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Re: Show HN: Lunette – A word processor designed around writing, not formatting

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Post by ordinaryradical »

corwinstephen wrote: post #23
pyinstallwoes wrote: post #18

This is like https://ia.net/writer (my favorite).

Interesting, I never came across this one in my search. I'm gonna give it a try, I'm curious to see how it compares. I did try out a couple other editors that leaned on markdown though with mixed results. One thing that stands out to me in particular with iA is the way they've implemented (at least based on the homepage video) note linking. That click-through implementation forces you to leave your document, which is…

As someone who writes daily (primarily novels), I can’t say this has been an issue for me but I may not yet understand your approach. The site does not make it clear what would be different about note taking in your system.

Things I like about iA Writer and are holding me back from your approach is

- don’t quite understand the differentiation you’re describing here, not in the web copy either

- where do my files live? Unclear with your solution, and I need full ownership of my data to feel comfortable

- business model: iA is a one-time payment for cloud syncing out of the box, this looks like you’re angling for a subscription but what justifies that value?

I don’t like to criticize prematurely, but from someone who’s looked at a ton of tools in this space it’s not yet clear to me what you’re delivering that would get me to switch. Hopefully this is helpful criticism. Good luck!

Re: Show HN: Lunette – A word processor designed around writing, not formatting

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

moron4hire wrote: post #17

Yes, a word processing app like MS Word is technically more suitable for typesetting than it is for writing. No, that's not a major problem. I tried building a similar project some 10 years ago, when "Zen writing tools" were all the rage. Nobody wanted to pay for it. It wasn't general purpose enough to be usable by the general public. And novelists (who I was targeting) are poor and cheap. 90% of people who say they…

Word was less WYSIWYG before the ribbon. The default "Normal" layout elided a bunch of rendering like headers and footers and could lazily repaginate unlike Print Layout mode which is now the default. "Normal" is now "Draft" mode with a few enhancements. Just use MS Word in Draft and don't use manual formatting.

Re: Show HN: Lunette – A word processor designed around writing, not formatting

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Post by jccalhoun »

corwinstephen wrote: post #3
dtagames wrote: post #2

I'm curious but that's not much of an intro/demo.

Apologies, I've sort of been struggling with how to present the concept clearly and concisely. Here's an overview of where the idea came from: https://lunette.app/about Basically, my wife and I both write, and we found ourselves bouncing around from app to app looking for something that felt good and like a place we could really be productive and creative but never found anything that felt quite right, both in terms…

I think you need a video or something or a demo page where people can try it out without any log in. I also think the about page needs to explain takes ideation and composition and lets them work together. It kind of sounds like Scrivener or Manuskript?

Re: Show HN: Lunette – A word processor designed around writing, not formatting

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Post by frosted-flakes »

pyinstallwoes wrote: post #18

This is like https://ia.net/writer (my favorite).

One huge downside of iA Writer (at least on Android) is the inability to change the font. It's permanently set to a rather ugly and completely unsuitable monospaced font that resembles Courier New. This among all other features is what prevents me from using it.

Re: Show HN: Lunette – A word processor designed around writing, not formatting

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Post by vinaypai »

I'm sorry but the home page is a weird screenshot of disjointed paragraphs that tells me nothing about how your product "supports the writing process". I'm not even sure what the text being edited is from that page.

To be clear, I find the pitch appealing, but the product ???.

Re: Show HN: Lunette – A word processor designed around writing, not formatting

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Post by andai »

internetter wrote: post #59
corwinstephen wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I'm being perfectly honest, it never even occurred to me to consider the open source route. I'm not opposed to open source at all--I've done in the past--but one issue could be that I might loose the ability to be highly opinionated about the evolution of the product, and I think in this space where there are already a ton of "do a lot of things halfway decently" products, being opinionated about what Lunette is a…

How does open source mean loosing any of that? You don't need to accept everyone's stuff, or even anyone's.

I think that's the model SQLite follows. Open source, closed development.
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