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Re: Show HN: Distraction Free Reader/Writer

#4
This is actually quite cool. I could see this being a nice replacement of pastebin-type sites when sharing significant amounts of text.

My two suggestions would be:

-Add a few more pre-set color themes, perhaps with font selection too. (Maybe copy some from Textmate and/or Sublime Text 2.)

-Allow other forms of login maybe, perhaps with Google accounts?

Re: Show HN: Distraction Free Reader/Writer

#6
There sure are a lot of these now. There's Koi Writer [1], Dark Copy [2], Light Write [3], Quabel [4], Wabisabi [5], Write.app [6], Pen.io [7], (I like this one), Draft [8], and probably more.

[1] http://www.koi-writer.com/editor/ [2] http://darkcopy.com/ [3] http://gun.io/w/yyhegyfn6 [4] https://quabel.com/ [5] http://www.wabisabi.cc/ [6] https://writeapp.me/ [7] http://pen.io/ [8] https://draftin.com/

Then there's also native apps as well. For Mac, there's Focus Writer [1], OmmWriter [2], iaWriter [3], Writeroom [4], ByWord [5], Clean Writer [6], Writer [7], GrandView [8], and Texts [9] (I like this one)

[1] http://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ [2] http://www.ommwriter.com/ [3] http://www.iawriter.com/mac/ [4] http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom [5] http://bywordapp.com/ [6] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clean-writer-pro/id478363291... [7] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writer/id405680527?mt=12 [8] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grandview/id432436025?mt=12 [9] http://texts.io

So I guess, whenever one creates a new distraction free writer/reader, I need to know: why should I use this* app?* Your app looks pretty clean and pretty nice, but what makes it better? I don't mean this comment to put your app down as it looks pretty appealing, but I think the key first step when joining such a saturated market is to differentiate yourself.

Re: Show HN: Distraction Free Reader/Writer

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post #6

There sure are a lot of these now. There's Koi Writer [1], Dark Copy [2], Light Write [3], Quabel [4], Wabisabi [5], Write.app [6], Pen.io [7], (I like this one), Draft [8], and probably more. [1] http://www.koi-writer.com/editor/ [2] http://darkcopy.com/ [3] http://gun.io/w/yyhegyfn6 [4] https://quabel.com/ [5] http://www.wabisabi.cc/ [6] https://writeapp.me/ [7] http://pen.io/ [8] https://draftin.com/ Then there's…

Also QuietWrite.com

Re: Show HN: Distraction Free Reader/Writer

#9

The theme-changer/audio/fullscreen options up to the left don't seem to work. I had a double take when I opened the sidebar. After digging through my bookmarks I found that it reminded me of Scratchpad's ( http://scratchpad.io/example ) sidebar. Overall, pretty cool.

Browser/OS?

Re: Show HN: Distraction Free Reader/Writer

#10

The theme-changer/audio/fullscreen options up to the left don't seem to work. I had a double take when I opened the sidebar. After digging through my bookmarks I found that it reminded me of Scratchpad's ( http://scratchpad.io/example ) sidebar. Overall, pretty cool.

Browser/OS?

Google Chrome 28.0.1500.20 dev, Mac OS X 10.7.5
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