So now that we can assign tags to things, we have, different tags on things. You can also look at things broken down by tag. And so you can look at your task group by project and focus in on a particular project, or you can look at tasks based on timelines and your weekly forecast, you can look what's coming up in the week ahead. So instead of being overwhelmed with this big list of things to do, we wanted to give you the opportunity to look at things in different Perspectives - that's why we named it that. But when you then go to work of those tasks, you don't want to see all of them at once, that would be overwhelming. At least part of the way we designed it was to be able to let you get a large set of tasks out of your head and write them down somewhere. Ken: All right, Well, first in OmniFocus, you're working with a large set of tasks. First question is what are Perspectives? I'll let you take this one, Ken. So we're talking about custom Perspectives in OmniFocus 3. Particularly, in terms of prioritizing work, there were things that were on our radar, but we didn't realize what a big impact they would have on workflows, and so we moved that work up to earlier in the development cycle, or made small adjustments, that sort of thing.ĭave: There probably have been features that have come just completely out of the Slack, but nothing's coming to mind.īrent: So we'll keep doing that, though, it's a good thing.īrent: Awesome. And their first reactions, that sort of thing.īrent: Have we made adjustments based on the feedback? Not just fixing bugs, but to designs and features?ĭave: Absolutely. Yeah, but it lets people bounce ideas off each other for workflows with using the new features, and I think that's been a really valuable thing, because we can see how people are thinking about those workflows, kind of in real time. The volume at some times has gotten so high that we have to pipe up and say, "Hey, remember to send us some email if it's something you really care about," because especially with threading and things, it can be hard to chase down every single topic.īrent: That way it gets in our system and.
Do you think that it's been significantly helpful to the beta program to have this feedback?ĭave: Yes, it's been good. We started it a few months back but I think with the OmniFocus beta, we've really seen what extra value it can provide, just really giving customers a way to interact in a slightly different way than they did on our forums, and I think it's more fun.īrent: Yeah, sure. I've enjoyed reading the Slack group and Twitter and everything and people seem to quite like it.ĭave: Yeah, Slack has been an interesting experiment for us and I think. The feedback does seem to have been really, really good. We're actually shipping in a week, we believe, so.ĭave: So hopefully the app is done by then, but at least folks will get a chance to take a look.īrent: Cool.
As this episode is airing on May 23rd, I think. Hopefully by the time they hear this.ĭave: Yeah, we're hoping that by the time this episode airs, that we can have just about everyone who’s signed up into the test.īrent: Cool, right on.
Ken: We have a lot of very happy people testing the app right now and a long list of people who are currently asking us when they're going to get their turn. This is a special episode where we talk about OmniFocus 3 and custom Perspectives. In the studio with me today is Ken Case, CEO, and Dave Messent, OmniFocus Prime Minister. Music!īrent: I'm your host, Brent Simmons.
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