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Posted by Franz Grieser
Jan 22, 2018 at 02:49 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
>The only downside so far has been the purchase experience—the site is
>messy, and ended up somehow charging me twice for the same purchase. An
>error which the developer has not yet corrected.
I guess they have problems with Firefox. A few weeks ago, they had a special discount. When I logged in using Firefox, the discount was not available. I had to use Microsoft Edge - that did work.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 22, 2018 at 08:54 PM
There doesn’t seem to be a way of trying it without buying, so I’m wondering, is this actually a browser-based tool?
They only say “Available on Windows, macOS and Linux”, so it’s not entirely clear to me whether this would work in Chrome OS, simply as a browser-based app in Chrome, or is there actually an .exe that needs to be installed (in which case it wouldn’t work on a Chromebook)?
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 22, 2018 at 09:51 PM
I’ve installed it as an executable on my MacBook and my Windows PC. As far as I can tell, there is not a browser-based, cloud app, but I might be missing it.
Steve Z.
Dr Andus wrote:
There doesn’t seem to be a way of trying it without buying, so I’m
>wondering, is this actually a browser-based tool?
>
>They only say “Available on Windows, macOS and Linux”, so it’s not
>entirely clear to me whether this would work in Chrome OS, simply as a
>browser-based app in Chrome, or is there actually an .exe that needs to
>be installed (in which case it wouldn’t work on a Chromebook)?
Posted by Jon Polish
Jan 22, 2018 at 09:55 PM
It seems that there is no trial, but they do offer your money back if dissatisfied. While I think it is not browser based, your writing is saved in the cloud. The site does not make it clear if that could be OneDrive, DropBox, etc, or if it is hosted by them.
I am very uncomfortable with this level of guesswork.
Jon
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jan 22, 2018 at 10:58 PM
Jon Polish wrote:
>It seems that there is no trial, but they do offer your money back if
>dissatisfied. While I think it is not browser based, your writing is
>saved in the cloud. The site does not make it clear if that could be
>OneDrive, DropBox, etc, or if it is hosted by them.
There are apps for Windows and MacOS plus a browser-based app. By default, the apps store documents in a proprietary cloud solution hosted by the makers of Write.app. But you can easily select local storage or Dropbox or
..
>I am very uncomfortable with this level of guesswork.
Yep. Their communications skill leave a lot to be desired…