[bushi]

Omni people is talking about some omnifocus 2.0 features, here in the foro. When is omnifocus 2.0 planed? There will be some intermediate release before?

[whpalmer4]

You probably couldn't get an answer to that question even if you could download a OF 2.0 sneaky peek release at the moment, other than "we'll ship it when we think it is ready." There is at least one intermediate release in the cards, however, as sneaky peek releases (labeled 1.6.1) have been available since shortly after OF 1.6 shipped.

[Toadling]

And I've seen mention of an OmniFocus 1.7 coming up after that.

-Dennis

[Brian]

Our current plans are to do at least two more 1.x releases, which we're referring to as v1.6.1 and v1.7; standard caveats (our plans frequently change) apply. Some of the goals for the 1.7 release are to add a couple of features and do some UI tweaks so folks on Mac OS 10.4 continue to have a good experience.

We're also working on OmniFocus 2.0, which will require Mac OS 10.5 or later. This release is undoubtedly farther out than the 1.x work.

More specific than that, I can not be, for I'm not one of the folks planning or working on those releases. :-)

[mwilding]

Brian: I am ED of nonprofit. I have 1.7.5 OF now... love the GTD organization & iPhone interface. I want to have my staff implement OF and work on shared projects. I hear this multi-user capability is in OF 2.0. I need to make a decision on a platform for our organization soon. Can you confirm multi-user in 2.0 -- and give me some indication of when it will be released? 30-60- days or months out? Thanks, Mark

[whpalmer4]

Mark, I'm not Brian, although we have a similar silhouette from the neck down :-) Talking to him today at Macworld, I think it is safe to say that you might not like his answer: the company is trying to ship 5 new iPad applications this year (OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, OmniGraphSketcher, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan), and frankly, it was already a pretty aggressive plan to get OmniFocus 2 out the door this year (along with the other planned Mac software releases) before that plan came along... there's also a 1.8 OmniFocus release (which won't have any multi-user features, so far as I know) due to hit the streets soon.

I'm disappointed in some ways, because Ken told me about some very interesting work they've done for linking OmniPlan and OmniFocus in the 2.x releases of both products, but I think trying to be ready with great apps for the iPad early on is the right move for Omni, and in the long run, for us, too. Undoubtedly some potential (and current) customers will be lost because they simply can't wait any longer for either a product or a definite date, but as the old saying goes, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs...