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diff --git a/source/_posts/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md b/source/_posts/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md index acfdbb8b..9fe4dfa4 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md +++ b/source/_posts/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md @@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ This is not the first time that a distraction free writing app is featured on th  -Skeuomorphism, oh man. And this is the only screenshot I can find on the official website. +Skeuomorphism, oh man. And this is the only screenshot I can find on the official website:  -There's also an intro video, but it "focuses on writing" and feeling rather than the app itself. I can also find a few other screenshots on MAS, but you know how shitty MAS screenshots are. Again, none of the screenshots are complete. So, after a bunch of research, I know almost nothing about this app, apart from the feature listing without details all stuffed on one single page along with the intro video, the single screenshot, and more. To do the app justice, there's an [accompanying blog](http://blog.desk.pm), with all kinds of noise though — like what a good blog should be, no complaint about that. So I guess anyone who wants to know more about this app should go digging there. Not me, so I didn't read. +I can find a few other screenshots on MAS, but you know how shitty MAS screenshots are, plus the screenshots of this app only focus on specific UI elements. The official website also features an intro video (which provides no information at all) and a brief feature list with no further details, all on one page. The MAS description is more somewhat more comprehensive, but again, "WordPress integration" and the like are not so informative. So, after a certain amount of research, I have to say I know little about this app. To do the app justice, there's an [accompanying blog](http://blog.desk.pm), with all kinds of noise though — like what a good blog should be, no complaint about that. So I guess anyone who wants to know more about this app should go digging there. Not me, so I didn't read. -Strangely enough, acception is great, although the price tag is currently set at $30 — definitely a premium price. John Gruber [has a piece](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/11/22/desk), but I think "My thanks to Johb Saddington for sponsoring this weeks' DF RSS feed to promote Desk, his blogging app for the Mac" kind of defeats credability. MAS featuring is also a good sign (although not always). Out of the 55 MAS ratings at the time of writing (9:42 PM, Friday, December 5, 2014), 45 are five stars. +Strangely enough, reception is great, although the price tag is currently set at $30 — definitely a premium price. John Gruber [has a piece](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/11/22/desk), but I think "My thanks to Johb Saddington for sponsoring this weeks' DF RSS feed to promote Desk, his blogging app for the Mac" kind of defeats credability. MAS featuring is also a good sign (although not always). Out of the 55 MAS ratings at the time of writing (9:42 PM, Friday, December 5, 2014), 45 are five stars. That brings home my curiosity about "distraction free writing apps" in general. _Why would anyone pay $30 for a "distraction free writing app" (which basically justifies any lack of feature — "we deliberately give you no choice for anything so you can focus on writing!"), **without even a trial**?_ MAS is such a bad model for utility and productivity software since you can't just look at five screenshots (seriously?) and decide "this is for me!" Yet I have the impression that more developers prefer this model nowadays, especially in this focused-writing business, another example being IA Writer. Sure it makes licensing and combating piracy simple, but again, I need to feel it to decide if it's the right tool for me, especially for a feature-deprived focused-writing app. (This is a general thought — in this case I don't need to feel it to tell that it's not for me.) |