![]() Compared to the programs that ran in that old green PC screen, WriteRoom has its many clever options hidden away. All other Mac apps were designed so that (as Steve Jobs said about the buttons in OS X) they looked so good "you'll want to lick them." WriteRoom, in contrast, made the Mac screen look like the text-only green-screen monochrome monitor that your parents bought for their PC in 1987. UnlickableWhen WriteRoom first arrived a few years ago, it was a surprise success in the Mac market. WriteRoom makes concentrating easier than any other app I've tried. The fewer visible options there are on screen, the more you can concentrate on your writing. If you're a writer who wants to get well-written text on the page, and you don't want to be distracted by options that have nothing to do with the actual words you're writing, then less is more. The whole point of WriteRoom is that it gives you less. In contrast, when you start up WriteRoom ($9.95, direct), the pioneering minimal word-processor for OS X, you get a window and nothing else. ![]() On display for you to enjoy are toolbars, ribbons, and dialogs offering dozens of tasty-looking formatting features that let you choose color-coordinated fonts for headings and text, set custom page margins and line spacing, create multiple columns, draw pictures, and other high-tech delights. Starting up a high-end word-processor like Office 365's Microsoft Word and Apple's Pages is like stepping into a candy store.
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