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Real Name:Michael Chanan

Last Login:8 Nov 2009 05:45

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Yojimbo	Nov 13 2009	MIKILC Yojimbo has just got much better, finally catching up with Together in its use of the drop dock. But there are still some improvements to be made. 1. The most important. A feature which all Mac text programmes should have but sadly don't, and that is a Bean-like slider (or equivalent) to enable quick zooming of the text without changing the font size. The fact is, if you work on a 24" screen, then the standard 12pt is often too small to read without squinting. 2. When right-clicking on the item list, the last item is 'View with' but only gives the option of using TextEdit. How can this be changed? One should really be able to choose... 3. The Drop Dock should include 'Quick Entry' (preferably at the top). Would then be the quickest way for mouse-users to do this. 4. It would tremendously useful if the Collections list and the Items list could be made collapsible, independently of each other (as in MacJournal). 5. It would also be useful to provide a better selection of icons to place on the tool bar, (whatever the Mac guidelines are for this). (Version 2.1)		+1
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DeskLabels	Nov 8 2009	MIKILC Thanks, XENOPHILE, great tip. (Version 1.0.2)		0
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Blasted	Oct 5 2009	MIKILC What's more, it's a half-baked programme anyway. (Version 1.0)		0
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Ulysses	Oct 5 2009	MIKILC This would probably be the best dedicated writer's tool out there except for one fatal flaw: it isn't WYSIWYG. What appeals about the programme is its project-based approach, with its ability to hold different documents together in the project and notes tied to the document. But the idea not to use standard rich text editing but tagged styles which then translate into appropriate formatting when exported is a bore. All those inserted tags and highlights actually interrupt one's reading over the text, whereas experienced writers (this one has several books and numerous articles to his credit, as well as innumerable documents for students etc.) have long learned to use formatting and layout properly as they write (like italicising titles of books or films, or making indented lists) which cannot be done effectively here. I suspect this is aimed at would-be writers, not real ones. Would be nice if the authors produced a rich text version of the programme - they might call it 'Dubliners' (or even 'Finnegans Wake'). (Version 2.0.3)		-3
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Ulysses

Oct 5 2009

ROBOTANK While I certainly respect your opinion, I think your suggestion that Ulysses is aimed at "would-be writers, not real ones" is rather silly. You make broad generalizations about "experienced writers" based solely on your own experience, then conflate your opinion about text editing with the intentions of Ulysses' developers. Now, I'm not at all sure whether I'm a "real" writer, but I feel that I'm at least an "aspiring" writer (a designation that to me implies progress as opposed to delusion, which is what I get from "would-be" writer): I'm an undergrad doing the final year of my BA Honours in English literature. If I find that "semantic text editing" appeals to me, am I then doomed to be no more than a hack for the rest of my academic career? I also own Scrivener, and I can go back to using it exclusively if it will help become a "real" writer like you.
(Version 2.0.3)

Ulysses

Oct 10 2009

LEXM We get it: You prefer WYSIWYG and rich text. As it happens, your tastes are amply provided for in the word processing market many times over. (The gall of this developer not adding to the pile!)

Despite your pretensions, you aren't the spokesperson for "experienced writers" everywhere. You certainly aren't the only person ever to write a book. So what, exactly, is gained by petty name-calling ("would be writers") directed toward those who like and use Ulysses?
(Version 2.0.3)

Ulysses

Nov 6 2009

LEV I don't know why I find this "review" a bit irritating but I bet I've written more books and articles than he has. And that means that I am a better person, so what I have to say is that I really dislike the apps I don't like, which proves their developers are a Bore and should brace up and do what I want, and that's what I say so it's true, and that's how it is and there you have it. Got that? Good. That's all for Introduction to Critical Thinking 1.01 today. Class dismissed.
(Version 2.0.3)

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