[QUOTE=Tinchohs;105086] I have made it a habit to look every 3 or 4 months on the status of OO for Mac. [/QUOTE]

Yes, me too - in fact, I have a task in OmniFocus that triggers every three months, reminding me to check on OminOutliner 4!

So, uh, 2012 has got to be the year, right? Dare we say, first half of 2012?

Adding an AppleScript to OmniOutliner
 

I'm using the standard version of OmniOutliner. How can I add the AppleScript below to OmniOutliner? I've searched the manual and couldn't find that information.

Thanks,
Howard

[QUOTE=RobTrew;105114]I would also find oo3 unusable without a simple zooming script which toggles between screen size and print size, but with such a script I find that the issue of display font size simply doesn't arise for me in practice ...

[CODE]property pScreenSize : 16
property pPrintSize : 12
property pBackColor : {65535, 65535, 65535} -- {64928, 63055, 60274}


-- OmniOutliner Professional
on run
ToggleSize(pScreenSize, false)
end run

-- Optionally apply a variant screen size directly through LaunchBar
on handle_string(strSize)
try
set lngSize to strSize as integer
on error
return
end try

ToggleSize(lngSize, true)
end handle_string

on ToggleSize(lngSize, blnScreen)
tell application id "OOut"
if (count of documents) < 1 then return
tell style of front document

-- temporarily increase the font size in screen mode
tell attribute "font-size"
if blnScreen then
set pScreenSize to lngSize
set value to pScreenSize
else
set blnScreen to (value is pPrintSize)
if blnScreen then
set value to pScreenSize
else
set value to pPrintSize
end if
end if
end tell

-- temporarily lower the the background contrast in screen mode
tell attribute "text-background-color"
if blnScreen then
set value to pBackColor
else
set value to default value
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
end ToggleSize
[/CODE][/QUOTE]

See this post and substitute OmniOutliner wherever you see OmniFocus:

[url]http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=7453[/url]

I too am seriously frustrated with the delays in getting OO4, as some of the features they've suggested would be in it are things I could really use.

I'm wondering if the delay has to do with the fact that the outlining engine for OO is also at the foundation of other OmniGroup apps, such as OmniFocus and OmniPlan. So it's not just a question of getting a new OmniOutliner out the door ... every change they make, every feature they add also has to work in their other apps. If that's the case, the complexity involved is a lot greater than simply creating OO4.

It's the only thing I can think of to explain the fact that Omni has been talking about OO4 for (I think) four years now, and we still don't have it. If it were easy, or even moderately difficult, it'd be out by now.

[QUOTE=pvonk;105613]Yes, me too - in fact, I have a task in OmniFocus that triggers every three months, reminding me to check on OminOutliner 4![/QUOTE]

Haha, me too. It's seriously overdue. The iPad app really doesn't do much without a proper desktop sync. Hoping OmniGroup goes iCloud++ in OO4.

Oh my, [URL="http://www.omnigroup.com/blog/entry/the_challenge_of_syncing_omnioutliner"]an update[/URL] I haven't read.

Upgrading to OmniOutliner 4.0
 

I know it has been a long wait for OmniOutliner 4, but at least the upgrade is free for anyone who purchased OmniOutliner 3 after May 13, 2011.

[url]http://forums.omnigroup.com/showpost.php?p=97278&postcount=3[/url]

[Text from the link below]

[COLOR="DimGray"][INDENT]Ken Case
Omni

2011-05-13, 05:29 AM

Quote:[INDENT]Originally Posted by psidnell
[COLOR="Gray"]My question is: if I buy OO3.X now (cos I'm impatient) and OO4 comes out in a month, will it likely be a free or paid upgrade.[/COLOR][/INDENT]
We typically don't pre-announce anything about pricing (because we don't decide on it until we know what we've built!), but I will say that [COLOR="Red"]anyone purchasing OmniOutliner 3 at this point will receive a free upgrade to OmniOutliner 4 (whether they purchase through our online store or the App Store).[/COLOR]
Last edited by Ken Case; 2011-05-13 at 06:19 AM.. Reason: added a missing pronoun[/INDENT][/COLOR]

Another 5-6 months since my last check in. Second half of 2012?

OmniOutliner 4? Does the 4 stand for 2014?

[QUOTE=pvonk;111237]OmniOutliner 4? Does the 4 stand for 2014?[/QUOTE]

i think it means 4ever