OmniFocus and Daylite?
 

Any chance there could be a way to integrate OmniFocus with Daylite?
Thanks,
andrew

I have been looking at this and its not great as is.
With the new Daylite comes sync services access to iCal.

However as it currently stands OF does not play in the right way to be useful with Daylite.

First problem. OF applies project name to the end of a task when one is selected. So if a task originates in Daylite and is then put in a project in OF, Daylite views this as a different task and deletes the original and so any links to context in Daylite.

Second problem, OF only syncs next actions to iCal. So if you have a whole task path in Daylite that is synced into OF. OF then removes all the non next tasks from iCal which removes them from Daylite.

So in a word the two apps work in very different ways even though they both sync to iCal. It does not make much sense to change the way OF is working. So I am thinking that AppleScript may have to come to the rescue in some way.

Like I say - still looking at it. Will post back if I come up with anything useful.

Jason

Integrating OF and Daylite (and OO)
 

I'd like to pitch in to keep this alive, since I think there are possibilities here.

I had been using OF for everything and then discovered Daylite. Daylite fit my work needs much better than OF did and now I'm using it for my work.

On the other hand, for my non-work life (such as it is) Daylite is overkill. The idea of using it on that aspect of my life is like hiring a battleship to sail across a pond.

But there are things that I do that live in both my work and my non-work lives and it would be nice to have the two able to talk to each other without scrambled syntax.

Also, it would be really nice to be able to set up a live link from OO (where I create and store my long-term goals) and OF so that I could clone a sub-goal in OO into a project in OF. <whining sarcastic voice on>Of course, I can't even clone a topic in OO into another line in the same outline<whining sarcastic voice off> but I'm told that someday that function will appear. When it does, I hope it will bring the capacity for that kind of link bounding along with it...

Stephen

Let's keep this to the top of the forum. There are a lot of people that use OF and Daylite, and a pure and simple sync between tasks would be perfect.

Any applescript wizards?

Have you guys been able to integrate OmniFocus with Daylite yet? If so, please let me know. Thanks.

Another Daylite user here. I'm holding off on OF until it becomes more compatible with Daylite. Need to be able to sync up by Project, in other words, keep a particular iCal calendar in sync with a particular OF project and the current status of the task should not matter. Until such day, can't really use the two together very well.

I'm casting my vote for integration between the two. They are both, hands down, two of the most important programs for my business. Integration would be wonderful!

Folks that want to see this feature added should use Send Feedback under the help menu to submit feedback to the support ninjas. We browse the forums as we're able, but the ninjas are guaranteed to read your email and record the feedback.

A Daylite User - Would Love to Use OF
 

I actually think these programs are more competitors than integratable. I would love to see this but both programs manage projects and tasks. Daylite is much stronger at managing projects and integrating the calendar and contacts. It seems OF is much better at managing tasks and integrating e-mail. Both need to become richer in what they don't do well - I am not sure integration is possible - however - given they are both great programs it would be nice to see them get married somehow.

David

I've never seen Daylite. What does it provide that makes its project management capabilities superior, in your opinion?

Multi-user, + a richer relational database with a bigger set record types and fields, progress modelling, and built-in mechanisms for attaching records of different types to each other (contacts, tasks, projects, opportunities, notes, appointments, groups, organisations etc.)

Geared for businesses rather than atomized individuals.

[QUOTE=whpalmer4;52447]I've never seen Daylite. What does it provide that makes its project management capabilities superior, in your opinion?[/QUOTE]

Daylite is CRM software. It's good for a small workgroup, and really good with its mail integration where you can share things like emails that are sent to one user, but should be accessible by multiple users.

However, it's fairly complicated, not all that flexible IMO, and the effort to do simple things is way harder than it should be.

IMO, if you're not doing CRM with multiple users, it's overkill. I used it for about 1.5 years, and most of the time was wrestling with it.

I frankly use DEVONthink for notes/meetings/etc., and then track tasks and to-dos with OmniFocus. DEVONthink searches SO MUCH better than Daylite and thus can act CRM-ish for me in those respects.

I hate Daylite. I bought it but it was a mistake. I thought it was like act ! wich was a god software sadly non available on mac. Only Pc now. Th main trouble about daylite is that there is a file for the society (firm) and one by contact rattached or not to the firm. So when you sync it is a mess. Anyway the looking is poor and non efficient when you have your own firm. If you look for a good crm the best are on line or acts but use you pc partition. I got rid of Daylite and hope never see it again !

Any new news on this?

So here's the scoop - after being a faithful and adoring Omnifocus user I suddenly find myself needing to use daylite. I simply need to be able to delegate and track projects with multiple users in a way that Omnifocus can't.

So where's the problem?

I really miss omnifocus for my planning and organizing. The ability to group tasks into folders and phases is just too elegant in Omnifocus to do without.

The question:

Anyone come up with a way to use Omnifocus for task input/organization and automatically sync with Daylite? I've searched the forums and there was some chitchat back in 2008 but nothing recent.

Someone help me stay inside the beautiful interface that is OF!

Thanks.

We've got a feature request open on this, but there are other requests that customers have requested more frequently. If you email the [EMAIL="omnifocus@omnigroup.com"]support ninjas[/EMAIL] and let them know you'd like this, they can attach you to this item in the development database. Thanks!

I use Omnifocus and Daylite and would love to see some sort of automatic sync between the two. Omnifocus is my primary task organizer and Daylite is my primary contact organizer (email and notes) so being able to somehow link these 2 programs would be great. I will email the support ninjas!

OmniFocus and Daylite Integration
 

Flash forward to the end of 2012 - few more days left until 2013.
OmniFocus is now up to 1.10.4 and Daylite is now version 4.1.1 - and yet, it doesn't seem we are any closer to integration than we were in 2007!!!

I have been using OmniFocus for several years already (back and forth with Things in the very beginning) and continue to be a huge fan. Nevertheless, as others have mentioned within this thread, there are times my work life requires more. Specifically, the ability to trace the bits and pieces that make up the project's progress as I work on it. Daylite serves that need quite well. Though VERY far from perfect, I have searched for something similar for a very long time now that could satisfy my requirements and Daylite 4 seems to fill the gap. BUT, besides being a little cumbersome to perform easy tasks, there are too many areas that are redundant with OmniFocus. I work in an office where the company uses an Exchange server. I use mail and iCal and must use Outlook whenever I want to view other people's calendar (when will Apple fix that, I wonder). My iCal only syncs one category, the name of our server category, with the Exchange server's calendar. Daylite won't play with that. It makes its own category in iCal.

Secondly, it won't play with OmniFocus either. It would create more work than it is worth to have to enter every task in twice - once in OF and once in Daylite. Being organized should not sacrifice efficiency!

So, I agree that we should keep this thread alive and see if there is even a hope of reconciliation.

Please do this!
 

I've emailed the support ninjas as well, but just want to add my vote to this, and keep the thread alive.