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WriteRoom is for Mac users who enjoy the simpllicity of a typewriter, but live in the digital world. WriteRoom is a full-screen, distraction-free writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you're used to, WriteRoom is just about you and your text. Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.3.7: Fixed Conflict that caused problems when using WriteRoom from MarsEdit.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Hog Bay Software
Downloads:14,669
  - Version d/l:3,629
Business:Applications
License:Shareware
Date:11 Nov 2007
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$24.95
RATING
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Nov 15 2009
*****

KRISLINUS  So simple, beautiful and inspiring.

Concentrate on your writing only. No layout, just plain text in a full screen arrangement. Choose your own background and text colors to match your thoughts or create a non-distracting digital text pad.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Nov 5 2009

FREVOI  During the next week, you can get it for free at http://www.macheist.com - If this is considered spam, please delete it, but I think that this is a really good tip. ;)  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Sep 12 2009
*****

DANIEL PAGE  Looking at screenshots and reading reviews does not do this program justice. I saw it about a year ago and thought "that's nice." Recently bought the iPhone app when it was on sale, and then decided to check out the desktop program. The first moment that I used it, I realized that this program is all about design, response, and interface. It's really a great tool.., I've been doing all of my writing on it now, and then just pasting the finished text into my formatting programs or website programs.

Also, I love how it stays full screen when I command-tab to another program, rather than reverting to a small window like every other program with a full-screen mode does. This has to be the best implementation of full-screen I have ever seen.

I gotta keep using it, though... I just realized that I am taking longer writing this review because I am not using the program...  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Nov 12 2009

PENGUIRL  Movist is another app that shares WriteRoom's superior full screen behaviour.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Mar 19 2009
*****

GORDON142  I love this app. Not only does it remove distractions, but the highly configurable full screen view allows you to find the perfect settings for comfortable hours staring at a screen. I do all my work in Writeroom now, moving it to Pages for final formatting. Excellent application.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Jun 15 2008
***..

DNEM41  I'm sure this is a great app, but why pay for this, when you can get jDarkRoom for free? jDarkRoom does everything this app does and doesn't charge for it!  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Mar 15 2009

GORDON142  Jdarkroom does everything this app does the same way textedit does everything MS word does.

jDarkroom has nowhere near the options Writeroom has, and it doesn't integrate well with the Mac OS at all. For example, unlike Writeroom, jdarkroom does not support standard Mac OS text services (spelling/grammar, all OS Services menu items, dictionary lookup, etc), and for that matter, it is simply a plain text editor while Writeroom is a rich text editor with good support for formatting. It can even open and save to other formats. Again, if Jdarkroom works for you, great, but asserting that it "does everything writeroom does" really just demonstrates that you haven't used either application.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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May 30 2008

DNEM41  this is a great app to have if you have ADD and the money to spare. ive never used this app, but im sure its a great one.

jDarkRoom seems to provide all the features WriteRoom describes and is freeware. it also runs on Java.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Apr 23 2008

LIMSILAS  you can download the free version of writeroom (1.0, unsupported) here:

http://hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom/releases  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Jan 19 2009

AMBERV  Could you explain this a little bit better? When I go to that link I get an RSS feed which only dumps the latest version available.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Apr 13 2008

ZANGIEF  Any chance of hosting the old free version like MU did with Textpander? I don't have $25 for this, I'm 13.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Jun 3 2008

ZANGIEF  Never mind, the dev has it up for download in a (rather obscure) part of his site.  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Apr 7 2008

YULETIDE  ditto the previous review. a pity too, it's a great idea and well implemented, but the price is just ludicrous! Someone needs to create a plugin or something to wrap this functionality into textmate...

Especially since the "edit in writeroom" functionality is borrowed straight from TM!  
(Version 2.3.7)

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Oct 29 2007
***..

KIDDAILEY  Very nice, and I appreciate what this provides for the writer, but $25 for essentially a simple text editor with a full screen mode is way too much. Half that and I'd probably be purchasing my own copy. For now, TextEdit.app will suffice for me.  
(Version 2.3.4)

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