But other than that, there isn’t much to Byword.īut after you type out a few words, it becomes apparent that the typography is stunning. The text on the screen looks so gorgeous - even looking at it, as I am this very moment, makes me feel empowered.īut that isn’t all there is to Byword, is there? It was a little bit small for my taste, so I bumped up the font size slightly, but after doing so, I was immediately satisfied. Well, if you dive into the preferences screen, there are three options: font family, for choosing your fonts text width, for setting the width of the page and default text format, for switching between rich or plain text editing. And that’s it - it doesn’t get much more minimal than that.īut don’t be fooled. There is still some cool things going on with Byword. And there is one feature, in particular, that I really like. It’s called Focus.įocus works by dimming out lines or paragraphs that you are not currently working on. Think of it as a feature that allows you to dim out all the excess stuff and focus only on what you are working on at the moment. It’s pretty cool, and it allows you to focus on the current paragraph or a set of one to nine lines. It is a simple application, but what it offers is great for the price.Simplicity - the application is very simple to setup and use.Typography - the text rendering is beautiful, and the preset font selections work well.Focus - the focus feature is a really useful and unique feature that allows you to dial in what you are working on at the moment.Price - Byword is only $5, which is much cheaper than WriteRoom and level with OmmWriter.If there is one negative that could be said about Byword it is that it is missing one feature that I often depend on as a working journalist: word count. However, I was informed by MetaClassy that this feature is already included in development builds of Byword, so it is only a matter of time. There is also a few bugs that need to be worked out. I’ve noticed some erradic behavaior when scrolling at the end of documents - where the document would scroll to the top of a document once I reach the bottom. And there could be a bit more customization, but you can’t really complain for the price. The last thing I’ll pick on is that most of the functionality in Byword is available in WriteRoom. WriteRoom is $25 on the Mac App Store, but it offers significantly more functionality and customization. The only feature WriteRoom lacks, from what I can see, is the Focus functionality that Byword offers.
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