Scrolling using the trackpad (and mouse I assume) in iA Writer temporarily disables the focus mode, which is resumed as soon as a key is pressed. It defaults to a single sentence, but certain (undocumented) conditions extend the focus to the previous sentence (current sentence is still focused). iA Writer’s focus mode seems to have some heuristics built on. Byword’s focus can be set to either a specific number of lines (1-9 lines) or to a paragraph. Byword gives you a choice of different focus modes/forces you to choose. Focus Mode: iA Writer gives you an on-off switch.It also adds them in on either side of a selection. ByWord also added an additional feature which iA Writer does not have - completion of parenthesis, just like TextMate. ByWord does not change the layout (no list indents, or outdent of ‘#’ heading markup). The font weight is also changed depending just like in iA Writer. Update : Byword has since my first review added syntax highlighting, or rather, de-lighting, as characters part of recognized Markdown syntax are faded into the background. iA Writer’s syntax highlighting is also nice as it also has some layout magic thrown in (similar feel to the kind of Hogbay’s TaskPaper). Syntax highlighting on the other hand, is very nice. In my experience, I have never had much use of Markdown previews in any application. Markdown support in Byword is in the form of a preview mode. Headings in iA Writer are also highlighted. For example lists using asterisks have their asterisks put in the margin, whereas asterisks used to put emphasis to text result text being underlined. Markdown is recognized and nice stuff is done with the text in the editor. Markdown: iA Writer is definitely in the lead here. iA Writer uses Nitti Light somewhere around 20pt by Bold Monday, the same font as in the iPad version of Writer. Byword gives the user a choice of five preset fonts (Baskerville 17pt, Cochin 17pt, Courier 15pt, Georgia 16pt and Helvetica Neue 15pt), but also allows the user to select any other font using the standard OS X font selection dialogue. Also notable, is that iA Writers cursor is light blue and slightly thicker than a regular cursor (actually, it is just a bit thinner than the size of the gap between two characters).įonts: iA Writer offers no choice (applies to both font size and font face) by design. iA Writer however, uses a paper-like texture as background. The iA color theme and the Byword one are basically the same. This comparison will be a simple feature by feature comparison.Ĭolor scheme: Byword has two, a light and a dark. On the surface, both these apps look quite similar, but there are quite a few differences once you start using the applications. IA just released its writing application iA Writer for Mac which is very similar to Byword for Mac (which in turn was very similar to iA Writer for iPad )). I have therefore updated this review accordingly. Update : Dan informed me with a comment that Byword has received significant updates since my first review. Mini review: Choice of the Deathless for iOS.Using multiple spaces with multiple displays.Three displays: two stacked, two mirrored.Install alot from cloned repo on Mac OS X.RT tputh: “You got to eat mommy’s food.” What is mostly a blessing in Italy, turns into a medieval torture in England. Dessutom en av Sveriges mest renommerade forskare inom mikrobiologi/infekti… 2 years ago RT AgnesWold: Denne man är ett under av klarhet och pedagogik. RT PublicSharpener: Am I a joke to you 2 years ago RT osazuwa: An image of BarackObama getting upsampled into a white guy is floating around because it illustrates racial bias in #MachineL… 2 years ago
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