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Hemingway App now available

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Re: Hemingway App now available

#11

Post by latch »

Some initial feedback:

1 - My first CC was rejected

2 - The spelling hint (the red line) is bad. Just type "Hollowness" and, for me at least, it underlines "Hollownes" and doesn't pick up the last "s" until I move on to the next word (and then some)

3 - Themes / font / spacing and fullscreen would be nice

4 - Tried to save a file: Uncaught node.js Error

Error: EACCES, open '/x.txt' (and now I can't go back, and I lost what I was writing)

5 - On startup, it now flashes the intro text, but then goes into write mode. Feels unpolished.

6 - Personally, I'd like something that helps me organize my writing a little bit. For now, I just use a folder with project view in sublime, which works great. Not sure I'm willing to give that up.

Re: Hemingway App now available

#13

Post by swanson »

Would be happy to pay the $5 to be able to use this as an addon in Sublime Text (or Atom/vim/emacs/whatever you like) instead of having to use your editor app. I don't like having to switch to a new editor for writing. Any plans for this?

Re: Hemingway App now available

#15

Post by briandear »

drivingmenuts wrote: post #7

No demo? It's a five dollar app. Of course, there's no demo because hey, it's only five dollars. This new marketing model blows.

It's 5 dollars. Stop being cheap. Buy it if it sounds like something you'd like, if not, don't buy it. You don't get a demo of a movie when you buy it. You can't just watch half of it and then decide if you want to buy a ticket. It's pretty obnoxious when tech-types bitch about $5 yet have no problem billing clients $100+ per hour or making $100K+ per year as a developer of the very types of things about which they complain about paying $5. It's not unlike restaurant waiters not leaving tips when they themselves go out to eat. Not everything needs a demo. Perhaps a quick screencast or something if you feel like the screenshots don't do the product justice. But it's a text editor.. how much demo is actually needed?

Re: Hemingway App now available

#16

Post by jasonkester »

Ironic that an app calling itself "Hemingway" would recommend against the word "Utilize". As a key example of "things to avoid" no less.

Utilized in one of the more memorable exchanges in The Sun Also Rises:

"Let us rejoice in our blessings. Let us utilize the fowls of the air. Let us utilize the product of the vine. Will you utilize a little, brother?"

... and so on for nearly ten pages, utilizing wine, pubs, etc.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fAcAd5gFdB0C&lpg=PP1&dq=h...

I bet if you apply this tool to more of his writing, you'd find it neutered it completely, removing much of the magic that makes it so great.

Re: Hemingway App now available

#17

Post by cruise02 »

patmcc wrote: post #4

The marketing copy is puzzling to me. Two things it highlights are what I would consider standard and required features for any text editor; the ability to work offline and the ability to save and edit text files. If your text editor can't save and edit text files (!?!) and can only be used online, it's hardly even worth calling a text editor. That Hemingway can do what's required is necessary, but why draw attention…

"can only be used online" doesn't make something not a text editor.

The other point is "Save and open" not "save and edit." This is explained in the next paragraph. It's in contrast to the workflow in the online Hemingway app.

Re: Hemingway App now available

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Post by pdpi »

briandear wrote: post #15
drivingmenuts wrote: post #7

No demo? It's a five dollar app. Of course, there's no demo because hey, it's only five dollars. This new marketing model blows.

It's 5 dollars. Stop being cheap. Buy it if it sounds like something you'd like, if not, don't buy it. You don't get a demo of a movie when you buy it. You can't just watch half of it and then decide if you want to buy a ticket. It's pretty obnoxious when tech-types bitch about $5 yet have no problem billing clients $100+ per hour or making $100K+ per year as a developer of the very types of things about which they c…

> You don't get a demo of a movie when you buy it

They're called "trailers".

Re: Hemingway App now available

#20

Post by louhike »

jasonkester wrote: post #16

Ironic that an app calling itself "Hemingway" would recommend against the word "Utilize". As a key example of "things to avoid" no less. Utilized in one of the more memorable exchanges in The Sun Also Rises: "Let us rejoice in our blessings. Let us utilize the fowls of the air. Let us utilize the product of the vine. Will you utilize a little, brother?" ... and so on for nearly ten pages, utilizing wine, pubs, etc. h…

Hemingway App is a tool useful is you're not a great writer. If you want to write something original, or magic, you better not use it.

I understand that you might not be criticizing the app directly, but as you are the top comment, I thought it would be useful as a reminder.

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