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Posted by Bob Spies
Nov 6, 2025 at 06:23 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
>“Outliner” always seemed like a misnomer. It’s really more for making
>fancy data tables.
Not for my use case. I do make use of columns for some things, but for me it’s primarily an industrial-strength outliner, which I use to organize my life, but even more to store massive amounts of structured information in a hierarchically organized fashion. For example, I have an outline for each of my clients (I’m a web developer) storing account information, historical information regarding issues that I’ve had to resolve, esoteric information related to their setup, etc. (I store the outlines in highly encrypted containers for obvious reasons. There’s no way I would trust an online solution.)
Posted by satis
Nov 6, 2025 at 08:38 PM
Bob Spies wrote:
>
>Paul Korm wrote:
>
>>“Outliner” always seemed like a misnomer. It’s really more for making
>>fancy data tables.
>
>Not for my use case. I do make use of columns for some things, but for
>me it’s primarily an industrial-strength outliner,
Same.
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Bob Spies wrote:
> There’s no way I would trust an online solution.
Hear, hear!
Local first for everything!
The latest build of OmniOutliner fixes user interface issues I found.
I haven’t figured out the linked directories yet - I think that’s for file links from OO. Experimentation will tell.
Right now what I see is OO 5 plus multiple windows. A very welcome feature. With file linking, worth an upgrade. Those not using AI - all three of us - the difference between 5 and 6 may be just a few refinements.
Here’s hoping OO development is on the ascension.
Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It looks like one use for the linked directories (connected folders?) is to replace the OmniSync service. Another use would be collaboration support.
Amontillado wrote:
>I haven’t figured out the linked directories yet - I think that’s for
>file links from OO. Experimentation will tell.
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 7, 2025 at 01:36 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
It looks like one use for the linked directories (connected folders?) is
>to replace the OmniSync service. Another use would be collaboration
>support.
>
You may be right. The beta version doesn’t include help files or documentation. My guesswork came up a little differently.
OO now supports OmniLinks, which as far as I can tell are what everyone else calls links. They link to specific nodes in the OO file. There’s a catch, though.
In order to copy a link the outline has to be stored in a connected folder. As best I can tell, subdirectories of a connected folder work, too. I’m not sure what would be wrong with making your whole hard drive a connected folder.
For the moment, I’ll leave that to others!