Omnifocus
A colleague of mine is using omnifocus for mac. I am trying to persuade them to try Nirvana. Anyone use omnifocus and can speak to Nirvana's comparative advantage?
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A colleague of mine is using omnifocus for mac. I am trying to persuade them to try Nirvana. Anyone use omnifocus and can speak to Nirvana's comparative advantage?
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2 Posted by martin.tyler on 23 May, 2010 08:26 AM
It's advantage is it is web based so can be accessed from any operating system and any location.
If you don't need that capability then stick with omnifocus for now, but come back here and try it out again in a few releases as the features are catching up
3 Posted by Terminado on 26 May, 2010 05:23 AM
I understand Omnifocus is complex, with a lot customization options, and there is a steep learning curve. Some users have said OF is too much of a good thing, others, who have mastered it's use and need it's complexity, swear by it. So, different strokes. . .
4 Posted by sunni.freyer on 26 May, 2010 01:39 PM
Thanks for the feedback!
5 Posted by DC Clarke on 27 May, 2010 02:01 AM
One huge advantage for me is that Nirvana works in Windows! I would love to try omnifocus, but I am not a mac user.
6 Posted by Vincent on 27 May, 2010 06:35 AM
Omnifocus rocks, but I must be able to run my GTD program of choice on my mobile. There is not an omnifocus version for Android, so this keeps me away.
Also I like the idea of my data stored online, in case my computer crashes. I would be devastated to totally leave my ideas and dreams etc on a local computer and lose it all.
7 Posted by Elurven on 31 May, 2010 01:06 PM
Though I have not tried Omnifocus, I am a Things user at times on my Mac at home. I have started to use Nirvana more and more and with the introduction of Areas of Responsibility (that allows me to filter out "Home" and "Work"), I have found that Things is getting phased out for me.
The main advantage with Nirvana is that it is web based so that all information is always updated, no matter from which device I access my data. And although I have a Mac at home, I am stuck with Windows at work and Nirvana is the only GTD application that works both at home and at work.
8 Posted by Emory on 04 Jun, 2010 09:03 PM
The main reason I haven't adopted Nirvana as my primary "trusted system" is that there is no realistic bulk export of my data or any SLA around the service and my data.
That's the benefit for me of using OmniFocus, I have a product I've paid for and can get at my data any number of ways, export into other formats, or store on my own infrastructure (I sync via MobileMe or WebDAV)
I really like Nirvana a lot and I love the UI and think it's very clever (except how it handles tags)
I think NIrvana is a lot more approachable than OmniFocus or Things and will get people organized faster.
9 Posted by Manny Crespo on 02 Sep, 2010 04:12 AM
Well there are advantages to having Nirvana online and mobile which is access but also disadvantages like the lag you get when on an iphone especially. I am still weighing up Things, Nirvana and Omnifocus but the main thing for me is yes syncing but it must be speedy. If I have to wait half a second to scroll through and move to dos it loses its appeal. I want to fly through and add to dos and move theme etc without effort. Would love to see a local app that works on Iphone that I can sync with the web.....
10 Posted by Lasse on 03 Sep, 2010 09:50 PM
@Manny: The next update which will be released in a few weeks will feature offline capabilities which will make Nirvana faster (including the mobile version).
11 Posted by Manny on 03 Sep, 2010 11:00 PM
@Lasse: COOL! Cant wait to see that version, Thanks
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