OmniFocus iPhone App Updates to 1.2

The OmniGroup have today released version 1.2 for their iPhone OmniFocus application.

I have been using OmniFocus both on my Mac and iPhone since beta versions of both products.

I have had my gripes with OmniFocus on the iPhone, mainly due to the speed and I am glad to say that v1.2 definitely feels snappier, but still there is still some room for improvement before that annoying lag is removed from the application startup.

Here are a list of new features in v1.2 of OmniFocus for the iPhone.

• The Nearby view now displays each context as soon as its distance is determined, rather than waiting to figure out the distance to each context before showing any results. It also scrolls much faster.
• Checkboxes are much easier to touch.
• When creating a new action, the keyboard appears immediately rather than sliding in after the screen.
• On the home screen, Settings have moved to the Info button in the bottom right corner.
• The Reset Database button in Settings will now reset the saved sync password in addition to the database, and will then take you back to the original welcome screen.
• Syncing automatically compacts the database on a regular basis, but when syncing is not enabled there’s now a Compact Database button in Settings. (There’s also some text there indicating how many tasks are stored in how many zip files, so you can tell whether your database could benefit from compacting.)
• Added underlying support for the new autocomplete settings for projects and groups which are coming in OmniFocus v1.6 for Mac.
• Actions without contexts are no longer considered unavailable

Version 1.6 of the desktop app has just gone to Sneaky Peak so that will hopefully be due out soon, bringing with it improvements.

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