We deceived to go with Omniplan and get 1 dedicated Mac just for this software only to find out you can only share with other Omniplan users. So I have to print out screen shots or PDF’s to share with my team. "Also new and notable! We’re getting started on multi-project support." Fortunately, the Omni people addresed this issue in a recent () blog post: And the tech support, that’s a just message board that has long been abounded I have questions up there for almost a year and not a single person from Omniplan has even bothered to acknowledge them.If asking a simple question resulted in frowny faces, no doubt my review will be unpopular among the fanboyz. Version 2.0.3 was unable to open a MS Project MPX file, both using File>Open and dragging the file to OmniPlan. Merlin opened the file in about 2 seconds. It did open the MPP file of the same project, and that was a bit quicker than Merlin. Merlin had a much cleaner view of the project, and this applies to Tasks or Activities, Resources, and Calendar. Merlin offers an additional view (Net Plan). I tried the "Scale to Fit Project" option only to discover there's no Undo for this. No problems with ease of use or stability. In terms of features and value I can't rate this higher that 2 stars. For now, FastTrack Schedule and Merlin are clearly a better choice, and Merlin costs the same as OmniPlan 2. People with simple PM needs will probably enjoy OmniPlan, but for the same price there are better, more robust alternatives out there. Two years ago I wrote some comments about OmniPlan. I have a lot of respect for AMBERV, and highly recommend reading her comments below.Ī quick guesstimate is that they've been mostly fixes, and eventually 1.5 did bring some new features: In two years, OmniPlan has certainly gone through various improvements. To me they make more sense than comments such as "OmniPlan is the best PM solution for Mac" or "This program is a friggin masterpiece."įortunately for Omni, there are people who will pay $150 for OmniPlan.
#OMNIPLAN SOFTWARE UPGRADE#
I would not be surprised if version 2 comes out in 2009 with a new price and an upgrade fee for current users. I'm pretty sure that version 2 is going to be a huge improvement over version 1, which is the one I'm rating (1.6.1). My overall impressions of OmniPlan have not changed.
For simple projects OmniPlan may be more than sufficient. Having said this, I've never chosen OmniPlan for any of my projects. It's evident that Omni's strength resides in superb visual design and ease of use, but for this first version Omni lacked the focus of a true Project Management company. (These are 2 programs that I've used more frequently, but there are at least a dozen other Project Management programs for the Mac.) Merlin 2 and FastTrack Schedule show a different level of maturity in that regard. It's nice to see a pretty interface, but for my needs that's not enough.
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