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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by ken on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @09:29AM (#22748277)
15 years ago I loved Omni software. I hate the term “bloated” for software but I agree it’s gotten massively more complex for no benefit to me. I’d use my old version of OmniOutliner if I could (there’s no way to run PowerPC applications on a modern Mac). It was nearly perfect, with only one or two obvious flaws. Sadly, instead of fixing those, they seem to have added a million word processor styling options.

They’re not the only ones. 1Password was also nearly perfect, and then instead of fixing the couple of minor flaws/limitations, they took it in a completely different direction.

I don’t have a great solution to this, but they certainly make me hesitant to pay for (proprietary) software. I now assume that whatever state the application is in now is the best it’s ever going to be.

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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by ubermonkey on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @09:37AM (#22748348)
Right there with you. I'm still on an old build of 1P; I feel like eventually I'll have to migrate to something else, because I don't want their new version AT ALL.

I eventually quit using all the Omni tools for the same reasons -- OO was PERFECT and now is a mess, OF got a terrible redesign, etc.

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