So are you going for Things or OF?

You can do it with OF. All you need to do is set the due time and date. Then, when you actually start the action, click “Start” and upon finishing click “Completed”. It doesn’t do it automatically but it gives you a window with a drop down menu to set the completion time. Very useful, not time consuming at all. I use it all the time.

Unfortunately, you can’t do it with Things since it does not feature time.

Let us know what you decided to use.

Cheers

I have actually come to terms with Things and now that there is support for setting start dates on tasks (scheduling), it is actually becoming quite useful. The “only” remaining gripe I have with Things is the lack of sub-projects. Granted, it’s not necessary 75% of the time, but on large projects when you really need it, I wish I would have chosen OF instead.

I haven’t even thought of the difference in how OF and Things handles documents and pictures to be frank, but I understand and agree with your points and will have a look at it.

One thing I really enjoy with OF though, is Perspectives. It is amazing to just have a “work” perspective which makes everything else filter out. You can achieve this in Things as well, except that you will still see all projects in the sidebar regardless of any filters.

Like you say, Things is beautiful and simple, while OF has the great features. I am not entirely sure that I will be sticking with Things in the long run. OF definitely has the advantage of making it easier to get an overview and actually work with large projects.

Thank you again for your insight!

great review and good, intelligent comments as well. I find Alastair’s usage intriguing as well and will give it a shot.

I have been using both apps almost in parallel but recently I started developing my projects in OF. Granted, the UI is not the nicest and there are many clicks but the way Contexts and especially NEXT, behave, makes it worthwhile. I love being able to click completed on one action and the next one popping out immediately. With Things, I spent time prioritizing actions and then placing them in the Today folder. OF does this automatically once you’ve performed an initial priority placement in your projects.

On the desktop, I prefer the interaction of OF with documents and pictures. Whereas Things just gives you a link, OF shows the picture and the type of document through an icon and text. I gather all client’s information and use OF as a control center.

Things is beautiful but after you have 75 plus projects the scrolling is endless. I wish OF had Things UI.