Mostly because I got out of the habit of tracking my tasks, got into a downward spiral of overwhelm and when I went to go back to OF, I couldn’t remember how I’d set up my system and what I had to do to keep the Rube Goldberg machine running. The flexibility and customizable nature of OF is what originally attracted me to it, but it is now the reason I switched. I too found the bloat and complexity start to wear on me over time. When I switched to Things I went from maybe ~50 inbox items a week to about ~80, meaning there were about 30 thoughts I week I just failed to capture because OF was loading too slowly. I used to wait up to a minute for the OF app on my phone to load. I would also not underestimate the reduction in bloat. I found I was able to do away with most of those and streamline my setup a lot simply because Things forced me to simplify, and that's a good thing. If you have a lot of custom perspectives, applescripts etc it will be a difficult switch, but don't let that dissuade you. There are also minor interface differences, e.g., in OF you type 3d for due in 3 days, in Things it looks at first like you can only use the date picker but if you type 3d that will actually work too. You may be used to hitting certain keyboard shortcuts, tabbing and having actions appear in particular perspectives and so on and that will be completely different in Things. The biggest issue that you're likely to come up against is that the Things interface really does work differently. The Things UI forces you to greatly simplify how you use the app and as a result you spend more time executing and less time organising. I went from using OF for 10+ years (and training others how to use it for a better part of those years) to Things earlier this year and haven't looked back. Obviously you can’t get as granular as you can with OF’s custom perspectives, but it does save some steps once you get it set up. And I create the same menu on my Mac by using URLs and Keyboard Maestro. Instead of going into the Things app, finding my Personal area, and then filtering by the “errands” tag, I can just use my saved searches shortcut to quickly jump to what I want.Ĭreating the saved searches is easy by using the Things Show List option in Shortcuts or by using the URL Link Builder on Cultured Code’s website to create a search URL. So for example, I have a saved search that finds all items in my Personal area of focus that are tagged with “errands”. While you can’t save searches in the Things app, you can use the power of the Shortcuts app and the Things shortcuts or URL scheme to essentially create a saved searches menu. But one thing I’ve done that has worked well for me is saved searches. I echo most of the replies so far.Ī lot OF’s power lies in its custom perspectives, which Things does not have. This isn’t to say the ppl working on the OmniFocus app are working hard to create it, I’m sure they are, but there wants a true need for them to stray away from the classic OmniFocus 1 that did things right.I was a long time OF user and I switched to Things about a year ago. But the daily use of the app is uninspiring. I will applaud their OmniSync server offering which is incredible however and has never been hacked or anything of that sort. Now that OF4 is around the corner for both MacOS and iOS I’m debating whether to jump ship and leave the OmniGroup. Granted OF2 isn’t all that different but have felt it to be tolerable. I’ve used OF3 before many times on different accounts and devices and it just didn’t do much for me. Just got a notification on my iPhone saying OF2 won’t work with iOS 16 and I’m beyond saddened. Sure i can get by with them but pen and paper could do a slightly better job, but that obviously means carrying around paper everywhere all over again as if I’m back in 2007. Now, OmniFocus 3 and OmniFocus 4 are just so different and not really as great. It was simple but it got things done and did it well. I was there when OF1 first was introduced to the Mac.
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