“Professional grade personal task management”

OmniFocus, the Getting Things Done productivity tool, is finally out of Beta and officially 1.0.

With the help of productivity whiz Ethan Schoonover, aka Merlin Man, OmniFocus is an unassuming yet highly effective piece of software. It gives you limitless possibilities to organize and manage your notes. First plan your projects and actions, then set them in contexts, whether by date or by topic. Features can be added, removed and shifted around as you like. The Perspectives feature is great to save all your custom settings a click.

The folks at Omnigroup have really worked on interaction, and integrated OmniFocus to Mac apps like Mail, Spotlight and iCal. The program is also built so that notes taken anywhere, whether in an email, a document or another note taking app, can be effortlessly integrated in OmniFocus. Another handy little feature is SmartMatch. With this method you can quickly access or edit notes or parts of notes in a few keystrokes. Saves you a considerable amount of time.

While OmniFocus is a highly flexible application and even though you can use it whatever your style of project management, it still is very GTD centric. If you don't particularly like that method then you might not adjust to it. Another point: at $79.95 it's a pretty expensive piece of software, but considering the level of innovation put into it we think it's worth it.

OmniFocus is the perfect organizer for GTD afficionados.

Languages:

English

Notes:

Still in Alpha and constantly updated.
Pre-order before product release on Jan. 8, 2008 and pay only $39.95 (release price will be $79.95). Special upgrade pricing is available for OmniOutliner Pro owners.

OS requirements for OmniFocus:

OS: Mac OS X

Pros

Interacts with Mac apps
Great use of GTD
Notes can be taken anywhere
SmartMatch lets you save time
Your data is well protected

Cons

Primarily focused on GTD
Expensive

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From the publisher of OmniFocus

Task management shouldn’t be your full time job. We’ve built OmniFocus to take a load off your mind by managing your tasks the way that you want, freeing you to focus your attention on the things that matter to you most. Finish that novel. Spend more time with your friends and family. Grow your business. Let us worry about keeping your goals and tasks, both personal and professional, in one ordered, easy to access system that you can depend on.