Comments on: Q & A with Omni http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/ The Omni Mouth: standing outside your bedroom window playing \"In Your Eyes\" since 2006. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:26:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Derek http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5445 Derek Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:54:55 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5445 Hi Nik- If you're referring to the conduit setting domain class, that is a fairly advanced feature that is used for things like kgtd syncing. If you have questions about how to use it, send an email to omnioutliner@omnigroup.com and we can go into more detail. We do plan to add cloning for OO4. It's coming! Hi Nik-

If you’re referring to the conduit setting domain class, that is a fairly advanced feature that is used for things like kgtd syncing. If you have questions about how to use it, send an email to omnioutliner@omnigroup.com and we can go into more detail.

We do plan to add cloning for OO4. It’s coming!

]]> By: jem http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5430 jem Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:46:46 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5430 So what is the story behind the OmniWeb nailgun? So what is the story behind the OmniWeb nailgun?

]]> By: Derek http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5324 Derek Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:22:28 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5324 Spencer- This is an issue we're aware of and we'll see if we can address it in OO4. The best thing to do for now is to avoid copying and pasting directly and only attach files that you've already saved in a web friendly format. Sorry for the inconvenience! Spencer-

This is an issue we’re aware of and we’ll see if we can address it in OO4. The best thing to do for now is to avoid copying and pasting directly and only attach files that you’ve already saved in a web friendly format. Sorry for the inconvenience!

]]> By: Spencer http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5192 Spencer Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:41:40 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5192 You are not the only one loving this ‘fob off the hard questions on other Omni employees’ gig - at the very least I am too, as I got a cool, useful answer to my last poser - which I really appreciate. So cool, infact, I think I'll ask another one (at the risk of wearing out my welcome). In OmniOutliner, it is rather easy to inadvertently past graphic images into outline in TIFF format. Seems like the Mac clipboard favors TIFFS or something (Apple's Grab utility definitely does). Anyway, this is all fine until you try to export your outline to HTML. (I use dynamic HTML) What happens then is the pasted graphic gets output as a TIFF. Even this is OK as long as you browse the output in Safari (I know, boo hiss - I bought an OmniWeb license) because Safari supports TIFF images. However, you guessed it, neither MS Exploder and FireFox render TIFF images. I found this our the hard and painful way - I exported a dynamic html page for a class I am teaching. Sadly, few of the students are using Macs and when they tried to view the output, I looked dumb and felt it. Anyway, long story short: the ability / option to convert TIFF to JPG (or any commonly support image format on the web) when generating HTML from outlines would most welcome. Making sure a pasted graphic is not in TIFF format is a real pain. Thanks in advance. You are not the only one loving this ‘fob off the hard questions on other Omni employees’ gig - at the very least I am too, as I got a cool, useful answer to my last poser - which I really appreciate. So cool, infact, I think I’ll ask another one (at the risk of wearing out my welcome). In OmniOutliner, it is rather easy to inadvertently past graphic images into outline in TIFF format. Seems like the Mac clipboard favors TIFFS or something (Apple’s Grab utility definitely does). Anyway, this is all fine until you try to export your outline to HTML. (I use dynamic HTML) What happens then is the pasted graphic gets output as a TIFF. Even this is OK as long as you browse the output in Safari (I know, boo hiss - I bought an OmniWeb license) because Safari supports TIFF images. However, you guessed it, neither MS Exploder and FireFox render TIFF images. I found this our the hard and painful way - I exported a dynamic html page for a class I am teaching. Sadly, few of the students are using Macs and when they tried to view the output, I looked dumb and felt it. Anyway, long story short: the ability / option to convert TIFF to JPG (or any commonly support image format on the web) when generating HTML from outlines would most welcome. Making sure a pasted graphic is not in TIFF format is a real pain. Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Ralph Fontcuberta http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5059 Ralph Fontcuberta Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:54:37 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5059 OmniMail! Kidding, I know that ship has sailed. What about a fax program? Database? Filemaker's sloppy since it has no competition. OmniMail! Kidding, I know that ship has sailed.

What about a fax program?

Database? Filemaker’s sloppy since it has no competition.

]]> By: Matthew Butch http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5011 Matthew Butch Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:53:49 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5011 Do you guys plan on fixing RSS anytime soon? Its a sometimes it work, sometimes it doesn't work symptom. Usually I have to relaunch OmniWeb to get it to recheck RSS feeds- it doesn't do it by itself even though I have it set to recheck the feeds every hour. Do you guys plan on fixing RSS anytime soon? Its a sometimes it work, sometimes it doesn’t work symptom. Usually I have to relaunch OmniWeb to get it to recheck RSS feeds- it doesn’t do it by itself even though I have it set to recheck the feeds every hour.

]]> By: Conor Kenny http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5008 Conor Kenny Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:27:58 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5008 Can you tell me if OmniFocus will liason with OmniPlan so that you can plan projects in OmniPlan and then download your personal tasks into OmniFocus? Also, are there any plans to allow Wintel users to edit OmniPlan? I work in a mixed-platform office and, while I do most of the project planning on my mac, it would be nice to enable other employees to check off tasks, etc. Can you tell me if OmniFocus will liason with OmniPlan so that you can plan projects in OmniPlan and then download your personal tasks into OmniFocus? Also, are there any plans to allow Wintel users to edit OmniPlan? I work in a mixed-platform office and, while I do most of the project planning on my mac, it would be nice to enable other employees to check off tasks, etc.

]]> By: Spencer http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5002 Spencer Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:50:49 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-5002 I see the OmniOutliner works OK with subversion from a previous comment. (Actually I do this all the time, some times embedded graphics that have been deleted give me trouble though as SVN want to hang on to them.) However, I have had no luck at all with storing OmniGraffle documents in Subverson. The icon seems to contain an illegal character or something. ( '0x0d' in path '/Users/sam/safe2/Projects/CourseWare/JavaClassRefactored/diagrams/testing-the-ui.graffle/Icon) Ideally, at least in my ideal world, Omni products that have documents would support SVN the way VoodooPad does. I jave have to pick "Subversion Commit" and I am done. I don't need the add, delete or other svn controls in the app itself as I can manage that elsewhere, just commit. Thanks for the consideration. I see the OmniOutliner works OK with subversion from a previous comment. (Actually I do this all the time, some times embedded graphics that have been deleted give me trouble though as SVN want to hang on to them.) However, I have had no luck at all with storing OmniGraffle documents in Subverson. The icon seems to contain an illegal character or something. ( ‘0×0d’ in path ‘/Users/sam/safe2/Projects/CourseWare/JavaClassRefactored/diagrams/testing-the-ui.graffle/Icon)

Ideally, at least in my ideal world, Omni products that have documents would support SVN the way VoodooPad does. I jave have to pick “Subversion Commit” and I am done. I don’t need the add, delete or other svn controls in the app itself as I can manage that elsewhere, just commit.

Thanks for the consideration.

]]> By: Alex Gatt http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-4995 Alex Gatt Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:40:56 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-4995 remark concerning OmniOutliner: when a file or an image is attached, it is embedded in the OO document/archive with a randomly generated name (I believe). Could you make sure that the characters that form this filename are compliant with Windows systems? Sometimes, I copy some files to Windows, and OO documents fails to copy because the random name of the attached file contain some characters that Windows dont like. Thanks! remark concerning OmniOutliner: when a file or an image is attached, it is embedded in the OO document/archive with a randomly generated name (I believe). Could you make sure that the characters that form this filename are compliant with Windows systems? Sometimes, I copy some files to Windows, and OO documents fails to copy because the random name of the attached file contain some characters that Windows dont like. Thanks!

]]> By: Ayjay http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-4978 Ayjay Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:11:46 +0000 http://blog.omnigroup.com/2006/10/30/q-a-with-omni/#comment-4978 In a less tech-supporty and more, um, philosophical vein: many Mac developers have moved away from the use of drawers (especially now that Apple has taken them away from Mail) but you guys still feature drawers-a-plenty. What do you like about drawers? Have you thought about any other ways of implementing the functionality that drawers give you? In a less tech-supporty and more, um, philosophical vein: many Mac developers have moved away from the use of drawers (especially now that Apple has taken them away from Mail) but you guys still feature drawers-a-plenty. What do you like about drawers? Have you thought about any other ways of implementing the functionality that drawers give you?

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