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can’t have the equivalent of subfolders just one level of “Areas” that contain Projects. the forecast view, which presents a single, long scrollable list, is much betteer than the tap-instensive version OF includes. flexible/powerful repeating items (once you understand them). efficient information display with the pop-up cards. ALTERNATIVE TO SORTED3 AND THINGS3 MAC
I was also intrigued engough by the UI and playing around with the Mac demo of Things 3 to spring for the iOS versions. But then again, we’ll have to see how it impacts the rest of the user workflow. Perhaps a kanban style board to represent projects? Maybe it’s something different beyond the typical list view we have. I do hope that OmniFocus 2 starts incorporating other UI features.
I’m guessing that OmniFocus 2 Standard edition hasn’t been able to gain traction yet despite having a slimmer feature set that is geared to OmniFocus newcomers. Then when I hear the seams starts creaking under a heavier workload, I might switch to OmniFocus 2.ĭoes anyone else have an idea of what the different types of users that will be attracted to others? I can see myself starting off in Things 3 because it is easier to assimilate. Todoist, Asana: For users who work in a collaborative environment and need to share lists/projects with each other. OmniFocus 2: For users who have a projects with different defe/start dates and work in complex contexts. Especially popular if you don’t rely heavily on the GTD methodology. Things 3: for users looking for a simpler solution that features more of a checklist type of app.
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I wonder how to classify the different types of users… Things 3 is new and very shiny but doesn’t seem to support the way I think. With tags or multiple contexts on the horizon for Omnifocus I’m more than happy to stay. Not excessively, it’s a quality app but I can see having to pay for iPhone and iPad separately causing raised eyebrows.
Repeating tasks can’t exist in projects. No nested tasks, checklists nice but not as flexible. No control over grouping or sort order. Interaction of Start and Deadlines is a little unclear. Deadlines appear to have no purpose, no clear warning as they pass. Easy to lose things by giving it a future date. Tag filters are only additive, can’t exclude. Tag filters can’t be saved like perspectives. Transferring some of my routine tasks across as an experiment I appreciated the refinement of the UI but soon found myself frustrated or confused by their underlying model. It’s still got all almost all the idiosyncrasies and omissions of Things 2 that turned me off before or gave me no compelling reason to switch. It looks lovely, it’s a fantastic redesign and I do especially like their Today view and calendar integration. At least I think that’s how things imported from my calendar works in Sorted (but those things are “events” I’ve created in my Google calendar, not “tasks” I’ve dragged into my Mac calendar from OF).Spent an evening with Things 3 on iPad (I was curious). However, it appears (a) they’ll be locked (you’d have to remove the lock from each task before you can move it around) and (b) you won’t be able to modify the duration of each task/event once it’s in Sorted. Then, assuming that same calendar is the one to which you’ve linked Sorted, those tasks will display in Sorted. It gives me a little peace of mind to know that by the end of the day I will have done what it was actually possible to do that day rather than thinking I’m a failure for not having done at least ten more things on my list.įollowing Wilson_Ng’s recommendation: consider doing the dragging and dropping of tasks from OF3 to your calendar. One thing I find very helpful about it so far is that autoscheduling tasks helps me see that there’s no way I’ll get everything done that I’ve identified as a to-do for the day, which then forces me to think about which tasks are most important to focus on. I haven’t tried exporting tasks into Sorted from Omnifocus (things are too much of a mess in my OF system these days), but I too heard the AE episode you mentioned and have for the past several days been experimenting with the app.
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