Also, the perspective builder was upgraded. With OmniFocus 3, contexts were renamed to tags, and we could have more than one. It seemed the writing was on the wall for OmniFocus to bring about multiple tags. Many other programs allowed people to use multiple tags. Things was growing in popularity, as was Todoist, 2Do, and others. Other task managers were catching up, however. And many more words and videos were written/made on how to come up with the best set of contexts (tags) for a particular workflow. Many, many words were written on the pros and cons of having a single tag (OF called it a “context” in true GTD style). Again, nothing came close to its ability to manage tasks, especially for GTD-minded folks. It was a breath of fresh air with its design. For any serious GTDer, there wasn’t anything close to OmniFocus, and to really run on all cylinders was to use all three levels. You could look at all of your projects, jump around them, dive into tasks, create perspectives, run Applescripts, and more. Yes, it’s skeuomorphic, but it was damned fun!īack to the desktop! This was where one was the manager of everything. Still, if you really needed to dive deep into projects and also look wide at all your projects, the iPad was still not the place to be. It was pleasant to just sit down with a cup of coffee, enter review mode. The iPad, however, had a larger screen, plus it had a fun “Review Mode”. However, if you had to do some reviewing of projects, moving tasks around, general maintenance in your system, the iPhone was not the place to do so. If you’ve setup your perspectives well, you simply pull out your phone, go to the perspective of choice, and get to work. In this regard, OmniFocus is hard to beat. The small size and how the UX really lent itself to having a focused list of tasks to do. The reasoning went that the app on the iPhone was not well suited to do project maintenance in. Strategic planning on desktop, floor level tasks on iPhone, and review on iPad. Then came the iPhone and iPad and with it some great discussions on how each version was better suited for different levels of work. I had read and reread David Allen’s book Getting Things Done, and with OmniFocus I felt like I had a super power. I was a late comer, missing the Kinkless GTD days, but I was on board with OmniFocus. I cannot help myself, but I miss OmniFocus. And yet, nostalgia keeps OmniFocus hanging around my devices. I’ve got years with OF and just under three weeks with Todoist. I’ve been testing a switch from OmniFocus to Todoist.
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