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Re: Show HN: wābisābi — distraction-free writing

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Post by revorad »

I like it but one of these comes out every week and none of them ever stick around :-)

So I'm reluctant to invest any time in it. You need to stay around and make me come back.

The F11 thing is clever, but please also add a mouse-clickable button.

The name also probably means something relevant, but it's impossible for me to remember.

Here's an idea: get listed on the Chrome Web Store. If I install your app from there, I'll see it every time I start Chrome.

Re: Show HN: wābisābi — distraction-free writing

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Post by ruidlopes »

revorad wrote: post #2

I like it but one of these comes out every week and none of them ever stick around :-) So I'm reluctant to invest any time in it. You need to stay around and make me come back. The F11 thing is clever, but please also add a mouse-clickable button. The name also probably means something relevant, but it's impossible for me to remember. Here's an idea: get listed on the Chrome Web Store. If I install your app from ther…

Thanks for the feedback! Some answers:

* mouse-clickable button: APIs for handling the fullscreen state of browsers are still nascent (Chrome 15 and Firefox 9-ish?), so it's a matter of months until adding it;

* Chrome Web store: already on the to-do (plus 100% offline usage via HTML5 manifest).

Cheers.

Re: Show HN: wābisābi — distraction-free writing

#5

Post by xnxn »

djeckhart wrote: post #4

Your control-command-F shortcut conflicts with the native "Enter Full Screen" shortcut on OS X 10.7; I can't see how to create a new document without remapping the default key binding.

That seems to be the point; you can only edit documents fullscreen. It prompts you to press F11 in Chrome.

Re: Show HN: wābisābi — distraction-free writing

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Post by ruidlopes »

scottyallen wrote: post #6

Very slick. I tend to jump into fullscreen MacVim when I want to write distraction free, but this is clean enough I could see using it for some tasks.

Thanks, that's exactly the point: not to replace every tool/editor, but to be the best/simplest for a limited set of tasks :)

Re: Show HN: wābisābi — distraction-free writing

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Post by ruidlopes »

djeckhart wrote: post #4

Your control-command-F shortcut conflicts with the native "Enter Full Screen" shortcut on OS X 10.7; I can't see how to create a new document without remapping the default key binding.

As it's been said, it's exactly the point. The current keyboard mappings are required to trigger fullscreen, while (non-alpha & non-beta) browsers don't implement a fullscreen API.

Re: Show HN: wābisābi — distraction-free writing

#9

Post by ruidlopes »

ruidlopes wrote: post #3
revorad wrote: post #2

I like it but one of these comes out every week and none of them ever stick around :-) So I'm reluctant to invest any time in it. You need to stay around and make me come back. The F11 thing is clever, but please also add a mouse-clickable button. The name also probably means something relevant, but it's impossible for me to remember. Here's an idea: get listed on the Chrome Web Store. If I install your app from ther…

Thanks for the feedback! Some answers: * mouse-clickable button: APIs for handling the fullscreen state of browsers are still nascent (Chrome 15 and Firefox 9-ish?), so it's a matter of months until adding it; * Chrome Web store: already on the to-do (plus 100% offline usage via HTML5 manifest). Cheers.

Small update

HTML5 manifest is now activated, feel free to use it offline :)

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