Distraction free writing. Except you do it in the biggest distraction on your computer - the browser: where burning an hour like it's nothing is just a Ctrl + T away!
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#12Nice! it would be great if there would be some inspirational music options just like ommwriter dana II has.
Or you could open Youtube, Spotify, Pandora, or any other one of myriad music and radio options online.
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#13The noises sort of belie the "distraction-free" aspect. Keyboards already make noise. The app in which I'm writing does't need to make them as well. This should be disabled by default or perhaps eliminated entirely.
Other than the sounds, the actual aesthetic of the app is quite nice. A light theme would be appreciated, but overall fine.
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#14
If you DO want to save what you write, try http://throwww.com
I built it a few months ago. Collections of what you write look like this http://throwww.com/u/sfard
A ton more features coming in next few weeks.
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#15How is this a weekend project? Shouldn't this be more along the lines of a Sunday morning after coffee but before I shit project?
It's a text box.
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#16Nice work. It's simple and functional. I think a lot of people in this thread are underestimating the skill it takes to build something truly simple like this.
I'm not a huge fan of the sound and the sliding panel could be animated a little bit faster. I would also personally vote on dark text on a white background.
All in all you've done a good job. Keep it up.
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#17If you DO want to save what you write, try http://throwww.com I built it a few months ago. Collections of what you write look like this http://throwww.com/u/sfard A ton more features coming in next few weeks.
No preview before post?
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#18If you DO want to save what you write, try http://throwww.com I built it a few months ago. Collections of what you write look like this http://throwww.com/u/sfard A ton more features coming in next few weeks.
No preview before post?
You can post and edit whenever you want (effectively working as preview), so I thought (with the aim of keeping UI incredibly lightweight) I'd keep a "preview" button out.
By your question though, it sounds like I'll need to find a solution.
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#19Has anyone tried this and see someone else's writing?
I did a refresh (first time using it - only person on this laptop) and when it came back it said "This is a test page... xyxysaysdfas" etc.
The url was http://solitarydesigns.net/write/#v2
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#20Distraction free writing. Except you do it in the biggest distraction on your computer - the browser: where burning an hour like it's nothing is just a Ctrl + T away!
Yeah, I've got to be honest -- the name of the app is pretty counterintuitive. I couldn't understand how it was distraction-free. I kept switching tabs to see if it would punish me for distracting myself or something, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with being distraction-free at all. It's not until I read some of the comments that I realized it meant "distraction-free from editor UI & markup".