Distraction free, except for the added and unnecessary distraction of typewriter sound effects.
Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing
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#22How 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.
Harsh.
I'd love to see your weekend project after your coffee but before your morning dump...
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#23Wow, looks like a lot of people have literally the exact same idea as my roommate ( http://pencil.asleepysamurai.com/intro#p ). Personally, I don't really see The point in doing distraction free writing in a web browser. The only real advantage it offers is that you can access it from anywhere/any device.
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#24For distraction-free writing, I prefer vim in a fullscreen terminal.
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#25How 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.
For posterity, I think the above comment is a great example of a "middlebrow dismissal."
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#26If 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.
It looks like a simple browser based writer and a minimalistic blogging platform in one thing.
I like it pretty much. Especially the comments section under each post.
Keep up the good work!
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#27Nice! it would be great if there would be some inspirational music options just like ommwriter dana II has.
A friend of mine is the programmer behind ommwritter. It's a really good piece of software for writters.
Re: Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing
#28If 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.
See also: http://feathe.rs/
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#29Distraction free, except for the added and unnecessary distraction of typewriter sound effects.
Honestly I closed the tab less than 10 seconds after opening it. The clicking sounds are more distracting than the dog barking outside.
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#30The distracting sound effect brings back vivid memories of saving my progress in Resident Evil.