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Originally Posted by D-Mac
Well, I am glad to see others who aren't GTD experts (in the David Allen sense) are finding OmniFocus less than intuitive to use.
If I remember correctly, the OmniGroup specifically stated that one of the design goals was to make OmniFocus a general tool, rather than tied explicitly to any productivity methodology. Well, that hasn't seemed to come into play.
As I mentioned to Tim Cook already, why the heck can't I create a simple to-do list, without assigning contexts or projects, and be able to sort the damned thing by clicking on column headings or using the Filter View Bar?
I mean, even if you are strictly following the GTD methodology (I've only just started reading the book), how are you supposed to track a huge, initial brain dump, in which you haven't quite decided on all of the "bins"?
Again, this thing was supposed to be somewhat flexible. And, adding the simple functionality I described to the Inbox (in Planning mode) has got to be very simple (if the code isn't already in there, or easily adaptable from OmniOutliner, etc.).
I guess you just can't think and work outside of the OmniFocus "box"...
It's frustrating...
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The method requires you to collect all future actions into a repository (in this case called Inbox) and then you can process them into project and/or context.
Processing and review are critical part of any planning, and this is no different with GTD.
I for one find OF easy to use once you grasp the basic concepts. Besides, if you use QS or other inputting tool, there is nothing easier to capture what I need to do in an instant.
Often my colleagues get surprised when I do this when they are in my office since it takes me a few seconds to capture my future to do's instead of putting it into a yellow stickies or a notepad.
I also take comfort in knowing that my future task is in a safe place and I can safely "forget" about them until my next processing/review time.