I rely on my computers and devices to get work done and expect them to ease my burden, not add to it. My name is Adrian, and I often have a lot on my plate.
Unfortunately, we don’t always get the most of them - they can be frustrating, distracting, and even create additional work. Now I will seriously consider whether I want something in outline form (use OmniOutliner) or something with separate “files” (use Bento).Computers are meant to make our work more productive, saving us time and effort. Previously, I would default to Bento for any productivity-related project. And by that argument, OmniOutliner is completely worth it. But there’s one argument in this situation that’s hard to argue with: a program, gadget, or anything that does exactly what you need in exactly the way you’d like it to be done is almost priceless. While it's hard to compare such different productivity apps, Bento is an equally powerful app and it sells for only $4.99. While OmniOutliner is a much more powerful app, it doesn’t have $18 worth of features over ThinkBook. The problem with OmniOutliner is revealed when the we look at the price: it’s $19.99! While one can argue that a powerful application merits a price like that (which it does, but.), there are other apps available on the App Store with much more competitive price that aren’t lacking so many features.
CLOUD OUTLINER VS OMNIOUTLINER PDF
There are no major problems with the app itself, though I’d like to see a search (or tagging) and possibly an export as PDF to Dropbox feature. Now let me mention the real problem with OmniOutliner. While it may take a while to customize OmniOutliner the way each user desires, OmniOutliner becomes the perfect, personalized productivity companion. I tried to snap one on most of the menus and features.
Take a minute to look at the screenshots at the bottom. Basically any given feature has the option to be customized by the user. Preset highlighters, for example, are available (yellow, green, and pink) called “styles,” but custom styles can be created. But the features that make it such a powerful app are all of the customization tools. The app has obvious outlining features like indenting, text formatting, adding collapsable notes to each line, and more. The flexibility of the types of columns that can be created on OmniOutliner (very similar to the options provided by Bento, one of my favorite apps) is one of its most powerful features. In the “Books” document example, the pop-up list gives a choice of the country of origin for each book. Like Bento, the user can create what OmniOutliner calls a “pop-up list.” The pop-up list feature gives options when filling in a block instead of text. Let me list a few of my favorite features. Productivity apps that are bursting with features often lose some polish with a confusing or cluttered interface. The most important part of OmniOutliner is that the interface continues to be easy to use despite the abundance of features. Shortly after, OmniOutliner for iPad was released. As I used ThinkBook, I started constructing my idea of the perfect outlining app in my mind. It was a nice app for creating outlines, but I said that I was likely to continue using simpler apps. A couple weeks ago I reviewed an outlining app, ThinkBook.