It's great to see a new major release of OmniOutliner 6 in beta. For years it looked like OmniGroup didn't care about it.
In my experience, OO is an apex outliner. Editing outlines without reaching for the mouse is quick, and it's got the interesting plus of supporting columns.
Think of the columns as extra information. For instance, add columns for start and end date, story arc, participants and observers, and you'll find Aeon will read an OO CSV export. Just a few mouse clicks can get a timeline from the outline.
Or, filter on that story arc column you added and get a Plottr-like view of your outline.
OO 6 adds features that will be well received by many, I'm sure. AI conveniences, for example.
You can now open multiple windows for views of different outlines or different parts of the same outline. That's nice, and I think you can drag and drop between windows.
Overall, it doesn't feel like a grand step up. I'll get the upgrade for the multiple windows more than anything else. It's probably my upbringing. I always played with the boxes gifts came in.
In the meantime, I'm once again (still) playing with outlining, and I think I see new possibilities for Zengobi Curio.
Curio provides what amount to white boards on which you can put many things, like mind maps and outlines.
Imagine brainstorming background information in one or more mind maps. Add notes to the nodes to describe things. Note that you're brainstorming about people, places, things, McGuffin's, maybe major story history events, but not plot.
Great, got your story world organized.
Now start writing an outline or per chapter outlines. You can stack multiple outlines on a single white board. You can create outlines from scratch and you can also copy mind map nodes with a little extra zing.
Curio can paste text objects as "synced text figures". If you change the notes or the title of any occurrence of synced figures, they all reflect the change.
Which seems handy. As you refer to a chapter outline you can refine any "global" (synched) entries.
In my experience, OO is an apex outliner. Editing outlines without reaching for the mouse is quick, and it's got the interesting plus of supporting columns.
Think of the columns as extra information. For instance, add columns for start and end date, story arc, participants and observers, and you'll find Aeon will read an OO CSV export. Just a few mouse clicks can get a timeline from the outline.
Or, filter on that story arc column you added and get a Plottr-like view of your outline.
OO 6 adds features that will be well received by many, I'm sure. AI conveniences, for example.
You can now open multiple windows for views of different outlines or different parts of the same outline. That's nice, and I think you can drag and drop between windows.
Overall, it doesn't feel like a grand step up. I'll get the upgrade for the multiple windows more than anything else. It's probably my upbringing. I always played with the boxes gifts came in.
In the meantime, I'm once again (still) playing with outlining, and I think I see new possibilities for Zengobi Curio.
Curio provides what amount to white boards on which you can put many things, like mind maps and outlines.
Imagine brainstorming background information in one or more mind maps. Add notes to the nodes to describe things. Note that you're brainstorming about people, places, things, McGuffin's, maybe major story history events, but not plot.
Great, got your story world organized.
Now start writing an outline or per chapter outlines. You can stack multiple outlines on a single white board. You can create outlines from scratch and you can also copy mind map nodes with a little extra zing.
Curio can paste text objects as "synced text figures". If you change the notes or the title of any occurrence of synced figures, they all reflect the change.
Which seems handy. As you refer to a chapter outline you can refine any "global" (synched) entries.
