OmniFocus for iPhone 1.12

October 6, 2011

OmniFocus 1.12 for iPhone adds Location Reminders, support for iOS 5, and other improvements and bug fixes.

OmniFocus requires iOS 4.0 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S.

###Location Reminders

  • Location reminders can be handy for getting a little nudge when you are in the right area to complete an action. In order to use them, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPhone 4 or later.
  • You can use the context editor to assign locations and reminders to your contexts.
  • Please see Setting up Location Reminders in OmniFocus Help for additional information.

###Map

  • Map mode always shows available actions and contexts with available actions.
  • Several improvements were made to the behavior of the Map when Location Services is disabled. (Map mode requires Location Services to be enabled for full functionality.)
  • Tapping the Center Map button always refreshes the current location before centering the map.
  • Fixed a bug where which resulted in stale business names and distances in Map list view after updating the current location.

###Forecast

  • On iOS 5, calendars with identical names from different accounts can be independently hidden from the Forecast event timeline.
  • On iOS 5, calendars in Forecast View Options are grouped by account.
  • When returning to the main Forecast screen from an item editor or event inspector, your scroll position in the list is no longer lost.

###Editors

  • Improved interaction with the onscreen keyboard when using various international keyboard layouts on iOS 5.
  • Improved feedback when tapping on the location type buttons in the Context Location inspector.
  • The Current Location button in the Context Location inspector is disabled when Location Services is disabled.
  • When tapping the Current Location button in the Context Location inspector, the user is alerted when the location cannot be determined.
  • The Context Location inspector better handles geocoding failures when setting up a context’s location using a contact.

###Workflow

  • The Remaining view filter in Context mode now displays remaining actions in remaining projects.

###Sync

  • The Bonjour login panel now identifies the Mac we are syncing with by name.
  • Automatic syncs are no longer inappropriately started when OmniFocus is waiting for the user to enter their sync username and password.
  • Fixed a bug where the Subscribe in iCal button was not enabled for Omni Sync Server users whose accounts reside on one of the alternate sync servers

###Misc

  • In the context list, context badges indicate whether there is a location and location reminder associated with the context.
  • When audio attachment recording or playback finishes, background audio is now resumed.
  • Distances are now displayed in miles when the Region Format is set to United Kingdom.

OmniFocus for Mac 1.9.3

August 31, 2011

OmniFocus 1.9.3 for Mac includes support for full-screen mode when running on OS X Lion.

OS X Lion Compatibility

  • Added support for full-screen mode when running on OS X Lion.
  • Fixed a bug where Quick Entry failed to appear if the first invocation was in a full-screen application.
  • Fixed a bug which where Project and Context smart match completions were not visible in full-screen mode on OS X Lion.
  • Fixed a crash which occurred when Clip-o-tron installer encountered an error.

Miscellaneous

  • Update the schema to support enhanced location awareness in upcoming iOS releases.
  • Fixed a bug where setting the keyboard shortcut for the clipping service would sporadically fail.
  • Fixed a bug where the Subscribe in iCal button was not enabled for Omni Sync Server users whose accounts reside on one of the alternate sync servers.
  • Fixed a regression parsing some dates in certain locales.

OmniFocus for iPhone 1.11

August 11, 2011

OmniFocus for iPhone v1.11 updates Forecast mode: Never spread yourself too thin. Enable Calendar integration to see your hard landscape events alongside your overdue and due soon OmniFocus actions. Use the View options menu to show your items with a start date. Reschedule your projects and actions—with just a tap or two—to keep your days balanced.

###Forecast

  • Forecast mode now integrates Calendar Events. To modify what you see in the list or to adjust the time shown for the Calendar Events use the View button in the toolbar. (This feature requires iOS 4.0 or later).
  • Forecast mode now includes an additional section for viewing items starting on the days of the upcoming week. Use the View options menu to hide or show this section.
  • Fixed a bug where in certain situations the Home button returned you to a blank screen if OmniFocus was launched into Forecast mode via a Due Alert.

###User Interface

  • Items on the home screen can now be reordered using the reorder button, located next to the Home button.
  • Frequently used perspectives can be added directly to the home screen. To add a perspective to the home screen, tap the Perspectives row. Then, tap Edit. Then tap the star to the right of the perspective you'd like to add.
  • The built-in perspective icons have been updated.

###Sync

  • When syncing with the Omni Sync Server or MobileMe, the sync login alert no longer prompts you for your username.
  • When syncing to OmniFocus for Mac via Wi-Fi, the Mac's name now appears in the login alert.

OmniFocus for Mac 1.9.2

July 15, 2011

OmniFocus 1.9.2 for Mac improves stability.

• Fixed a crash on launch when restoring certain saved window/view state configurations.

OmniFocus for Mac 1.9.1

July 11, 2011

OmniFocus 1.9.1 for Mac improves compatibility with future operating system updates and improves support for date entry in non-US locales.
 
Date Entry
  • When entering a date, weekday and month abbreviations are now accepted without trailing punctuation in all locales. (For example, “Di” et al. in German.)
  • When entering a date, localized variants of h, hour, and hours are now recognized when parsing the time component.
  • When entering a date, ASCII equivalents are now accepted. For example, “miércoles” and “miercoles” are now treated as equivalent in Spanish.
  • Fixed a bug where entering a full day name didn’t work in certain locales if the day was prefixed by a month abbreviation. (For example, “martes” in Spanish.)
  • When entering a date in locales where short day names and short month names share the same abbreviation, the short day name is preferred.
  • Fixed a bug where the abbreviation for tomorrow in Italian prevented you from entering a date as Domencia.
  • Corrected date parsing in the French localization such that “vendredi prochain” and “dernier vendredi” are equivalent to “last friday” and “next friday”.
Miscellaneous
  • Fixed a bug in Sync Setup which prevented successful configuration using the Omni Sync Server method if your username contained an @ symbol.
  • Fixed a regression where holding down the Option key to reverse a Perspective's “Open in New Window” when choosing a Perspective from the menu bar only worked if the option key was held down when you clicked in the menu bar.
  • The “Send to Omnifocus Inbox” now works correctly with OmniPlan 2 and Mac App Store editions of OmniPlan.
  • Fixed the Help button on the Sync Clients sheet.
  • Fixed a regression where using Command-Return to create a new Project or Context didn't leave the field in edit mode.
  • Relaxed the modifier key requirements for global quick entry keyboard shortcut.
  • The Inbox badge no longer counts items blocked by a future start date.
  • Worked around an OS bug which prevented clipping certain messages with attachments from Mail.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented the Clippings Shortcut from being correctly set in a new user account.
Localization
  • Fixed a localization bug where the Action inspector repetition text was incorrectly in French for the Italian localization.
  • Fixed a problem where OmniFocus help could not be loaded for certain localizations.
  • Additional fixes to various localizations.