Distraction free writing
If you are like me you have your mail, msn, twitter, rss application open whenever your computer is on. We are going to look at some tools that might be helpfull if you just want to write.
The latest version of Pages include a fullscreen mode that hides everything else but your document. You can use the mode by clicking on the… you guessed it – Full Screen button. If you only need a word prosessor without all the design elements Pages will be a little overkill. Pages comes together with Numbers and Keynote at $79.
A free (donation) alternative is jDarkRoom. The program is written in the Java programming language nad is available on the Windows, Linux and OSX platform. To me this program is not as easy to use as the alternatives and at least the latest version is very slow. jDarkRoom is inspired by WriteRoom..
This is my favorite. It is lightweight and super snappy. You open it, start scribbeling down whatever you are working on, ESC out to your desktop to continue reading your source, tab back to WriteRoom and then CMD+Enter into fullscreen mode again. Hog Bay Software goes to a long lenght to tell you that WriteRoom it is not a programmers text editor, not a full blown text editor, just a distraction free writing application.
For you Windows users out there who want a native application you should check out DarkRoom.
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