We’re happy to announce the final release for OmniWeb 5.7. If you have not been following our beta releases there are a number of updates to the interface and underlying engine, you can find a complete list of what’s new on our downloads page. We recommend this release for all users as it improves site compatibility and stability in many areas. Enjoy!

OmniWeb 5.7 is a free update to registered users of OmniWeb 5.

OmniPlan 1.5.1 rc 1 is now available and is a free update for existing OmniPlan 1.x owners. Thanks to all your feedback, we’re inching closer to the final release! By now, you’ve probably already updated to OmniPlan 1.5 but if you haven’t and you’re on Mac OS X Leopard, we highly recommend that you do so as soon as possible.

Some highlights of this version include fixes for a horizontal scrolling bug in the gantt chart with a Mighty Mouse or trackpad, a leveling bug dealing with resources whose efficiency were not set to 100%, and filtering for blank values in custom data columns is now supported. We’ve also addressed an issue with AppleScript where OmniPlan’s custom window properties were always returning “missing value” when displaying the task view and “Task columns” were returning “missing value” regardless of what view was displayed. They return the appropriate value now. If you are experiencing any issues in rc 1, please let us know as soon as possible.

This version also includes some other bug fixes and enhancements. To learn more about the changes in 1.5.1 rc 1, please see the release notes for more details!

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it breaks your computer, corrupts your files, and ruins your weekend. 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.

For current 1.5 users, you can use our nifty new software updater to download and install the new rc. For everyone else, go here to download the rc!

For those of you who are still running OmniGraffle 4, we have a beta release of version 4.2.3 up for downloading. It addresses the last of the Leopard compatibility problems we’ve encountered and has fixed a few bugs that have cropped up since the release of version 4.2.2.

Peruse the short list of release notes and download the beta at the newly-resurrected beta page.

OmniWeb 5.7 now has a second beta with a few changes that we hope many will find useful. First if you like your OmniWeb in something other than English, our generous volunteers have given us updates to both the French and Chinese localizations. Regardless of the language you speak, we’ve also fixed a crash that could occur when pressing undo after closing a tab. Enjoy beta 2!

Go download and read up on the complete release notes here!

OmniPlan 1.5.1 beta 1 is now available and is a free update for existing OmniPlan 1.x owners. By now, you’ve probably already updated to OmniPlan 1.5 but if you haven’t and you’re on Mac OS X Leopard, we highly recommend that you do so as soon as possible.

Some highlights of this version include fixes for a crash when leveling selected tasks, a crash when filtering custom data, a bug where projects would always open with the previously used filter applied, and an issue under Leopard where spaces were not allowed in the gantt chart date headers. We’ve also addressed some issues with the Japanese localization and OmniPlan is now code signed to ensure its integrity and security. If you are experiencing any issues in beta 1, please let us know as soon as possible.

This version also includes some other bug fixes and enhancements (far too many to list here). To learn more about the changes in 1.5.1 beta 1, please see the release notes for more details!

Please keep in mind that this release is still under development. Your feedback will help us improve the software, and we apologize if it breaks your computer, corrupts your files, and ruins your weekend. 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.

For current 1.5 users, you can use our nifty new software updater to download and install the new beta. For everyone else, go here to download the beta!

Please say hello to OmniWeb 5.7 beta 1! If you’ve been using our sneaky peeks of 5.7 you may have already seen most of these features go by, however for those that haven’t there is a tasty list of bug fixes and small enhancements that we’ve put into this release. New icons, security enhancements improvements to stability and increased performance are all on the plate. Oh and you can send the contents of a page via email now if that’s the sort of thing you like to do. Take a look at the complete list and download here.

Enjoy the weekend!

Good news, everyone! As the cryptic title suggests, OmniFocus 1.0.1 is now available. Here’s a list of the haps:

• Stability
  • Updated our error handling support to catch more cases where there is a possible problem and promote it to a crash, so that we can then fix it. Since OmniFocus always keeps its data in a saved state, the net effect of this is that any such exception won’t be able to cause data corruption.
  • Copy a workaround for a bug in Mac OS X 10.5 that can cause a crash when using the keyboard to navigate between cells in the outline.
  • Fixed exception where committing editing on a row caused that row to be collated into a different group.
  • Fixed a few glitches in the AppleScript suite that could cause scripting errors.
  • Fixed exceptions when parsing some European date formats. Updated the date parsing to log details about the date format if there is a problem parsing a date, allowing the user to more easily gather the relevant information in the future.
  • Fixed an occasional hang when performing a manual check for updates when no updates are available.
  • Clicking on a link to a recently deleted task will no longer cause an error.
  • We now ignore and log exceptions raised from Growl.
  • Fixed bug causing the available/due soon/overdue timer to fire too often in some cases.
  • iCal syncing will now deal with unnamed calendars.
• Interface
  • The Perspectives menu now always has options to make a new perspective or save a snapshot of the current view settings into the current perspective.
  • The Clear Perspective command has been folded into the Revert to Default View command, so you don’t have to take two steps to get back to normal.
  • Actions created in context mode should no longer appear to be missing their project, once it is assigned.
  • Updated usage of shadows in the interface to match changes made in Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Empty projects with a start date will now get the normal project icon once its start date passes instead of getting stuck with the ‘pending’ badge.
  • The flag icon should now show up appropriately in HTML exports.
• Miscellaneous
  • Various small updates to the online help.
  • Turned off some debug logging in the Clip-o-Tron 3000.
  • Software Update will now only show you builds on the same track that you are running. So, if you want to see sneakypeek builds, you’ll need to manually download one sneakypeek build from the main OmniFocus site.
• Internationalization
  • Fixed several issues that would prevent internationalization. No localizations are in place, but those are in progress for a future release.

And, as always, work continues. Thanks to all of those who helped out during the SneakyPeek!

A few hours ago, Apple announced the iPhone SDK! We’re still trying to download it (Apple’s servers are overloaded), but it looks like it has all the features we were hoping for.

We’re eager to get started on our first iPhone app—and, yes, that first app will be… OmniFocus.

(Now to find out just exactly what we’ll be able to do!)

For those of you who purchased OmniGraffle 4 or OmniGraffle Professional 4 from our online store on or after October 31, 2007; you should have received by now an email from us containing your new license key for OmniGraffle 5. If you haven’t received it yet, please let us know.

For those of you who purchased OmniGraffle 4 or OmniGraffle Professional 4 from a retail outlet or online store that’s not us, if you contact our sales team at sales@omnigroup.com and provide some form of proof-of-purchase, they can help you out with getting a free upgrade to OmniGraffle 5.

Well, after a lengthy beta testing period, OmniGraffle 5.0 and OmniGraffle Professional 5.0 are now released in final form, we’d like to thank all of the beta testers for their feedback, and I hope we didn’t scare too many folks with the lack of a built-in license key in the release candidate.

Pricing

OmniGraffle 5 is currently available for purchase at the Omni Store. It’s $99.95, and upgrades from earlier versions of OmniGraffle are $39.95. OmniGraffle Professional 5 is $199.95, and upgrades from earlier versions of OmniGraffle are $74.95. You can find out more pricing and upgrade information at the store.

You can download OmniGraffle 5 or OmniGraffle Professional 5 from the OmniGraffle download page, and a review of the long storied release notes are found here.

Operating System Requirements

OmniGraffle 5 and OmniGraffle Professional 5 require Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later to run.

More Information

You can find out more information about the new features at the OmniGraffle product page. There’s also a thorough press release up at our news page.

Enjoy!