OmniFocus 4

Seit vielen Jahre benutze ich OmniFocus für mein Taskmanagement auf all meinen Geräten (MacBook, iPad, iPhone). Negative Berichte über die Version 4 haben mich lange von einem Upgrade abgehalten. Nun habe ich es getan und es ist Zeit Euch an meinen Erfahrungen teilhaben zu lassen. 1) Da die Datenbank für die Version 4 die Selbe ist als für die Version 3, kann man gefahrlos die zweiwöchige Testversion parallel mit der Version 3 betreiben. Ein sehr großer Vorteil für all jene die schon Version 3 benutzen. 2) Ergänzend zu dem um sich greifenden Subscription-Model bietet OmniFocus auch ein Einmal-Kauf-Option! Schon das alleine ist für mich ein entscheidendes Element. 3) Die Bedienung auf dem iPad ist im Vergleich zur Version 3 um vieles intuitiver und besser geworden. 4) Der Funktionsumfang ist nach wie vor Top. Wirklich zu empfehlen ist OmniFocus für Führungskräfte und all jene die viele Aufgaben zu verwalten haben. Es bietet umfangreichen Möglichkeiten zur Strukturierung und Verwaltung. 5) Entgegen mancher Kommentare sind mir bisher keine Fehler aufgefallen.

neue bugs

– lässt sich nun auf den mobilen Geräten genau so wie am Mac konfigurieren – UI ist nun für alle Plattformen einheitlich – Überarbeitete UI – keine verpflichtendes Subscription–Modell

Christian

Please go back to the older interface. I have used Omnifocus for many many years and just upgraded to Omnifocus 4. On a simple task with attached photos for an errand to a store became a nightmare to keep the task open and see the attachments. What used to be seamless and easy to track. This is now complicated as the task continues to close automatically when I'm looking at attachments. I couldn't have been more frustrated with the user experience on such a simple task. Please go back one version for your user interface as Omnifocus 4 Pro is way more difficult to use and clunky as a user. I can't imagine someone thought this was a better interface.

I keep coming back to Omnifocus. Apple reminders is great, but Omnifocus is still better for serious task management. I love the keyboard shortcut on Mac, love the Inbox concept. Just works great. Also, I almost switched to Notion but there is a big problem with Notion. Notion is great on desktop and web, but is absolutely terrible on mobile. OmniFocus works great on all platforms.

I’ve depended on OmniFocus since the first day it came out and was an early alpha and beta user on the desktop. I can’t imagine a life without this app. As an avid GTD user, this software is perfectly suited to bring me peace and achieve a mind that is “still like water”. I get the space and focus necessary for me to do my creative work and sleep well at night because of this wonderful app.

The latest upgrade to Omnifocus 4.5 has been helpful to me just for the fact that we finally have better adjustment of text size on the Mac. Before it was either too small or too large but now there is much finer control. The app works well for me on the Mac and iPhone. Still room for improvement but it is encouraging to see this upgrade. I hope more fixes and features are on the way.

This was recommended to me by the David Allen Company, it’s a great task manager, very well developed and easy to use with few limitations.

I understand Omni tried to shoehorn all functions from the desktop version into this app, but there are too many compromises. Each control seems to have multiple functions depending on what you are doing at the time. Tapping something sequentially may do three different things. One missing function is the ability to search for a specific action item, which is important in my workflow. I like OF 4 on my iMac, but I am sticking with OF 3 on my iPhone.