Hello! We just released WriteRoom 3.0 for Mac.
Write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you’re used to, WriteRoom lets you focus on writing.
- Fast handling of large documents.
- Live word count, reading time, and more.
- Shift line up, down, left, and right commands.
- Select word, sentence, and paragraph commands.
- Everything you’d expect from a native OS X Lion app.
- OS X Lion style and single screen style full screen modes.
- Automatically log your writing sessions to a spreadsheet.
- Use themes to save, switch, and share your favorite settings.
- Choose background images, paper textures, and typing sounds.
Here is what’s new & different from WriteRoom 2:
Built for Lion - WriteRoom has been rewritten to support OS X Lion. Full screen, scrollbars, autosave, and auto-resume are all what you expect from a native Lion app.
Create and Share Themes - WriteRoom makes it easier than ever to set up your favorite look, and now you can share your themes with others. See the Window > Themes menu.
Track your Writing Progress - WriteRoom adds optional session tracking and logging. Track your word counts and automatically log them to a spreadsheet. See the File > Session menu.
- Faster handling of large documents.
- Live session counts, reading time, and more.
- Shift line up, down, left, and right commands.
- Select word, sentence, and paragraph commands.
- OS X Lion style and single screen style full screen modes.
- Choose background images, paper textures, and typing sounds.
WriteRoom 3.0 is $9.99 for new customers. For current customers who bought WriteRoom 2, the update is free if you bought it in the last year, otherwise it’s $4.99 to upgrade.
Built for Lion - WriteRoom has been rewritten to support OS X Lion. Full screen, scrollbars, autosave, and auto-resume are all what you expect from a native Lion app.
Create and share themes - WriteRoom makes it easier than ever to set up your favorite look, and now you can share your themes with others. See the Window > Themes menu.
Track your writing progress - WriteRoom adds optional session tracking and logging. Track your word counts and automatically log them to a spreadsheet. See the File > Session menu.
And More…
- Faster handling of large documents.
- Live session counts, reading time, and more.
- Shift line up, down, left, and right commands.
- Select word, sentence, and paragraph commands.
- OS X Lion style and single screen style full screen modes.
- Choose background images, paper textures, and typing sounds.
WriteRoom 3.0 will cost $9.99. For existing users the update is free if you bought it in the last year, otherwise it’s $4.99.
Thanks to an incredibly helpful tip-off from @JamesThomson, we have a fix for the UI glitch in PlainText and WriteRoom for iOS affecting older hardware (2nd generation iPod touch, iPhone 3G). And for the first time ever the bug wasn’t even our fault!
Many more big thank-yous go out to our incredibly helpful (and patient) beta testers who put up with build after build :-)
We will be submitting updates for PlainText 1.5.3 and WriteRoom 3.0.2 for iOS shortly, and re-submitting TaskPaper 2.0 for iOS. Here’s hoping for a speedy review process!
We’re working on a known issue that affects the recent releases of PlainText 1.5.2 and WriteRoom 3.0.1 (iOS). This bug only affects the iPhone 3G and the iPod touch 2nd generation running iOS 4.2.1.
An emergency beta got pulled together and we’ve sent out several test builds so far to figure out where the issue came from. After rolling the code all the back to 1.4.1 (April 2011), the issue still shows up in fresh builds. This may indicate a potential issue if the iOS 5 SDK is included when building the app.
This also affects TaskPaper 2.0 for iOS, which was ready for release this Monday. We’ve chosen to hold off on the TaskPaper release so that people on 2nd-generation iPhone and iPod touch devices won’t get gobsmacked by this bug.
WriteRoom is now a universal app and this update is free for existing users, or $4.99 to buy.
Click here to get WriteRoom in the iTunes App Store
MORE FEATURES: Word Count, Extended Keyboard Row, Full Text Search, Custom Line Height, Screen Brightness, TextExpander Support, Automatic & Manual Sync, iTunes Document Sharing, Clean Fullscreen Mode, Print & Email, Startup Passcode, Link Detection, Draggable Scroller, Autocorrect On/Off, Document & Folder Sorting.
For Writers. WriteRoom is the original distraction-free writing environment. WriteRoom attempts nothing more than to create a quiet place for you to write.
- DISTRACTION-FREE INTERFACE keeps your text in focus.
- DROPBOX SYNCED FOLDERS keep your documents organized.
- FONTS & COLORS make the environment yours.
MORE FEATURES: Word Count, Extended Keyboard, Full Text Search, Custom Line Height, Screen Brightness, TextExpander-enabled, Automatic & Manual Sync, iTunes Document Sharing, Clean Fullscreen Mode, Print & Email, Startup Passcode, Link Detection, Draggable Scroller, Autocorrect On/Off, Document and Folder Sorting.
ALTERNATIVES: Clean Writer, Daedalus touch, Elements, iA Writer, My Writing Nook, Nebulous Notes, Notesy, PlainText, SimpleNote, Writings.
Update Incorporated some suggested changes. Thanks!
