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Need an outliner fix?

About a month ago, Ethan Marcotte discussed OmniOutliner as one the applications that’ve made his transition to the Mac just a bit easier. As the proud new owner of an iBook myself (woohoo for testing machines), I promptly bought a copy and found myself transported to outliner heaven.

Unfortunately, I’m not primarily a Mac user - not even at home, where that shiny new iBook sits and calls to me. Since first hearing the siren’s call of OmniOutliner, then, I’ve been going through withdrawal through most of my computing day. Well, the no-outliner DTs aren’t welcome ’round here any more, ‘cuz I just found something to fill the need: ActionOutline. With only a few exceptions, the UI is quite good; it’s learnable, forgiving, and attractive.

AO isn’t a replacement for OmniOutliner - as far as I can tell, there’s no support for custom columns, for instance - but it’s easily enough to last me until I get home.