The engineers around here are so speedy that we already have a new OmniPlan 1.1 release candidate posted! This release fixes a crasher and we hope that it will be our final release candidate.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, steals the remote control, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback command in OmniPlan’s Help menu.

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Oooh, a new OmniPlan 1.1 release candidate! In this release we’ve fixed some leveling regressions, improved stability and added some import/export improvements. Again, we really appreciate your continued feedback, which is bringing us ever closer to the final OmniPlan 1.1 release.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, tracks dirts into the house, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback command in OmniPlan’s Help menu.

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We have posted an updated release candidate for OmniPlan 1.1. This release adds French localization, addresses a crash on leveling in certain projects and adds a “note” property to resources and tasks. We really appreciate your continued feedback, which is making it possible for us to inch toward the final OmniPlan 1.1 release.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, tracks dirts into the house, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback command in OmniPlan’s Help menu.

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Today we posted a second OmniPlan 1.1 release candidate, which brings us closer to posting the OmniPlan 1.1 final release.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, leaves the toilet seat up, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback command in OmniPlan’s Help menu.

Download and enjoy.

Today we posted an OmniPlan 1.1 release candidate, with a few stability improvements. If all goes well, we will post an OmniPlan 1.1 final release soon.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, drinks milk straight from the carton, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback command in OmniPlan’s Help menu.

Download and enjoy.

This beta release contains plenty of stability, import/export, printing, and AppleScript support improvements. We have completed the AppleScript changes that were planned for 1.1, so if you run into any problems there, be sure to let us know.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, steps on the piano keys at night, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback command in OmniPlan’s Help menu.

Download and enjoy.

This beta release fixes a few crashes and improves import/export. We’re also nearly done with the improvements to Applescript support that we have planned for 1.1. For more detailed information on the fixes in this release, you can read our release notes.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback feature in your copy of OmniPlan.

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This beta release includes several improvements to import/export, printing, AppleScript support and performance. For more detailed information on the fixes in this release, you can read our release notes.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback feature in your copy of OmniPlan.

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This release includes general speed and stability improvements as well as printing and Microsoft Project import/export improvements. AppleScript support is also improved in this release and we plan to continue working on this for the OmniPlan 1.1 final release. For more detailed information on the fixes in this release, you can read our release notes.

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it crashes, corrupts your files, or otherwise misbehaves. A more stable release is also available.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or comments. You can contact us directly via our support page or by using the Send Feedback feature in your copy of OmniPlan.

Download the new beta now!

As I’m sure many readers of this blog are aware, there is this fine fellow named Edward Tufte who is somewhat of a guru in the field of information visualization. And if you’re at all familiar with his work, then you’ve seen his favorite graphic of all time, the Charles Minard poster of Napoleon’s march on Moscow in 1812:

From Tufte’s website, here is his description of this graphic:

Probably the best statistical graphic ever drawn, this map by Charles Joseph Minard portrays the losses suffered by Napoleon’s army in the Russian campaign of 1812. Beginning at the Polish-Russian border, the thick band shows the size of the army at each position. The path of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow in the bitterly cold winter is depicted by the dark lower band, which is tied to temperature and time scales.

Well, since I wanted to play around with OmniPlan, I figured I’d recreate this famous graphic. The result is thusly:

OmniPlan Original
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I took some very liberal liberties in adapting this historical data to OmniPlan, but I think that it turned out pretty well. Mainly, the completion of a task is used to show much of the army is dead.

This was sparked by the conversation on Tufte’s website about Project Management Graphics (or Gantt Charts), and specifically by the poster near the bottom who was looking to format his gantt chart, but was running into issues using the program he had.

Feedback is very welcome, as I’d love to explore new ideas in presenting information using OmniPlan. I’d also love other data sets to adapt using OmniPlan, so feel free to suggest anything you might think is cool.