Ulysses' Companions' Odyssey (provisional app review)

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Posted by Darren McDonald
May 5, 2022 at 12:06 PM

Just as I feared. Thanks for checking this out for me, Bill. I have contacted the developers via the website’s online inquiry form, but as yet have not heard anything back. Here is to hoping that it means better things are in store. :)

MadaboutDana wrote:
Alas, Darren, you’re not wrong. Up until recently, it was listed on the
>Mac App Store (UK), whence I happily downloaded it to install on my new
>MacBook (the previous one having blown up like a football with a
>battery-related issue!). But it appears to have been withdrawn.
> >That’s a bit tragic. Hopefully the developers are going to
>upgrade/modernise it (it does look a bit old-fashioned).

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
May 5, 2022 at 02:18 PM

I am sure that those looking for a Scrivener replacement, much prefer an native app, and not a browser-based app. However, there are some really interesting browser-based writing apps. The two that I find most interesting are NovelPad and Speare. If you can stomach keeping your work online (and even I’m not too thrilled by that), they may be worth checking out:

https://www.speare.com/

https://novelpad.co/

I wish either of those would make a native Mac app.

Steve Z.

Posted by Darren McDonald
May 7, 2022 at 02:49 AM

Thanks for the recommendations, Stephen. I had come across these apps before through this forum. Speare seems to be the most attractive to me except it has the input window for text is at the bottom of the screen. This is just too jarring for me to use Speare. This point was I believe also discussed in this forum. It would be good if the developers could let the user choose the positioning for inputting text. I have as yet heard nothing from the developers of Novellus, so my search for an alternative continues.

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I am sure that those looking for a Scrivener replacement, much prefer an
>native app, and not a browser-based app. However, there are some really
>interesting browser-based writing apps. The two that I find most
>interesting are NovelPad and Speare. If you can stomach keeping your
>work online (and even I’m not too thrilled by that), they may be worth
>checking out:
> >https://www.speare.com/
> >https://novelpad.co/
> >I wish either of those would make a native Mac app.
> >Steve Z.

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
May 7, 2022 at 10:29 AM

I 100% agree with that, Darren. Seems an odd choice for an otherwise well-designed app.

Darren McDonald wrote:
Thanks for the recommendations, Stephen. I had come across these apps
>before through this forum. Speare seems to be the most attractive to me
>except it has the input window for text is at the bottom of the screen.
>This is just too jarring for me to use Speare. This point was I believe
>also discussed in this forum. It would be good if the developers could
>let the user choose the positioning for inputting text. I have as yet
>heard nothing from the developers of Novellus, so my search for an
>alternative continues.
> >Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I am sure that those looking for a Scrivener replacement, much prefer an
>>native app, and not a browser-based app. However, there are some really
>>interesting browser-based writing apps. The two that I find most
>>interesting are NovelPad and Speare. If you can stomach keeping your
>>work online (and even I’m not too thrilled by that), they may be worth
>>checking out:
>>
>>https://www.speare.com/
>>
>>https://novelpad.co/
>>
>>I wish either of those would make a native Mac app.
>>
>>Steve Z.

Posted by MadaboutDana
May 9, 2022 at 03:56 PM

Meanwhile, it might be worth experimenting with iaWriter, which has got transclusion. It’s a surprisingly powerful app.

Otherwise it would be worth taking a look at Lattics, which is fairly complex but seriously cool (https://lattics.zineapi.com)

Cheers!
Bill

Darren McDonald wrote:
Just as I feared. Thanks for checking this out for me, Bill. I have
>contacted the developers via the website’s online inquiry form, but as
>yet have not heard anything back. Here is to hoping that it means better
>things are in store. :)

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