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I don't know if I'm an outlier here, but to me the Omni Group is/was almost like an extension of Apple themselves. Like with Panic's or CultureCode's applicatio

I don't know if I'm an outlier here, but to me the Omni Group is/was almost like an extension of Apple themselves. Like with Panic's or CultureCode's applications, they just work in the way a seasoned Mac user would expect. They fit into both the look and feel of the Apple ecosystem and support all integrations you would expect. Of course the market for high-quality Apple only software is small. But I think they would be even less competitive and successful if they pivoted to the Web. It would be almost like suggesting Microsoft drop their desktop Office applications and just focus on Office365.

mywacaday 7y ago
I have spent a lot of time using GTD and trying to find the right software for me. Omnifocus is always at the top of GTD software lists but I'm stuck on Windows and would love to have a windows option.
- ubermonkey 7y ago
  I saw lots of discussions of this back in the day, when the GTD cult (I kid) was really in ascendance. All the really good implementations I saw, though, were Mac tools. There ARE some options that are text-based, I think. And if you really want and are nerdy enough, you can do it in OrgMode. But I dunno what nice polished native apps exist for Windows.
rubidium 7y ago
“ almost like suggesting Microsoft drop their desktop Office applications and just focus on Office365” Not sure if you’re experience is different, but this seems to be exactly what they’re doing. Outlook windows app is buggy and terrible. Outlook 365 is great. Excel is the only app better on native then web.
- dade_ 7y ago
  And OneNote 2016, I hate the web/app version. Outlook has always been a bizarre mess, it is the only application I have seen with a 'cancel server request' because it has stopped responding. 17 years later (I think since office 2003), it is now needed on every Office desktop app because of horrible lag interacting with OneDrive/SharePoint. I've actually installed LibreOffice because I can't stand the shitty performance. In 1997, MS Word opened in about 3 seconds on a fast PC, and now it is an ordeal.
lonelappde 7y ago
That's what they were, when Apple cultivated "insanely great" products.

mywacaday 7y ago

I have spent a lot of time using GTD and trying to find the right software for me. Omnifocus is always at the top of GTD software lists but I'm stuck on Windows and would love to have a windows option.

ubermonkey 7y ago
I saw lots of discussions of this back in the day, when the GTD cult (I kid) was really in ascendance. All the really good implementations I saw, though, were Mac tools. There ARE some options that are text-based, I think. And if you really want and are nerdy enough, you can do it in OrgMode. But I dunno what nice polished native apps exist for Windows.

rubidium 7y ago

“ almost like suggesting Microsoft drop their desktop Office applications and just focus on Office365” Not sure if you’re experience is different, but this seems to be exactly what they’re doing. Outlook windows app is buggy and terrible. Outlook 365 is great. Excel is the only app better on native then web.

dade_ 7y ago
And OneNote 2016, I hate the web/app version. Outlook has always been a bizarre mess, it is the only application I have seen with a 'cancel server request' because it has stopped responding. 17 years later (I think since office 2003), it is now needed on every Office desktop app because of horrible lag interacting with OneDrive/SharePoint. I've actually installed LibreOffice because I can't stand the shitty performance. In 1997, MS Word opened in about 3 seconds on a fast PC, and now it is an ordeal.

lonelappde 7y ago

That's what they were, when Apple cultivated "insanely great" products.