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Posted by pereh
Mar 13, 2014 at 09:21 PM
Hello All,
the maker of ‘Writer’s Blocks’ has created a ‘smaller’ version of his program, called ‘WB Essentials’.
I would like to take this opportunity to ask if someone could post some experiences with WB v4.
http://www.writersblocks.com/wbessenceproduct.htm
Thank you.
Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 14, 2014 at 02:38 PM
pereh wrote:
Hello All,
>the maker of ‘Writer’s Blocks’ has created a ‘smaller’ version of his
>program, called ‘WB Essentials’.
>I would like to take this opportunity to ask if someone could post some
>experiences with WB v4.
>http://www.writersblocks.com/wbessenceproduct.htm
If you search the forum, you’ll find some old discussion on WB. I’ve just downloaded the Essentials. It looks like the main difference with the full version is that it does not offer the visualisation of the full draft and the synchronisation of changes, right?
In some ways it does look like an offline version of Gingko. The difference seems to be that in Gingko you can see all index card text at full size, while in WB it looks like each card is set to the same size, so if there is more text, you’ll only see the top bit of it, which would make it more difficult to work with the document as a whole.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 14, 2014 at 05:12 PM
I have a little experience with WB. I liked the idea of the program, but it was always a bit quirky and not very user friendly, in my opinion. If these blocks intrigue you, you should check out Super Note Card:
http://www.mindola.com/supernotecard/
SNC has not been updated in a few years, so it may be moribund, but it is cheaper, and I think it is better designed—although it is a Java application, which may not appeal to everyone.
Of course, Scrivener can do a lot of what either program can do and a lot more.
Steve Z.
Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 14, 2014 at 08:38 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Of course, Scrivener can do a lot of what either program can do and a
>lot more.
That’s true, but as an index card solution I’ve found Scrivener (for Windows) rather limited. For one, the index cards don’t offer a lot of space for text, they are only meant for summaries. And you can’t shuffle the cards around as easily as in Gingko, Writer’s Block, or Story Turbo.
I guess the question is what exactly one wants to do with the index cards.
Posted by tangobear
Mar 24, 2014 at 01:47 AM
>in WB it looks like each card is set to the same size,
>so if there is more text, you’ll only see the top bit of it, which would
>make it more difficult to work with the document as a whole.
I tried it a long time ago, and after fiddling with it decided I couldn’t change it enough to be useful for me.
I never did figure out what method of use it was designed for.
I don’t remember much, but the above poster saying each card only shows a little text jogs my memory.
I think the “main” window where you enter text was also very small. A sentence or two.
I want to write several paragraphs as one “block” and see all of that as I write it .