MacWorld Expo : Interview with Linda Sharps, OmniGroup

OmniGroup can be considered as a historical company for Mac users, especially during the transition from OS 9 to OS X, with its web browser OmniWeb. We met Linda Sharps to discuss products from OmniGroup and future projects.
After the success of OmniWeb, this application slowly disappeared, especially after the release of Safari and Firefox for Mac, both being free applications, unlike OmniWeb even though it offers some interesting functions not available from competitors. According to OmniGroup, OmniWeb is not currently a priority as it is a small company with 35 employees including only 9 engineers/coders.
The key product is currently OmniFocus, a task manager application (based on GTD process) working on both Mac and iPhone, with synchronization via network (such as MobileMe). OmniFocus 1.0, then 1.1 and its iPhone app companion have been, and still are, very successful, and a new version (2.0) of both applications is being developed. The main goal is to further simplify the user experience and GUI for customers not used of the GTD process, while maintaining the performance level that made OmniFocus successful.

Concerning OmniOutliner (notes and document managing application), OmniGroup knows that there is a strong interest for an iPhone version, but there is "no official" announcement yet.
Two other applications from OmniGroup should evolve this year: OmniPlan in version 2.0 (project management) and OmniGraffle (diagram) in version 6.0.
When asked about DiskSweeper, the utility allowing users to browse their HD according to folder and/or file size, a developer from OmniGroup indicated that there is currently no project for further development, however, the company is considering to release it as an Open Source project.
Last but not least, OmniGroup plans to be present at the next MacWorld Expo, if there is any.