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Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2014-01-30, 10:14 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,846
Posted By NickHibma
I am creatieve with ideas popping into my head at...

I am creatieve with ideas popping into my head at short intervals, and want to get stuff out of my head, that's what I am trying to use OF for. I'm trying to stop myself from going off on a tangent...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2014-01-30, 09:57 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,846
Posted By NickHibma
Aleding, Your post made me laugh out loud....

Aleding,

Your post made me laugh out loud. Making it work offline requires a complete redesign of the app and the way data is handled. That is not going to happen. Waiting for everyone to be...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2014-01-26, 11:49 PM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
Thanks skillet! I've spent an hour yesterday...

Thanks skillet! I've spent an hour yesterday fiddling with this, changing a few things here and there. I should have implemented this myself a long time ago.
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2014-01-26, 11:46 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,846
Posted By NickHibma
Sure wilsonng, I've got all that and more, and...

Sure wilsonng, I've got all that and more, and that is still not enough. For work I've got 5 customers with each 3 or more subprojects for work, and for my private folder I've got 8 roles with each...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2014-01-25, 10:58 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,846
Posted By NickHibma
This is not a joke. I've got all three versions...

This is not a joke. I've got all three versions and use them for different purposes. As I said, I've got 1200 actions in there. UI is crucial with those amounts, but colours and yet another dialog...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-11-29, 03:52 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,846
Posted By NickHibma
We'll written. I predicted this half a year ago,...

We'll written. I predicted this half a year ago, and they responded that OF2 would be out Q4. My guess is Q2 for .0 and at least another half a year for support for prio/tags/configurable column, or...
Forum: OmniFocus for iPhone 2013-10-06, 11:48 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 33,559
Posted By NickHibma
Log out of App Store and log in again

Ran into the same issue: 1.16.3 didn't show up in my list of purchases. Tried all the options metnioned here, but to no avail. Assuming it was a caching issue I logged out of the App Store and logged...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-07-17, 02:17 AM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
Done that, and none of them has been fixed, not...

Done that, and none of them has been fixed, not even the trivial layout bugs (*). On this topic I've sent them examples of other tools, explained in brief and long e-mails what I am looking for (see...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-07-15, 11:10 PM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
See the duration field which is not available on...

See the duration field which is not available on iOS.

Oh, and the argument that OF2 will resolve that? The alpha I've tested did not include any new fields either. If a database change is such a...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-06-01, 11:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 9,842
Posted By NickHibma
I've got about 50 folders, 500 projects, 1100...

I've got about 50 folders, 500 projects, 1100 todos, 50 contexts. I archive every month about 200 completed tasks.

Apart from OF2 beta all versions (Mac OS X, iPad, iPhone) cope with that amount...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-05-06, 01:31 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 7,606
Posted By NickHibma
You can turn a (top-level) action into a project...

You can turn a (top-level) action into a project by doing CMD-[. The only issue with that is that it ends up at the top of the hierarchy in the left pane.

Switch to that with CMD-4, scroll to the...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-03-21, 12:08 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 17,052
Posted By NickHibma
A more subtle approach is to drop everything into...

A more subtle approach is to drop everything into OF, but at the start of a day, week or other time period, write down a few items on a sheet of paper and work from that, ignore OF completely....
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-03-12, 07:11 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,459
Posted By NickHibma
Apple-4 gets you from project filter/context list...

Apple-4 gets you from project filter/context list to list of actions and back.

Tab will start editting the current action. With each extra tab you end up in the next field.

With down arrow you...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-03-04, 12:36 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 17,052
Posted By NickHibma
OF is extremely capable of collecting work for...

OF is extremely capable of collecting work for you. Boy. And once you become more productive it will collect ten times the stuff it does now.

Just to make you see the landfill you have created:...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-02-28, 11:18 PM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
Well, as David Allen said "It's all important...

Well, as David Allen said "It's all important right, otherwise, why would you spend time doing it?"

People prioritising _your_ work has a name: severity. I determine the priority.

My approach...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2013-02-05, 06:35 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 26,282
Posted By NickHibma
No more than a face lift?

Well, maybe there is a workflow change as well, but yes, I have not found any mention of any sort of possibility to integrate other dimensions into the action selection criteria.

I'd love to see...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-12-11, 11:31 PM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
I'd like to be able to flag 5 or so, out of the...

I'd like to be able to flag 5 or so, out of the total set of 900, for today, tomorrow, the weekend, etc. during review.

A second use is: Energy level (page 49 of GTD).

Priorities are not a...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-12-09, 11:01 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,383
Posted By NickHibma
':' is a special char. Try something different...

':' is a special char. Try something different like

Microsoft - Install server software
Microsoft; Install server software

or anything else that is visually appealing.
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-12-03, 11:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,550
Posted By NickHibma
In Projects view the status filter only...

In Projects view the status filter only distinguishes between flagged and unflagged. In context mode there are however 4 more, which include the due flags.

When I hit the 'Due' perspective (not...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-12-03, 12:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,550
Posted By NickHibma
You want to check the availability filter: It...

You want to check the availability filter: It allows filtering on remaining (all actions that are still to be done, including blocked ones), available (any action that is not blocked), and next...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-12-03, 12:06 AM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
whpalmer4, Could you point me to those...

whpalmer4,



Could you point me to those posts? I've done a quick search and not found them.

P.S.: Your private message store is full :-)
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-12-02, 11:54 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,694
Posted By NickHibma
Wouldn't Review mode be a good way to do this? In...

Wouldn't Review mode be a good way to do this? In the Action Inspector you can set the next review time. You probably need to set the default review period to something large to 'move' everything...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-11-26, 10:22 AM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
There is a plan? I asked them for a keyboard...

There is a plan? I asked them for a keyboard shortcut for fullscreen mode, but no response on when that is going to be implemented for 6 months. For a company selling a time management tool like OF...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-10-17, 06:13 AM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
New dimensions for task selection

Glad to see that so many people see the necessity for another dimension to select the best task to work on: coloured flags, priorities, energy level, day of the week, type of bread you ate in the...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-09-26, 12:32 AM
Replies: 343
Views: 359,676
Posted By NickHibma
In the Oredev talk on 'Going from Mac to iPhone...

In the Oredev talk on 'Going from Mac to iPhone to iPad and back' William van Hecke (OmniGroup) says that you *should* do things right, *except* when you don't....
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