to fully support the iPad. Immediately, I could see myself ‘needing’ [...]

  140. [...] per Mac OS X, sulla scia di quanto Apple ha fatto con iWork. Un primo segnale in questo senso sono le parole di Ken Case, CEO di Omni Group: iPad ci sta davvero entusiasmando, e vogliamo rendere disponibili per iPad tutti i nostri prodotti [...]

  141. Mathias

    02.02.10 1:40 AM

    Awesome. Go go graffle!


    Denmark

  142. [...] a blog post on Friday, The Omni Group, a major developer of productivity applications for the Mac, announced [...]

  143. David Bolene

    02.02.10 2:51 AM

    It's great to see you guys recognize what's really happening in computing.  No one else seems to :-)  One vote for prioritizing OmniOutliner on the iPad.

  144. Andy

    02.02.10 3:40 AM

    As soon as I saw the iPad I decided that I had to have one and wouldn't it be great if OF ran on it too at full screen.  Sounds like we wont have to wait too long for it! Cough “tagging” cough!!


    I stopped buying OG at v4.2.2 as it did exactly as much as I needed.  I had no plans to go any further in the upgrade path, but it looks as though the iPad will change all that with OG for iPad.


    Well done Omni - great products and excellent backup.

  145. [...] a blog post on Friday, The Omni Group, a major developer of productivity applications for the Mac, announced [...]

  146. Mike Perry

    02.02.10 4:06 AM

    I agree with Johnny Turner, a top-notch ePub editing app is needed, one that conceals the nastiness of XML and makes creating full-featured books easy. Soon, creating documents in ePub will be as important as creating them in PDF.


    If Omni doesn't have the time, perhaps they have friends that do, friends that would make an app that works well with Omin products.

  147. Sandy Santra

    02.02.10 4:43 AM

    All I can say is: OMG OMG OMG!!!  I will probably be the first in line for an iPad now, since I was never able to afford an Air.  Thank you SO MUCH!!!

  148. [...] a blog post on Friday, The Omni Group, a major developer of productivity applications for the Mac, announced [...]

  149. [...] zijn op de iPad ontzettend eenvoudig. Zo eenvoudig dat iedereen ze kan begrijpen – zoals OmniGroup het zegt: “Of je nu 2 of 92 bent”.  Daarnaast is de iPad als tablet veel toegankelijker [...]

  150. [...] a blog post on Friday, The Omni Group, a major developer of productivity applications for the Mac, announced [...]

  151. Silver Fox

    02.02.10 8:33 AM

    Great news! This one announcement is enough to tip my thinking in favor of buying the iPad.

  152. Chrisg

    02.02.10 8:53 AM

    Awesome, can't wait for Omni on the iPad.

  153. kevin

    02.02.10 11:28 AM

    Your announcement has pushed me over the edge on an iPad purchase. I have used and loved OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner for years. They will be glorious on the iPad.

  154. John Dougan

    02.02.10 5:20 PM

    I guess that making apps for the iPad is inevitable for business reasons…but I wish you porting your apps to a real computer and not an appliance.

  155. Windy

    02.02.10 9:11 PM

    iPad + OmniOutliner = All I'll need, ever. This is really great news!

  156. Dirk

    02.03.10 12:25 AM

    that's what i needed to hear to make the decision to buy an iPad…great


    greetz from Germany

  157. Brad

    02.03.10 2:15 AM

    Omni Outline MUST support quick easy ways to enter mathematical & scientific formulas. 

    This has been what has killed Laptops in the college class rooms.  Also support for simple stick figure molecules for chemistry classes is a near must.

  158. Stuart Eggleston

    02.03.10 2:35 AM

    I do really support this decision and am keen to get hold of an iPad and would obviously want my fave apps on it. However, I am also wondering 2 big things:


    1) Can you make Omnifocus take advantage of the fact that multiple people in a household are likely to use the same iPad? Some kind of synching thing needed here maybe.


    2) Can you please tell me if you plan to put better prototyping into Omnigraffle 6. It is a key requirement for me and I want to know if the next version is going to deliver it or should I look for alternative software now. I am happy to wait but would like to know the wait is worth it.


    Thanks for all you do. Keep up the good work.


    Stuart.

  159. Tom Robben

    02.03.10 4:24 AM

    OmniOutliner needs the ability to display the Notes Pane on the RIGHT SIDE of the outline. 


    Having the notes pane on the bottom is good, but not nearly as useful as having it on the RIGHT SIDE, as done with Mori, Devon and many other tools.  Please enable this for the MacOSx and iPad versions.  Thanks for GREAT products!  TomR

  160. [...] via blog.omnigroup [...]

  161. MisterK

    02.03.10 1:05 PM

    This is awesome news. I'm excited to see what you guys come up with. I will certainly be buying at least a couple of these apps.

  162. Kirk Campbell

    02.03.10 1:22 PM

    Absolutely awesome. You guys are taking this to the next level. These are applications that are critical to project managers and helping to organize the future. I was trying to find something online to fit the bill but you have just made me want to come back to the omni group because I will be using the iPad and deploying it to other Directors and Managers.

  163. [...] Ken Case (from OmniGroup)  We started working on iPad adaptations of OmniGraffle and OmniFocus as soon as the SDK was made available Wednesday afternoon [...] [...]

  164. On the iPad as the Future

    02.04.10 4:18 AM

    [...] Instead, people will start demanding more functional apps. Apple sent a clear signal by showcasing a highly functional and polished office suite in the form of iWork for the iPad. By doing this, they were in effect asking others to follow their lead by developing desktop-class applications. This call is already being answered. The Omni Group, the leading Mac development house responsible for OmniGraffle and OmniPlan, among others, has announced an immediate pause on developing their next generation of desktop software while they port their complete portfolio of applications to the iPad. [...]

  165. Nathan

    02.04.10 4:33 AM

    Suggestion for iPad version of OmniOutliner:


    Include audio recording in the app similar to Pear Note.


    I use OmniOutliner to take notes in class while running Pear Note to capture the lecture. Since iPad does not multitask, this presents a problem. Building in audio recording would be a great addition to functionality and allow me to use OmniOutliner on the iPad in class.


    Thanks.

  166. [...] • Accepts most standard paper sizes (OmniPad Doc Holder) • Powered by imagination We are all very excited about Apple’s upcoming iPad. So much so that we couldn’t wait for actual production [...]

  167. [...] Group announced iPad versions of OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan, OmniFocus, and OmniGraphSketcher. Development [...]

  168. Keith Forrest

    02.05.10 4:11 AM

    I think Apple has set itself up to create and dominate this new tablet computing industry.  Yes, I know this seems obvious, but I do find it funny that a while back Steve J. proclaimed Apple had no interest in developing a tablet. 


    Keith

    http://www.theavlink.com

    The community for home audio and home theater.

  169. quocnt

    02.05.10 2:05 PM

    I have been really overly satisfied with all your products so far. So I really wish you guys dominate the Drag&Drop diagramming market for the iphone :)

  170. quocnt

    02.05.10 2:06 PM

    oops, iPad iMean

  171. Yuji

    02.05.10 5:26 PM

    OmniGraffle on iPad will be Nirvana! Please include Unicode character pickers. Unicode has lots of interesting characters I always use in my Graffles… I don't know if iPad has Edit → Special characters.

  172. Martin Herrera

    02.05.10 7:54 PM

    Beyond the joy of the announcement, of having these applications for the iPad, i very specially want to share my gratitude for dealing with a company that treats it's customers like adults who can make decisions.  Who shares their plans and trusts that we can hadle them properly.  I really appreciate and congratulate this business decision, which is rare to see, specially in the Apple camp.  So thanks for the apps and thanks for sharing the plans!  I'll be there when these versions come out!

  173. jan otte

    02.05.10 8:31 PM

    Ohhhhh - Have spent days going back and forward on getting an iPad or not. Omni apps on iPad mean it looks like the bank account is going to definitely get hammered. Your awesome software is going to be part of what makes iPad a 'must have' for me.

  174. [...] Mac developer Omni Group, which has dipped a toe into iPhone development with Omni Focus [$19.99 - iTunes link], has decided [...]

  175. Porsupah

    02.06.10 10:53 AM

    I note this with interest, as the iPad's caught the attention of the folks in the office (once purely a Windows house, until I arrived.. since then, there've been MacBook Pros, iPhones, iPod touches, and more =:) - but.. no mention of OmniWeb? Still my browser in OS X, and I'd like to see it on the iPad as well. Especially if it fixed a few of those minor, persistent bugs, like respecting the number of times an image may animate, but that's me being terminally picky. ^_^;

  176. [...] developer Omni Group, which has dipped a toe into iPhone development with Omni Focus [$19.99 - iTunes link], has decided [...]

  177. Roger

    02.07.10 12:58 AM

    Can I urge you to get the iPad OmniOutliner out of the door as soon after the get-go as possible. I agree with earlier posts that the iPad is absolutely perfect for outlining. Be the first and best outliner for iPad!

  178. [...] Mac de productivité et de dessin tels que OmniGraffle, OmniPlan ou encore OmniFocus a décidé de lancer le portage de cinq de ses applications sur iPad. Il s’agit de OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan, OmniFocus, et [...]

  179. Brian

    02.09.10 2:49 AM

    I'd just like to voice my support for adding these productivity tools to the ipad. I think many don't realize the benefits of this mobile platform device and once some excellent software applications are available to showcase it's capabilities many might have a change of heart.

  180. [...] by the iPad. Already, Mac software developers Omni Group have promised they will move all five of its products to the iPad this year. I expect many more to [...]

  181. [...] http://blog.omnigroup.com/2010/01/29/ipad-or-bust/ [...]

  182. iPad Apps | iPhoneca

    02.11.10 12:36 AM

    [...] am already jazzed about Omnigroup’s announcement that they will be introducing OmniOutliner and enhanced OmniFocus for the iPad. Omnigraffle touch [...]

  183. [...] OmniGroup hat die Arbeit erst vor anderthalb Wochen aufgenommen, aber schon erste Ergebnisse erzielt, wie die Screenshots [...]

  184. [...] and OmniWeb, has decided to go all out for the iPad. The company made the decision to go iPad or bust the minute the device was announced and has been working feverishly ever since then to start making [...]

  185. Phillip

    02.13.10 11:28 AM

    Omni SW on iPad may make it a must-have…then I only need SAS and SPSS and my grad school rationalization would be complete!

  186. George

    02.14.10 12:33 AM

    I am looking forward to outliner for iPad. I am using outline for structured notes while reading scientific books. It would be fantastic to have iBooks and outliner on an iPad.

  187. [...] iPad or burst (OmniGroup) [...]

  188. [...] iPad or burst (OmniGroup) [...]

  189. jan korbel » Apple iPad

    02.14.10 5:50 PM

    [...] mě napadlo, jak skvěle by se na tom dělaly wireframy a ejhle, OmniGroup ohlásili, že hodlají pro iPad upravit všechny svoje [...]

  190. [...] Omni Group [...]

  191. [...] is the OmniGroup, the makers of OmniFocus and other productivity applications. They stated on their company blog that they are working hard to port their apps over to the [...]

  192. [...] iPhone (and DTG) but…  Much better will be Apple iWork, coming out [soon] for the iPad, and then Omni's 5 productivity apps too (incidentally, Omni also thinks iPad is the computer “for the rest of us”), and [...]

  193. [...] Allerede et par døgn efter afsløringen af iPad stod firmaet frem og fortalte at de havde lavet om på deres planer for det næste halve års tid. Anerkendelsen af iPad som en gamechanger havde fået dem til med det [...]

  194. [...] also commends Omni Group’s announcement of the development of five new apps specifically for the iPad. While these tools are more general [...]

  195. Affiliate

    02.20.10 6:11 PM

    Who shares their plans and trusts that we can hadle them properly. I really appreciate and congratulate this business decision, which is rare to see, specially in the Apple camp.

  196. [...] Omni Group setzt den Fokus auf das iPad: Wie der Hersteller in seinem Blog selbst bestätigt, hat die Entwicklung der Apps OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan, OmniFocus und [...]

  197. [...] is the OmniGroup, the makers of OmniFocus and other productivity applications. They stated on their company blog that they are working hard to port their apps over to the [...]

  198. Todd Albert

    02.22.10 3:39 AM

    If you price your apps at or below $10, I definitely plan to buy OmniGraphSketcher and Graffle as soon as they are available.  I was hoping that someone would develop a vector-based drawing app for the iPad.

  199. Michael Maslowski

    02.22.10 7:11 AM

    Hi,


    That's what I call a commitment :)


    Anyway, it's been three weeks and I've been thinking about how the new plan is working. Any updates for us - mere users?


    Take care.

  200. [...] their top five applications on the iPad in newly-designed versions specific to the device. (See: http://blog.omnigroup.com/2010/01/29/ipad-or-bust/). This includes OmniGraffle, a program I’ve always toyed with using, but never sat down and [...]

  201. Jeff Handy

    03.01.10 4:10 AM

    Well, I guess I'd better not buy Omnigraffle ATM, should I? I was going to, but in light of this information, holding off would perhaps be best. Thanks for the heads-up regarding the impending updates to the software.

  202. geekmom

    03.12.10 1:12 PM

    I just ordered my iPad!  Omnifocus and OmniPlan are the first apps that I will be looking for :). It is a 3G one, so it won’t be shipped until the end of April/beginning of May, BUT I am very excited! Thank you so much for developing for the iPad - it is going to be a work tool for me and I will be using it a great deal in meetings, presentations, etc., as I work as a DE coordinator at a university.

    Way to go, Omnigroup! I will let you know how it goes ...

  203. Andrew Bickerstaffe

    03.14.10 1:23 AM

    Here’s hoping that all the OmniApps prove that the iPad is the computer and not the peripheral device that all we hope it will be. The only reason I never bought an iPhone was the fact I use a Dell at work and to benefit from many of the iPhone apps, you have to sync your phone (as a peripheral device) to your Mac to manage the content. The iPad on the other hand has the potential to be a computer in its own right and should not need to be constantly synced to anything to be of use. The reality may be somewhat different, however the design of the apps will have a huge impact on this; if you guys can make the iPad Omni apps fully featured enough, I’ll be able to carry my iPad with me like the FiloFax/notepad/work-bible its meant to be. Here’s hoping…

  204. Redditor

    03.15.10 4:59 AM

    Kudos for seeing the potential.

    I’d love to see how these turn out.

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