Byword - text editor without the "noise"
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Minimalism - it's probably not so much a desire to get rid of superfluous and unnecessary, as the desire to focus on the essentials. Word processors like Word and Pages are excellent tools in business, but they are not very well suited for simple text writing. Too many buttons, panels. Too much noise.
The Mac App Store, you'll find several text editors that promise to focus on the writing of the text. But most of them have their drawbacks. Someone is too expensive (I'm sorry IA Writer buyers, who gave a simple editor for almost 20 dollars), someone in a fit of his throws and baby with the bathwater.
Byword - is an example of a reasonable compromise. The program is very simple: before you clean sheet. No toolbars, buttons, additional windows. You simply write the text without being distracted by noise.
If it is necessary to apply to the text of the basic formatting, you are at your disposal Markdown support. You do not want to learn the markup language? Just press command + T and then in the popup choose the command you want:
Byword offers basic formatting options. Just what you need.
Like the focusing mode to a single paragraph or line (View → Enable Paragraph Focus). The rest of the text in this case as it goes by the wayside.
Focus mode
Byword fully supports all the new Lion features. At the disposal of the writer luxurious full-screen mode, the ability to revert to the previous version of the document (used Versions), automatic data backup.
Settings in Byword bit. You can choose:
- Skin from the window (dark or light background document)
- the default text format (plain text with formatting or Markdown)
- the font used in the document.
Byword price is $ 9.99, you can purchase the app in Mac App Store.
Download the Mac App Store: Byword
Price: $9.99
System requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 and above
The authors of the application: Metaclassy & TinyTree