I feel much the same way. I've wanted to embrace Things because of its very elegant UI. OmniFocus, on the other hand, could have been written by M$. Yet I bought OmniFocus and keep downloading each new version of Things hoping that it might finally be the right app for me. At this point, I've given up on that idea and decided to stick with OmniFocus.
It's not that I don't like Things. Quite the contrary. There's so much to like. However, I never managed to get my workflow moving smoothly in Things for many of the reasons you describe. Everything feels scattered to me. With OmniFocus, there's a clear method to the madness. Things, on the other hand, is neither structured nor free-form enough for me.
Finally, I agree 1000% on the iPhone client. The Things client is really weak compared to OmniFocus. Things might be the #1 selling paid iPhone client (as CC claims), but how many people actually USE it after buying? I sincerely doubt it would be #1 if a trial were available. I feel completely ripped off by Things for iPhone. I used it once and found it so laughably inferior to OmniFocus for iPhone that I deleted it right away...but CC already got my $10. SIgh.
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Agreed - robbyx--2008
I feel much the same way. I've wanted to embrace Things because of its very elegant UI. OmniFocus, on the other hand, could have been written by M$. Yet I bought OmniFocus and keep downloading each new version of Things hoping that it might finally be the right app for me. At this point, I've given up on that idea and decided to stick with OmniFocus.It's not that I don't like Things. Quite the contrary. There's so much to like. However, I never managed to get my workflow moving smoothly in Things for many of the reasons you describe. Everything feels scattered to me. With OmniFocus, there's a clear method to the madness. Things, on the other hand, is neither structured nor free-form enough for me.
Finally, I agree 1000% on the iPhone client. The Things client is really weak compared to OmniFocus. Things might be the #1 selling paid iPhone client (as CC claims), but how many people actually USE it after buying? I sincerely doubt it would be #1 if a trial were available. I feel completely ripped off by Things for iPhone. I used it once and found it so laughably inferior to OmniFocus for iPhone that I deleted it right away...but CC already got my $10. SIgh.
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