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Re: Show HN: Aquietplace, a small writing tool

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Post by wanda »

zapu wrote: post #4
gbersac wrote: post #2

I don't mean to be rude, but what is the utility for this ? There is plenty of text editor out there, many of them are very good. What is the added value of this tool ?

It's not the first one I've seen, but the general idea is that it lets you write in a completely distraction free environment (when you full-screen it).

WriteRoom (http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom)

DarkRoom (http://jjafuller.com/dark-room)

iA Writer

Write! (http://wri.tt)

To name but a few of these distraction-free writers.

Write! is cool but Windows only. iA Writer isn't free but Dropbox integration and mobile version justify the price for me.

Re: Show HN: Aquietplace, a small writing tool

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Post by pmontra »

I tried it with Opera Android and I get a cursor in a white page. I can type but nothing else. Is this a desktop only editor? I sometimes use this tablet to type or annotate Google docs files so there is definitely some space for mobile editors.

Re: Show HN: Aquietplace, a small writing tool

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Post by _joev »

nunull wrote: post #9

I generally like distraction free writing environments, but i doubt that it's really a good idea to have such without the ability to open / manage multiple "files". If you have to type everything into one textbox, without the possibility to switch context, you are IMO likely to be distracted by what you wrote earlier. Nonetheless, nice tool!

wakes up 10 hours later to find this on HN homepage

Sorry, originally I had some functionality so that changing URL hash gives you a new file. At some point I switched this to using location.pathname and broke it. Let me add it back :)

Re: Show HN: Aquietplace, a small writing tool

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Post by _joev »

_joev wrote: post #15
nunull wrote: post #9

I generally like distraction free writing environments, but i doubt that it's really a good idea to have such without the ability to open / manage multiple "files". If you have to type everything into one textbox, without the possibility to switch context, you are IMO likely to be distracted by what you wrote earlier. Nonetheless, nice tool!

wakes up 10 hours later to find this on HN homepage Sorry, originally I had some functionality so that changing URL hash gives you a new file. At some point I switched this to using location.pathname and broke it. Let me add it back :)

Okay, feature implemented :) To work on a new file just change the URL hash

http://joevennix.com/aquietplace#newfile

Re: Show HN: Aquietplace, a small writing tool

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Post by nunull »

_joev wrote: post #17
_joev wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

wakes up 10 hours later to find this on HN homepage Sorry, originally I had some functionality so that changing URL hash gives you a new file. At some point I switched this to using location.pathname and broke it. Let me add it back :)

Okay, feature implemented :) To work on a new file just change the URL hash http://joevennix.com/aquietplace#newfile

Nice, i really like the idea of just using URLs for that but not having any specific GUI. Great!
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