![]() Writer Pro feels fresh and exciting, beckoning me, making me want to write more and more. Byword’s ability to publish directly to WordPress doesn’t seem as enticing as it once was. I’ve been using Writer Pro for OS X for the past six days and cannot imagine going back to anything else. The text message that confirmed the charge on my credit card made me pause for a second or two though … Those thoughts only lasted a moment - the download was quick and painless. When I got back to my Mac I was rather dejected - Writer Pro wouldn’t be able to fit into my mobile workflow and I was actually considering saving my money and not getting the OS X version. And then I almost cried - two extremely important features were absent… You never have a second chance to make a first impression, but the guys at iA do … After launching it and poking around the new UI, I started to check out the new gestures. It’s currently set at $19.99 (€17.99) for each of the versions for OS X and iOS - the latter supports both the iPhone and iPad though, so in theory you could argue that’s it’s 50% cheaper. Since I only had my iPad with me, as well as a few minutes to spare while waiting for my party to arrive, I quickly purchased Writer Pro despite it’s price tag - not something iOS users are used to. ![]() I naturally overslept the next morning and had to rush to get to a meeting I had planned. The evening ended without success however and I drifted off into a dreamless sleep. Unfortunately, the guys at Information Architects never invited me over but that didn’t stop me from staying up late until the official launch. I tried my best to get on the beta bandwagon as well - I’m obviously a Nitti and clean UI addict. And then the teasers started…Ī few weeks back I saw the first teasers for Writer Pro and that got me really excited. I wasn’t perfectly satisfied, although I didn’t know it at the time. I did however miss iA Writer’s Nitti and the whole UI every single time I used it’s rival. I was also having issues with proper sentence highlighting while scrolling in Writer, which pushed me towards Byword more often than not. I’ve been using Byword recently on OS X due to it’s new function - the ability to publish directly to WordPress. It did take a while for the export function to get implemented in iA Writer but it worked perfectly in Byword. ![]() ![]() This allowed me to paste directly to WordPress without installing any fancy and troublesome plugins - the CMS I post to does not support Markdown and won’t do so until it’s implemented natively. This posed a number of different challenges - I needed the iOS edition to also export to HTML. This changed ever since I got the smallest MacBook Air I don’t use an external keyboard on my Mini with Retina display anymore, but I still write a lot on it. ![]() I also needed software which was available for both iOS and OS X - I sometimes travel with only my iPad. This was mainly because of the wonderful font choice - Nitti fit my tastes perfectly. I only used the former in the evenings and at night due to it’s ability to change themes even though I preferred the latter. It all started with Byword and the wonderful iA Writer from Information Architects. I don’t know what will be the standard in the next five or ten years but I do know that I want to be able to access my data without any hassle. Writing in plain text, with just the most basic formatting, is something I started believing in ever since I started having issues with my documents between various… versions of Microsoft Word. I’ve long been a fan of distraction-free writing tools, ever since admitting to myself that I’m a Markdown addict. ![]()
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