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myTexts snow... No distraction. Just text. Pure creativity. White background.

my Texts is 'Featured Download' at apple.com

Less is more, as Mies van der Rohe would say. This is not only true in architecture; this is especially the case when it comes to writing. Thus, myTexts helps you to get more meaning out of your words with less distraction.

With myTexts you focus almost automatically on writing. You simply don't have to care about windows, buttons or formats. Your Mac turns into a truly typewriter again.

Now, focused on writing, myTexts also takes care about your documents, files, backups and of course how to regain them. All this is done in a self-explanatory and user-friendly way. All your writings are just on click away at the left hand side and completely searchable. You can add tags for your convenience, which can be added to your Spotlight search as well. Thus, you will never again loose a single text. myTexts saves your writing in the background and creates a backup at every start-up if you wish. Thus, you can go always back in time and undo the last changes.

myTexts can be customized to fit your personal needs. Whether it comes to fonts, size, space, color or line spacing, myTexts serves only your creativity. In times of glossy displays myTexts comes without a completely black background. Nothing would be more distracting than seeing your own face instead of your writing.

No man is an island - not even the best poet. Since we write to be widely read and understood, myTexts is made for exchanging files with the outside world. myTexts reads and writes the most important file formats like txt, rft, doc, docx, html, schreiben, odt and xml.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.2:
  • [new] 10.6.2 support
  • [new] backup/auto-save/single-files will store notes incl.
  • [new] auto-backup when updating in background
  • [improved] simplified registration
  • [fixed] GUI glitches
  • [fixed] some bugs
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS 10.5.8 or later

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Developer:MOApp
Downloads:341
  - Version d/l:108
Business:Word Processing
License:Shareware
Date:12 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$19.00
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Nov 3 2009

APFELZ  Ridiculous???

What is ridiculous about trying to make users happy with a need for a white background????

This is what I have written on the myTexts snow website:

In the last month I've received many mails from people with a need to use the (original) myTexts application with a white/bright background because they are eye-impaired (need to invert the screen colors etc.) and others having problems with their glossy screens or simply need a white 'paper' to be creative…

I have tried a lot to get this manged in one application to avoid confusion, offer this option to all people - but there is a lot more to 'tint' at runtime than just some textviews and to get this done without bracking the user-experience, the design and most of all: the quality…

Well - finaly I've decided to write a complete new application. And here it it is…

Once again - I would love to have this in one app - but this would result in lots of (ugly) sellouts - something I would never do - if you call this ridiculous I feel sorry. But to be honest - I am happy that many people do understand it and that they can now use myTexts, even if they are eye-impacted etc…

And by the way: the preferences are the only parts not being written new from ground up…  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
-5
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Nov 3 2009

CYBORG9  Yeah, the developer should incorporate a white background selection into myTexts and offer myTexts only. Or why not follow WriteRoom's example and offer one's own custom background color capability for myTexts....there's no shame in that.

Offering myTexts Snow as a separate app makes no sense at all.  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+4
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Nov 3 2009

NONTROPPO  I really can't understand why the author doesn't just allow preferences to change background colour freely; two supported apps with different version numbers that do the same thing yet that differ by one trivial prefs setting is ridiculous!

Or at least call it myTexts 3.2 Snow Edition or something...  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+3
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Nov 3 2009

SYZZYGY  My question is this: Why didn't the developer just include a white background with his myTexts, which is very good, rather than offer the Snow version as a separate app? The Snow version is identical to myTexts with the exception of it being exclusively white, no?  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+6
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Nov 2 2009

THUS.SPAKE.Z  If you favor a white background in a distraction free writing environment, myTexts snow fills the bill.

myTexts (regular version) offers 8 different colors as backgrounds.

my texts' UI for writing is quite nice....the note feature being particularly nifty.

I've been using Writeroom for some time. I purchased it nearly three years ago when it was offered for $15 as a MacUpdate promo. It's regularly $25.

Writeroom works just fine for me....I really like it and am sticking with it. It's got an unlimited choice of color selections for screen background and writing field (white included), as well as for cursor color.

There's also JDarkroom which is free, but it's rather "clunky".

But I do like myTexts snow and will buy it if and when it's offered as a MacUpdate promo. I'm just not willing to pay $24 for it.

It seems that much of MOApp's software is getting more pricey in terms of the US dollar.....no doubt because the greenback's value is steadily going down the toilet vis a vis most of the world's stronger currencies.  
(Version 1.0)

praisebury
+2
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Nov 2 2009

THUS.SPAKE.Z  Well now, it looks like MOApp has just dropped the price of myTexts snow as well as myTexts regular down from $24 or 16€ to $19 or 14€. Really nice!

If you wanna go for it, do so. myTexts, both versions, are indeed quite good.

But I'm still partial to WriteRoom. However, if myTexts snow is offered as a Promo,

I will go for it.  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+2