BLULOO I have been using this since it was an early beta and it has only improved over time (I never experienced a single crash, even when using the betas). It is an absolutely fantastic piece of stable, responsive software. It's beauty lies in the apparent simplicity with which it allows the user to write. The writer is unencumbered by the myriad formatting and style options present in most modern word processing programs. This program helps you structure, organize and visualize your writing in a user friendly environment. Full-screen mode provides a distraction-free environment as well. The learning curve is minimal, compared with most similar programs. The developer is top-notch and was highly responsive to user feedback during development of this app. Despite it's apparent simplicity, it provides many options to tailor the writing environment to the users needs. It is also future-proof because text is stored inside the application bundle as .rtf files and can be opened in OS X and shared with other applications. In addition, Scrivener offers several options for exporting including latex, rtf, rtfd, txt, html and multi-markdown. The user forums are also quite helpful, with more than one expert regularly present to offer assistance to less than proficient users. I cannot recommend this application or it's developer enough. For academics, researchers, writers, journalists or anyone who needs to collect information, it also shares files with DEVONthink Pro via drag and drop. (Version 1.0) |