#Things 3 vs omnifocus 2 full

A full pie means there are no more tasks to do in a project. In that way, I think Things still does this better. The only attribute I really care about is whether a project is done or not done. While I like the project pie-graphs that represent percent completion, I donвЂ™t find them particularly helpful. ThereвЂ™s no mistaking whatвЂ™s important and thereвЂ™s no deciphering a colored check-circle 4 Red dates really stand out as well as starred вЂњTodayвЂќ items. On the other hand, I think Things 3 uses color in a more helpful way.

I do greatly prefer the OmniFocus dark theme over the bright whites of Things 3. OmniFocus reveals the context but not much else when browsing a project. I can see immediately that I have dates and that there are вЂњcontextsвЂќ on the items, even if I canвЂ™t see what those contexts are. It also makes me self conscious about how I name tasks because I donвЂ™t want to have to tap through a task to see what I need to do.Д¬ompared to OmniFocus, the Things project view is much more helpful. I also think they cut-off task names for the sake of more whitespace. I donвЂ™t think their tags are surfaced well enough though. Within a project I like the Things presentation of start dates (which they call вЂњwhenвЂќ). I quickly scan the Today view throughout the day. The whitespace clearly delineates where categories and projects split and which tasks are defined within the project. The separate between projects in the Today view is a good example.

Things 3 leverages whitespace in a meaningful way. The Things 3 Today view is their worst design.

3 The OmniFocus Forecast view is the best design in their app. Until recently both displayed my work calendar along with my tasks. ItвЂ™s most similar to the OmniFocus Forecast view. ItвЂ™s also prettier but as I said, I care much less about pretty and a lot more about making sense of a project view. Things 3 is a more productive design than OmniFocus. This is my opinion after using Things 3 for two months. I also rebuilt it in OmniFocus to give me an equivalent comparison. ThatвЂ™s the entire point of using a task manager. In general the answer was вЂњit feels easier.вЂќ I like easier. I immediately disregard answers like вЂњthe design is beautifulвЂќ or вЂњit has this one cool featureвЂќ but those werenвЂ™t the answers I got. As more of the people that I knew had jobs like mine (technical leads and project managers) switched I asked them why. I held fast and refused to interrupt my process. Slowly, many of my friends started the transition to Things 3 from OmniFocus 2. Things 3 was out for many months before I even looked at it. Those previous Macdrifter links have a lot of complaints that are still valid today. IвЂ™ve stuck with OmniFocus since 2016 and IвЂ™ve been mostly happy with the results. Two years ago I moved back to OmniFocus after they brought back many of the core v1 features lost when they upgraded to v2. Four years ago I moved away from OmniFocus to TaskPaper. I usually require a year with a new task manager before I consider switching again. 1 I have lots of edge cases that arenвЂ™t relevant to other people.Д«ecause I make a living by the effectiveness of my task manager I donвЂ™t switch tools very often. My task manager is my primary tool like a hammer is a carpenterвЂ™s. IвЂ™m not a productivity blogger or a guy that just likes to try out software. This review is written from that perspective. Each project has between one and twenty different people on the team. The project management piece is a capital вЂњP.M.вЂќ I manage a dozen large projects spread over several years. My day job is a little bit of technical development and a little bit of project management. I spend a lot of time with my task manager.