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Post by taneq »

sjwright wrote: post #191
mgkimsal wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've found JetBrains and .. tele.. ? (screenflow) to both be decent compromises. Well... I guess screenflow isn't a rental - I upgraded through version 6 - I may upgrade to 9 now, as there's enough 'new' stuff (and I have a newer laptop) to make it worthwhile. I appreciated it not being a subscription, precisely because nothing changed for me - I kept using the same software for a few years, knowing I was missing out…

The Jetbrains model needs a simple, catchy name so that more companies can be inspired to choose it. Perpetual subscription?

The "JetBrains model" is how all software used to work. You... buy the software. And then maybe you get free updates until the next major release. If you buy the next major release then that's another "12 month subscription".

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Post by criddell »

new2628 wrote: post #229
criddell wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you pay for cable tv or Netflix?

No, I haven't watched TV in almost two decades, except when visiting relatives or friends.

Do you pay for internet or electricity? Once you are connected, the marginal cost to send you another bit or electron is virtually zero.

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Post by pseudalopex »

sjwright wrote: post #191
mgkimsal wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've found JetBrains and .. tele.. ? (screenflow) to both be decent compromises. Well... I guess screenflow isn't a rental - I upgraded through version 6 - I may upgrade to 9 now, as there's enough 'new' stuff (and I have a newer laptop) to make it worthwhile. I appreciated it not being a subscription, precisely because nothing changed for me - I kept using the same software for a few years, knowing I was missing out…

The Jetbrains model needs a simple, catchy name so that more companies can be inspired to choose it. Perpetual subscription?

JetBrains calls it a perpetual fallback license.

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Post by 1123581321 »

Compulsion wrote: post #211
Angostura wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is very sad. But I used to buy all the Omnigroup software until a couple of years ago, the prices went up a lot and I stopped.

This story is more Omni slipping rather than the model failing universally. Personally, I own most of Omni's software, but I won't be upgrading to new versions when they come out. OmniFocus was once the cornerstone of my productivity. It was expensive and I didn't use the scripting aspects of it, but it provided value. The Apple ecosystem didn't bother me too much, but it was a pain, and I was doing more and more wor…

I would have to make compromises to move my work over to Todoist from OmniFocus. It sounds like you were a bit of a light user whose situation got changed on him (Windows.) That’s fine but it doesn’t mean OmniFocus is behind its competitors.

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Post by 1123581321 »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #192

...can someone please give me an excuse to go buy Omnigraffle? I want to, but I need a reason. What would I be able to use it for in my daily life as a layperson doing layperson things?

I use it for UX wireframing, mind/node mapping, and visualizing processes and data flows. Personally, we’ve used it to figure out some household organization but it’s more of a professional tool.

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Post by binaryman1 »

lozaning wrote: post #23
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 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.

I use Directory Report on Windows. It is faster than WinDirStat

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Post by indymike »

lonelappde wrote: post #228
indymike wrote: post #126

Oh, man. Hate to see this. I used to use OmniGraffle for UX wireframes and diagrams. Very good software. I left the employer that held the license, and honestly, haven't found a replacement that is as fast... especially for diagrams.

You could buy a license?

If I were doing wireframes monthly, I'd buy in a heartbeat. At present I do so sporadically, and my daily driver is no longer a Mac.
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