First Draft (beta)
Productivity
distraction-free writing
SHOW HN2014
11points
14comments
#1,725of 2,272 in 2014
Top 76%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Design: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, refreshing, typewriter-like writing experience
From 3 comments
Just wrote my first blog post using this and it was actually a nice refreshing experience. Much easier to write I found. My one gripe is when I export to Google Docs for further…
selectout on HNThat would be awesome! I tried the online version, feels good as a writing tool, like an old fashioned typewriter.
babo on HNActually, I really like the simplicity of this - will give it a try! It would (of course) be nice to save locally thought.
aghillo on HN
Objections
Google Docs export formatting broke line wrapping (fixed per maker)
From 3 comments
Just wrote my first blog post using this and it was actually a nice refreshing experience. Much easier to write I found. My one gripe is when I export to Google Docs for further…
selectout on HNProbably because you inject (no breaking spaces) instead of regular word spaces — so lines can’t be wrapped. Also, the editor does not accept accented letters (Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü…
rhythmvs on HNGoogle Docs works now — you pinpointed the problem exactly. It was a huge pain to recreate a textarea, but worthwhile in that I could finely tune the editing experience. I…
wildermuthn on HN
Too few visible lines on vertical screens
From 1 comment
My screen is vertically oriented, having only a dozen lines visible is a huge waste. I understand your purist design decisions but that feels bad for me. Another note, line…
babo on HN
Editing shortcuts like Ctrl+A and Ctrl+Backspace disabled
From 1 comment
Ctr+A and then Backspace doesn't seem to be working. Ctrl+ArrowKeys and Ctrl+Backspace doesn't work they way it usually works either.
munchor on HN
Unicode and accented characters not supported
From 1 comment
Probably because you inject (no breaking spaces) instead of regular word spaces — so lines can’t be wrapped. Also, the editor does not accept accented letters (Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü…
rhythmvs on HN
Requests
Local saving
From 2 comments
Actually, I really like the simplicity of this - will give it a try! It would (of course) be nice to save locally thought.
aghillo on HNThat would be awesome! I tried the online version, feels good as a writing tool, like an old fashioned typewriter.
babo on HN
Ability to scroll back through past text without editing
From 1 comment
I like the idea quite a bit. Though I would like to be able to look back at what I've done more easily, even if I can't edit it. If I'm writing something longer I may need to go…
stoolpigeon on HN