Omni Group Layoffs • Hacker News Board

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

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Post by chrisfrantz » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 4:54 AM UTC

I used to love Omni Graffle. But after spending a bit of time reading about their current product lineup, I can’t stop wondering why they didn’t transition to web apps years ago.

Notion, Figma and Whimsical are eating their lunch. They have a far less robust feature base, but they’re fast, built for teams, simple to use and the pricing scales well.

On the other hand, Omni is almost entirely native apps, bloated feature sets and pricing that spent make sense in a team environment.

I’d love to see them rethink a few core apps with a fresh coat of paint and a better pricing scheme, developing web first. It’s definitely not too late.

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

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Post by ramses0 » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:07 AM UTC

chipotle_coyote wrote: post #32

rgovostes wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was saying the same thing earlier today. Most of their products are $100-200. I like OmniGraffle but I only need to make graphics a few times a year, and free alternatives like draw.io or even Keynote often suffice.

Yeah, I feel this. I strongly believe that the "App Store economy" has taught developers to underprice their work, and that $25, $50, even $100 isn't unreasonable. But Omni's stuff... it gets steep if you're a relatively casual user, especially if you want both Mac and iOS versions. While it's possible I'm an outlier, I can't help but wonder if a different pricing structure -- say, $49.99 for most Mac programs, $19.9…

Same boat with Omni + SketchUp. I would happily pay $100, for "metered credits" to an online service. There's a big difference between using SketchUp for 40 hours total v. 40 hours a week.

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

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Post by kbumsik » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:08 AM UTC

keyle wrote: post #7

kbumsik wrote: post #6

I think Omni Group's locked down to Apple is a mistake. As a iPad Pro/iPhone user I wish to buy their products but as a Windows/Linux desktop user the lack of cross-platform support is a huge dealbreaker.

Sometimes it's best to stick to what you do well and do it really well. The market for their product is very different on the Windows side.

I haven't used their products but how the market is different from the Windows side? Aren't they general productivity tools?

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

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Post by weiming » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:15 AM UTC

yaacov wrote: post #14

I discovered Omni yesterday when League of Legends dumped 20 gB of text logs on my brother’s old MacBook, eating up all available disk space and crashing it. He asked me for help. I didn’t know what was taking up all his disk space so I searched for a tool to help me and found OmniDiskSweeper. Unlike the MacOS builtin tools that try to hide the underlying file system, OmniDiskSweeper actually helped me understand the…

dust (du + rust) [1] makes for a good oss alternative.

[1] https://github.com/bootandy/dust

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

#45

Post by blub » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:19 AM UTC

KingOfCoders wrote: post #36

I have been an OmniGraffle user from the very beginning (~2000). I love OmniGraffle. But I've seen Sketch come (and go) and there have been no significant updates for OmniGraffle for a very very long time. Omni only added to their iOS offerings and totally forgot about desktop. I understand that mobile "is the future" but, there is a significant need for desktop design applications. And although I still use OmniGraff…

OmniGraffle is not their only software. I use several of their desktop apps and they continue to support them, they have not forgotten about them.

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

#46

Post by diebeforei485 » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:20 AM UTC

Omnifocus Pro 3 user here. Totally worth every penny.

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

#47

Post by xeromal » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:26 AM UTC

Semaphor wrote: post #31

lozaning wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use WinDirStat for the same thing on windows. Lets you pick and then scan a drive and then gives you a graphical view where the bigger the file the larger its block is proportionally to the other files.

Not sure if WinDirStat got updated to use a different method by now, but a few years ago many people switched to WizTree [0] as it is almost instant thanks to reading the data differently. [0]: https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-...

WinDirStat is still slow as shit. I use it weekly. haha

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

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Post by AlphaSite » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:27 AM UTC

krackers wrote: post #24

yaacov wrote: post #14

I discovered Omni yesterday when League of Legends dumped 20 gB of text logs on my brother’s old MacBook, eating up all available disk space and crashing it. He asked me for help. I didn’t know what was taking up all his disk space so I searched for a tool to help me and found OmniDiskSweeper. Unlike the MacOS builtin tools that try to hide the underlying file system, OmniDiskSweeper actually helped me understand the…

I'm partial to DaisyDisk for it's wonderful graphical view

Space gremlin is pretty awesome as well.

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

#49

Post by musicale » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 5:32 AM UTC

I thought the Omni group mostly worked remotely; it's too bad that they don't have the cash reserves to pay people to keep working at home, because it's a good time to crank out some code!!

I like their products and Omnigraffle in particular, though they still seemed to have old-school high pricing.

Re: Omni Group Layoffs

#50

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