LightWrite
Productivity
distraction-free writing
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Design: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple and does exactly what it needs to do.
From 1 comment
Seems pretty cool! Simple and does exactly what it needs to do. However FullScreen is not working for me on OS X Lion in Safari.
axxl on HN
Looks like a great tool for writers.
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
Objections
Text shadow makes the font look blurry.
From 3 comments
The font looks slighlty blurry on Chrome (Windows 7). If I turn the lights off, it looks better.
cstuder on HNSame! To poster: could you include an option to turn off that shadow?
sidwyn on HNSame here. I hate Text Shadow. I basically go into developer tools and turn off the CSS for it when I'm reading anything long with text shadow. Sub pixel antialiasing works great…
ChrisNorstrom on HN
Save button is hard to find; documents should save implicitly.
From 1 comment
Ok two suggestions. Let the page title match the document name, and save all documents implicitly, or at least documents that have been edited to more than, say 32 characters.…
whacker on HN
Fullscreen does not work in Safari on OS X Lion.
From 1 comment
Seems pretty cool! Simple and does exactly what it needs to do. However FullScreen is not working for me on OS X Lion in Safari.
axxl on HN
Requests
Add Markdown support.
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
Add a option to turn off the text shadow.
From 1 comment
Same! To poster: could you include an option to turn off that shadow?
sidwyn on HN
User-selectable themes.
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
Document library with login and sorting.
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
Export to HTML, TXT and RTF.
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
Questions
Does anyone know another way to get fullscreen in Safari on Lion?
From 1 comment
Safari Lion is the only browser I've found that the fullscreen doesn't work as instructed, unfortunately. You have to hit the arrows on the upper right corner of the browser, as…
Mizza on HN
Alternatives named
WriteRoom
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
iA Writer
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
QuietWrite
From 1 comment
It looks like a great tool. I was actually looking for something like this the other day, and disappointed with what I found. I write for a living, and I've vacillated between a…
atourgates on HN
VimRoom
From 1 comment
If you prefer vim's keybindings: http://projects.mikewest.org/vimroom/
gurraman on HN
Write Space (Chrome extension)
From 1 comment
Also for Chrome, Write Space: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aimodnlfiikjjnmdchihablmkdeobhad
pavs on HN