Comments on: Goodbye Things, Hello OmniFocus

By: Arns

Arns — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:57:56 +0000

There is a schedule in Omnifocus – it is called Start Date. It makes the task or project unavailable until that time. Of course, if you have a perspective that shows them, they will still show up greyed out….

By: RobotII

RobotII — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:56:41 +0000

By: Holger

Holger — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:06:54 +0000

I am still using both, OmniFocus and THINGS. The today list in THINGS is my favorite because I can easily change and sort the order of items. Helps me a lot in planning.

In OmniFocus I am missing the ability to rearrange items (priorities) in lists generated via VIEW BAR!

Hopefully the new iPhone 3Gs will make opening and syncing documents faster. I recommend THINGS to people who first want to get familiar with the GTD ideas.

By: f10w

f10w — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:12:14 +0000

I’ve been using Things since early beta. I think that its interface is simple and looks very good. And if you’re not a strict GTD user it’s perfect choice.

But since I started to follow GTD more I had to switch to OmniFocus. The reason is that Things lack sequential projects. Without them all contexts are useless. And working strict GTD style is simply impossible. You can’t filter only next actions for given context (tag). And 90% of my projects are sequential so until Thing would implement this feature i’ll stick with OF.

And I have to say that OF is a great app. You’ve got to get used to interface and workflow but then working with it very easy and intuitive.

By: Tim!

Tim! — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:28:34 +0000

I’m right on the fence between buying Omnifocus and buying Things, both frustrate me in different ways, though the #1 thing about Things is that it doesn’t force me to put in a context, which is a bit of structure that I find really helps me stay focused. But then I started looking around and thinking about the interface stuff in Omnifocus that drives me crazy and looking at Things again.

You post helped me remember what it is that made me choose Omnifocus over Things. Thanks for that!

One note (and the reason I am comenting) you mention using dropped projects for innactive projects. Try using On Hold instead!

Tim

By: Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links - 30th November 2008 - DIGTD - Making You More Productive

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:46:37 +0000

[...] fourth link is a link to a post about leaving Things, and moving to OmniFocus. I have not really given Things a proper try yet, as I am too firmly routed to OmniFocus and [...]

By: Andrew Mason

Andrew Mason — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:38:42 +0000

Glad to hear you like OmniFocus. I also share your thoughts regarding Things vs OmniFocus.

Also, Just added this post to my weekly link list at http://www.didigetthingsdone.com.