Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing

http://solitarydesigns.net/write/#v2

by kushsolitary • 14 years ago

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matthodan3• 14 years ago

I love the sound effects when you type, though it would be nice if you could toggle them on/off. Great work!

glazskunrukitis• 14 years ago

it's possible to toggle the sound in sidebar (click the button in left top corner)

i actually found the sound effect awkward and unnecessary because the app is called "_Distraction_ Free Writing"

matthodan3• 14 years ago

I find that there is something satisfying about the sound of a keyboard. I guess I use to think of it at the sound of progress back in college. :)

mstefanko• 14 years ago

As much as typing one sentence and hearing the sounds wasn't bad, and thank god the toggle is actually in the sidebar already. I found it pretty ironic that a distraction free writing interface included obnoxious sound effects.

matthodan3• 14 years ago

Just a thought, but you could update the title of the page to be the text in the first line of the document. This would make it easier to identify your work later when switching between windows.

zeynalov• 14 years ago

Nice! it would be great if there would be some inspirational music options just like ommwriter dana II has.

gk1• 14 years ago

Or you could open Youtube, Spotify, Pandora, or any other one of myriad music and radio options online.

soci• 14 years ago

A friend of mine is the programmer behind ommwritter. It's a really good piece of software for writters.

jfarmer2• 14 years ago

The sounds effects are cute, but bleed into each other and produce strange noises if you type faster than your average bear. And bears don't type that fast, as you know.

iA Writer is a similar desktop app that I use for most of my writing: http://www.iawriter.com/

mansoor-s• 14 years ago

Well done!

I find the color scheme and sound combination very pleasing. Maybe I'll write some project documentation with this :)

highace• 14 years ago

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!

matthuggins• 14 years ago

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".

ruswick• 14 years ago

The 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.

sfard4• 14 years ago

<shamelessselfpromotion> 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. </shamelessselfpromotion>

bencevans• 14 years ago

No preview before post?

sfard4• 14 years ago

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.

akos2• 14 years ago

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!

sfard4• 14 years ago

Thanks. Can you say more re: comments? Would you prefer something like a Disqus?

markdown• 14 years ago

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