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Its interesting that some people here actually seem slightly annoyed because of the tool he is using to write books. I wonder why that is. I guess I'm guilty o
by fredsted 12y ago
Its interesting that some people here actually seem slightly annoyed because of the tool he is using to write books.
I wonder why that is. I guess I'm guilty of this myself, but often IT people have a way of pushing software, hardware and other tools on people even though they don't need it.
- Semiapies 12y agoI find it interesting, myself. I'm old enough to have actually used WordStar, Bank Street Writer, and company on old XTs, as well as their successors up through the latest versions of Word, and in word processors, there simply hasn't been any significant advance in the fundamental interface of writing prose. Laying out a business letter or other specially-formatted document, maybe. Prose, no. When writing prose is your primary concern, squiggly lines and auto-correct and whatnot are simply irritating distractions. Hence the whole stripped-down, no-distractions word processor niche, especially on the Mac. If you already have a stripped-down, no-distractions word processor you've been using since the Reagan administration, you really don't need a new one. Hell, it's why I haven't used word processors for plain prose in years and just used whatever text editor I preferred at the time (with the occasional spell-check pass).