The Omni Group

How about a screencap fix for us junkies?

Fantastic news. The new refresh looks great on my new iPhone 4, too!! Thanks, can’t wait to get the iPad version.

My life depend on you guys! :) Thanks I’ll wait in agony he he!

I’m with Carlos on this, something just above the ipad version. I say this would be best as more people would be likely to buy all 3 versions of the app

JUst installing 1.7 on my 3g. Really looking forward to trying it out on my 4 tomorrow (hopefully!!)

Yeah, I love both Mac and iPhone versions. But i can’t be dropping 40 bucks on a third version. Has to be some kind of discount for people who own the desktop and/or iphone versions. Keep up the great work!

Really looking forward to Omnifocus on the iPad.  Please don’t price it outrageously high like Omnigraffle for the iPad.  I want to be able to buy it with a clear conscience.  I have almost all of your products, but I just cannot fathom the price of Omnigraffle.  I really think you guys priced yourselves out of the market with that one.  Please don’t repeat that with Omnifocus.

Other than that… I’m sure it will be great :)

Take your time so you can make good decisions! Looking forward to it.

*gigglesnort*

I love, love, love you guys!!! Y’all are maaarvelous when it comes to both product and communication!

The new icon is Purplelicious™

/me loves it.

I’ve done soooooo much research and bought Things to tide me over.  I use Things so much in my daily work flow but whoa does it leave a lot to be desired.  I simply cannot wait!

Hooray for you guys!

I’m waiting too ... but re: some comments on Omnigraffle ... sure it’s expensive, but I coughed up the cash, and it really is a powerful app ... it’s not some dinky-doodle file viewer, it’s a serious piece of work.  I can appreciate the development that must have gone on behind it.  I don’t mind paying - here and there - for some *real* quality apps. 
But P.S… Omnigraffle produces core output.  OmniFocus just helps you get there.  I hope it’s not as much as Omnigraffle ;-)

An artist must have thick enough skin to give a finger to the impatient. OmniFocus has to date been life changing. Any reasonable price will be happily paid by those of us that “get” what it does and for whom the tool nearly daily saves our asses. Its a secret weapon of the highly effective. So, by the way, I really don’t mind if you charge a little higher price and thin out my competition in the productivity rat race. Also, a healthy price for the product will support rapid feature addition and evolution of the product by Omni Group. A sincere thanks to you for your work. Every product I have purchased from you has delivered *extreme* value to date.

Guys,

Love the wow factor in OmniFocus 1.7 iPhone.  Yes we want it on iPad - like - last week, but more than that, we want it right.  So really - take as long as you need.  We won’t start using it till it’s right, so don’t release it before then!

As for pricing?  I dropped £600 for my iPad, and omnifocus will probably be the killer app that locks me into this platform for life (as with the iPhone version - it’s why I got the iphone in the first place).  Given the price of these devices, stick to your guns on pricing (crouching for a barrage of hate mail) we spent a lot on these devices and you invested a ton in developing them, if your money back guarantee is in place, then hey, what have we got to loose?

Thanks for all your amazing work and sheer dedication.

Sorry about the brick.

M

I know it is a bit late, but….

1) Please add a password option… my iPad is popular among the rest of the family… kids playing games and drawing…. I am worried about my 3 year old playing a “delete tasks game” in my OF and for the same reason I never installed the iPhone version on my iPad.

Until Apple introduces some sort of user level / user password - we need passwords on the apps.

2) Hoping for an excellent review feature… I believe reviewing is hard to get done when many other tasks presents themselves during the workday, but review is as important as anything. I really want to take my iPad for an evening review in the living room when things are more relaxed.

Keep up the good work.

Appreciate the update - and the humor. Take your time. UI is everything. Most of us choose Omnifocus (and other Omni apps) because you DON’T push stuff out the door. June is a deadline you set, so June is a deadline you can change. GTD is about “re-negotiating commitments” when you need to in order to achieve your big-picture objectives. Bless you all.

OmniFocus for iPad will be ready for June 30 ::waves hand::

Then you will be starting on the great OmniPlan integration ::waves hand in opposite direction, creating a Jedi Circle::

Trust your feelings!

Your philosophy of product development is one of the reasons I bought OmniFocus instead of a competitor, to say nothing about feature/function superiority.

I have been in software development for 40 years (started with stone tablets) and yes, it has to work (although all too often beta releases sneak out due to external pressures), but that is not enough to make a superior product. Your statement of “doing it right” and “you need to want to open the application” shows product management maturity that we see too infrequently in the marketplace and always have.

So I will grouse about not having it yet and I will complain about buying it three times, but don’t even consider releasing it “before its time”. Continue the good work on the software and the product philosophy.

Thanks.

Tom Baley

Waiting for OmniFocus for the iPad is making my skin tingle… Graffle is fantastic; I really didn’t care that it was $50. I use Graffle, Focus, Outliner and Plan every week, so I’d already resolved to committing to purchase all four for the iPad, as I would far rather work with them on a touch interface from my couch, Starbucks, in a traffic jam, or in the washroom than be stuck at a desk using it.

Keep up the good work guys. I know Apple’s idea of keeping everything hidden until their big reveal is awesome, and works well for them, but I’m really itching for even just one screenshot of OmniFocus just to satisfy the tingling in my arms…. this is gonna go on all week until it comes out, you know…. help us… just a little screen shot. Or two.

I have been with you guy since outliner and really love the program, but the purple icon.  You’re killing me.  I mean Leroy Nieman is an inspiration for all of us.  The interior icons are great, but the app icon sits on my home screen.  I hope there’s a redraft.

Love the new icon btw. Leave it :)

Thanks for the update. All that I really want is the ability to drag actions or tasks that ar children, from parent to parent. The way I use OF, is in a manufacturing section. I’d love the ability to move a job from one phase to another, without have to go to my laptop. Basically, I hope the iPad version is more like the desktop, than the iPhone version.

If it is as good as the desktop version, I plan to implement iPads company wide, with OF as the core app. I do not mind a reasonable price. So if it lands between the two existing versions, I’ll be good with that. I certainly did not the mind paying $80, or $20. So $40-$60 would seem reasonable, if it is between in functionality.

I would love to be able to integrate OF into Omni Plan, using them in conjunction, if possible.

Thanks for the iPhone version. New app icon is so cool! Looks amazing on my phone screen. And re-designed project and context icons look much better too. I wish you could incorporate all of them in your desktop version somehow now… :-)

First, thank you SO much for finally updating your icon, which was previously a huge liability for the brand. I’m afraid I still don’t think your icon is a market leader in its product category, but at least it isn’t an embarrassment any longer. Main question mark now is the choice of purple.

To all the posters hoping for some sort of discount for people who own other versions of the software, the way the app store functions prevents this from being a possibility, unless the iPad version was to be sold as an in-app purchase from within the iPhone version. Would appear that the app store also prevents things like educational pricing, which again is a pity particularly from my point as I’d be eligible for it!

100% agree with password at login… don’t want my sons checking items off my to-do list, as I’d never know they were gone or what I’d lost track of. Actually, what I’d really like is a cool customisable shape-squiggle that I have to do on login to unlock it. But yes, I’d settle for a PIN number/password interface. Just something.

Keep up the great work, Omni!

:)

What kind of turn around time have you all been experiencing getting approvals from Apple after your submission to the App Store? Just wondering when we are likely to see the app for purchase.

Please, tell me you’ll make the russian localization for iPad!

I used to comment about the prices. I’m to the point now that I surrender and will pay whats asked. I just want the products now!!! Come on!! Raise your prices and get it done!!!

Your stuff just works, and works, and works!!!

Its the 28th
You were touting a June 30th release for Omnifocus for iPad
You continually fail to give any kind of status or update on what you are doing
Do you have ANY idea how far behind your competition you are falling?
Fanboys will jump up and down and defend you
But you are JUST LOSING GROUND EVERY DAY
Ground you could maintain my giving regular (say weekly) MEANINGFUL updates

But you don’t
And Apple is now promoting your far more attractive, if somewhat less functional, competitor

I really liked Omnifocus, but I have to say now that I have needed to use Things for sometime, because your late with a product release, it is actually pretty good

Hows that secrecy paying off for you?

I hope you are thinking long and hard about your price point, because that is just about the only thing you have left that could get you back into the running.

Gods of Marketing help you when Things releases cloud synicing - which is less far off than you might think, and at this rate might beat your iPad product out the door.

Given what you charge for your products, try hiring a good project manager and a few solid testers. And while your at it, a UI designer who doesn’t have a tin eye. Things (for all its MANY MANY failings) is at least MacOS and iOS level attractive. Omnifocus has an OS9 aesthetic desperately in need of a refresh.

There you go, said my piece. Let the flames begin

Sorry, but it this is redonkulus! Surely you knew Apple was making an iPad and for it to take this long has been unacceptable. I have moved on to “Things” and found that it is just as good as OF for my needs.

How did “Things” get the work done so much faster than you guys? Oh! What a great idea, I guess they actually either work and have enough people…

goodbye,
Thom

Clarifying my last comment: I meant to say, “They told me I’m getting *an iPad app with* cloud sync by the end of June, and I believe them.”

This is one of the most tiring waits for a product release. How hard is it to give some kind of update.

@thomp - where are you getting that its been released to the Ap Store? That would be good news at least.

Seriously?
I’m too busy working and using omnifocus for desktop and phone.  When iPad version comes out, I’ll be glad.  I say charge what the market will bear.  Gee, I guess folks think you should work for free.  They probably have never had to think about overhead, taxes, payroll etc.  Hey, maybe you guys should bust your tails for FREE?  Or do you expect to get paid for YOUR work?

Oh, and you high powered software developers, if you are such experts, write it yourselves. 

All you children should be ashamed of your entitlement attitudes.  You know who you are.

Hey, um, it’s the 30th.  Did you guys make your date?

Today is the first day I’ve heard of OmniFocus, and based on these comments I am clearly waaaaay behind.  Looking forward to taking it for a spin.  By the way, I found it through Sam Aparicio’s blog post on iPhone vs. Android: Getting Over the Hype.  Link below for those who are interested:

http://www.ringio.com/2010/06/29/iphone-vs-android-getting-over-the-hype/