write! is quite impressive (merely based on impression)

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Posted by doablesoftware
Apr 17, 2018 at 06:00 AM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR4o7U4OGbEqQH4traXpenXF6iJNnYS4RsSY9jDyX8rZKlJLzKwR_pKeG45pcmDR29GDvGLAKbZfcf1/pub

all updates on there (not fully done yet, still have to read over blog reviews)

Posted by Franz Grieser
Apr 17, 2018 at 07:16 AM

Re your Minus list: There is a desktop app for Windows and macOS (and I think Linux). You have to be logged in, and you have to click the Buy button and buy a licence first. So: no desktop demo, just the web demo.

Re the rest of your list: I am sorry, I just once played with it after buying a licence with a Christmas discount. But decided that I couldn’t find a good reason to use Write on a regular basis.

Posted by Paul Korm
Apr 17, 2018 at 09:41 AM

Are user documents stored in the “native cloud”? I didn’t yet locate an explanation - but I assume this “native cloud” is someone’s server someplace we don’t know where, run by somewhere we have no idea who it is. This sort of vague thing gives me the willies.

Posted by Franz Grieser
Apr 17, 2018 at 10:11 AM

Paul Korm wrote:
>Are user documents stored in the “native cloud”? I didn’t yet locate an
>explanation - but I assume this “native cloud” is someone’s server
>someplace we don’t know where, run by somewhere we have no idea who it
>is. This sort of vague thing gives me the willies.

When you use the desktop app, you can save your documents on your hard disk.
“Native cloud” means your private area in the cloud hosted by Writeapp.co - whereever that may be, and however “private” that may be.

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Apr 23, 2018 at 05:25 PM

As Franz says, there are two modes for creating and managing documents: Local and Cloud. With Local you can save your documents to any folder on your computer, including DropBox. I’ve tested this with the same document open on my Windows machine and on my MacBook. It works fine. There isn’t a sync, per se, but if you change the document on one computer, you get a notice on the other that the document was changed and asking if you want to reload it.

The Cloud service provides really smooth sync (so far as I’ve experienced it), and allows you to view your document as an outline in the library panel.

For what it’s worth, I think Write! is better at this stage than iAWriter as a cross-platform text solution.

Steve Z.

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