Comments on: ommwriter http://www.jon22.net/ommwriter/ The Website of Jonathan Dobres Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:09:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sociallytangent http://www.jon22.net/ommwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-5806 sociallytangent Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:21:34 +0000 http://www.jon22.net/?p=1023#comment-5806 On the PC, I've become strongly addicted to Intype. It's got most of the features of e (and by extension, TextMate) -- but unlike e, it's superbly responsive and hasn't ever crashed despite being an alpha. It's just a text editor, though, rather than a word processor. Shira, what specific features attract you to Scrivener? I've had an idea for a web-based writing application for awhile, but it's got a slightly different focus than "distraction-free" writing. On the PC, I’ve become strongly addicted to Intype. It’s got most of the features of e (and by extension, TextMate) — but unlike e, it’s superbly responsive and hasn’t ever crashed despite being an alpha. It’s just a text editor, though, rather than a word processor.

Shira, what specific features attract you to Scrivener? I’ve had an idea for a web-based writing application for awhile, but it’s got a slightly different focus than “distraction-free” writing.

]]> By: Shira http://www.jon22.net/ommwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-5803 Shira Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:44:56 +0000 http://www.jon22.net/?p=1023#comment-5803 I prefer Scrivener to WriteRoom; if you're trying to keep track of multiple chapters, POVs, timelines, and research, you just can't beat it. And it has the great full-screen feature, too. Alas, it's Mac-only, so we Mac-using writers get to glory in the moaning of the Windows users. Hey, we suffer without killer Windows apps. Now the Windows users get to see what it's like when someone's not building an awesome thing for *their* OS... I prefer Scrivener to WriteRoom; if you’re trying to keep track of multiple chapters, POVs, timelines, and research, you just can’t beat it. And it has the great full-screen feature, too.

Alas, it’s Mac-only, so we Mac-using writers get to glory in the moaning of the Windows users. Hey, we suffer without killer Windows apps. Now the Windows users get to see what it’s like when someone’s not building an awesome thing for *their* OS…

]]> By: GDeeeeZL http://www.jon22.net/ommwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-5800 GDeeeeZL Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:28:15 +0000 http://www.jon22.net/?p=1023#comment-5800 This post made me think about my first forays into writing as a child. I didn't have a computer until I was a senior in high school, you know, right around Y2k. As a young child I first learned how to type and write on an IBM electric typewriter, which was pretty atypical for our generation of computer users (or so I can tell from talking to friends and colleagues who are now in their late twenties). I would like to see a parody program that accurately recreates the infinitely frustrating experience of typewriting on a computer: carriage returns, jammed keys etc. What's that? You made a typo? Well, hit backspace, switch that lever over three notches--now you're on the whiteout ink band--and retype your mistake. It didn't whiteout the whole letter? Well, keep hitting backspace and keep using the White ribbon until you've hammered a whole into the paper; then, move the lever back over to the black ribbon and relentlessly attempt to fill the void you've punched into the page with the correct spelling. Ultimately, you're left with a nice, mangled reminder of your grammatical shortcomings. Jokes aside, I do have respect for a time when accurate typing and precision were favored.... And all at 120wpm. Amazing. This post made me think about my first forays into writing as a child. I didn’t have a computer until I was a senior in high school, you know, right around Y2k. As a young child I first learned how to type and write on an IBM electric typewriter, which was pretty atypical for our generation of computer users (or so I can tell from talking to friends and colleagues who are now in their late twenties). I would like to see a parody program that accurately recreates the infinitely frustrating experience of typewriting on a computer: carriage returns, jammed keys etc. What’s that? You made a typo? Well, hit backspace, switch that lever over three notches–now you’re on the whiteout ink band–and retype your mistake. It didn’t whiteout the whole letter? Well, keep hitting backspace and keep using the White ribbon until you’ve hammered a whole into the paper; then, move the lever back over to the black ribbon and relentlessly attempt to fill the void you’ve punched into the page with the correct spelling. Ultimately, you’re left with a nice, mangled reminder of your grammatical shortcomings.

Jokes aside, I do have respect for a time when accurate typing and precision were favored…. And all at 120wpm. Amazing.

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