#Minimalist clean text editor full#

'You are so distractible, we can't show you more than a sentence at a time.'

In the already patronizing field of minimalist text editing apps, which are all about removing options for users, Grandview vaults over that already high bar to become the grand supreme patronizing application. Picking Nits: The shortcut to launch the program doesn't work unless you've already opened Grandview once. Number of Words Written Before Getting Distracted: 1 What This App Is Best For: Pushing through writer's block. What's next, just showing one word a time? Depending on your writing style & mood this can either be a feature that laser focuses your work, or just an unhelpful gimmick. And if the words start weighing you down, there's an additional focus mode that fades away everything except the sentence you're currently writing. If Hemingway were alive today (and didn't think minimalist text editors were for sissies) this is the program he would use. I hope you like the look of big typewriter text on a speckled grey background, because you can't change it. iA Writer is also available for iPhone and iPad and, thanks to iCloud Syncing, iCan Use iA Writer Everywhere. If you don't need Byword's whiz-bang html support and you're just looking to churn out some text then look no further than iA Writer. Basic Markdown support, but doesn't highlight links.

#Minimalist clean text editor full#

Picking Nits: Doesn't default to opening in full screen mode even if you last closed it in that mode. Number of Words Written Before Getting Distracted: 114

What This App Is Best For: When you're looking to focus on output, not formatting. I'm sure once I spend two or three hours adjusting all these sliders and dropdowns I won't be distracted by anything at all ever again. Add a little transparency so I can see my nice desktop image a bit. Unless you're Sandra Bullock in The Net looking to feel like a 1337-haxor crushing some text in a pseudo-terminal style application, this is a terrible interface. When you first boot up the application you're launched into a full screen black background with tiny green text and a chunky flashing green cursor.

WriteRoom advertises itself as a distraction-free writing environment but is, in practice, so distracting you wonder if the creators know what the word distraction even means. Number of Words Before I Got Distracted: 4 Real World Analog: A Rube Goldberg machine. What This App Is Best For: When you want a *mise en place* set-up.