Just wondering if others see this behaviour before I log a support ticket.
Briefly:
OmniFocus 2 for iPhone lets me know, via Notifications, that I have a new due item
I see the notification but don’t open OF2
The badge icon for OF2 does not update to indicate that I have a due item
I’m busy doing something else so I can’t do that thing right now
I forget that I have a due item, because the OF2 icon shows nothing
Sadness prevails
Also:
I do have Background Refresh turned on for OF2
I do have badge icons turned on, and if I open the app the icon appears
Is this “expected behaviour”? Shouldn’t background refresh be changing the icon for me?
I’m finding it difficult to trust my truly important, must-do tasks to OF2 because of this. I only assign a due time if something really must get done by that time, and it’s too easy to miss a notification or dismiss it because I’m in the middle of something else. I have OF2 in my Dock for a reason, and that reason is that I’ll always see it, and if there’s a red badge there then I know that there is something I absolutely must do.
As it is, if there’s something I can’t miss at a certain time I’m using the excellent Due.app to pester me because I know it will get in my face. But I don’t want to have to do that. I have a to-do system, and it’s OmniFocus. In this instance, however, it isn’t working.
Just me? I hope so, at least then it might be fixable…
That’s massively disappointing. It basically renders OF on the iPhone unusable for me. (I don’t want to sound melodramatic - it really does.)
Why can the excellent Due.app - just updated! - manage this? It’s clearly technically possible. Omni Group, any feedback? I really do want to use OF as my primary “remember to do this thing” app… :-(
I would agree that this would be an awesome add. That said, I’m in the app often enough that it stays updated as it is. I can’t say I’ve ever noticed it.