Plain Text Wars – ia Writer vs WriteRoom
I’ve got to stop obsessing over plain text editors on my mac app store. I’m hovering between ia writer and WriteRoom and for seemingly the longest time in my life couldn’t get to decide which one I actually like better. I know that WriteRoom offers some settings such as the background display as you type those words away, whereas the ia writer just focuses on your writing – not allowing you to idle your time away fiddling those settings and extra unnecessary features on your screen. Also, it has that FocusMode feature that actually dims out everything else but the sentence that you are currently on. Oh and did I tell you that its nitty font is so obnoxiously gorgeous?? And that already comes in the package for free. I think that singlehandedly made the purchasing decision for me, honestly.
http://www.richardcobbett.com/2011/05/ia-writer-vs-writeroom/
Check out this article that I found on the web as I was researching on which works better for everyone. I thought it was pretty interesting because he pointed out how ridiculous it was that the less features a text editor has, the better and more pricey it actually is. That holds true with the ia writer which I love so much. In addition, I noticed that so many writers are mega hyping about this nitty font. And yeah, it is that essential. Aesthetic-wise. I’m a minimalist by nature and that pretty much appeals to me. The full screen, zero setting, focus mode would practically work for the always-distracted ADD like me. I’m yet to convince myself that I cannot live without this as a writer myself.
Oh boy, I think I’m getting it.
