Writing in the dark
Kudos to Jordan for tracking down Dark Room, a full-screen text editor for Windows. Such editors are all the rage in the Mac world, but are a rarity on Windows machines. I suspect this has something to do with the novelty of working in a non-WYSIWYG environment for Mac developers and users. Many Windows developers and users, on the other hand, still have lingering bad memories of DOS, and can’t see why such a program would be useful. However, uncluttering the screen to provide a clean space where you can focus solely on your words isn’t a bad thing, and the old school feel is an added bonus. The first computer I ever used was a Wang VS, so working with green text on a black background brings back some memories—not all of them fond. Still, I can see myself using Dark Room for those times when I just need to clear the screen and do nothing but write. Either that, or I’ll reboot into DOS and run Word 5.5.
June 23rd, 2007 18:30
[...] like Google Docs and Zoho Writer, though it also mentions a few of my desktop faves, including DarkRoom and Writer. WWD even turned up one I hadn’t tried before, RoughDraft, which is a fairly [...]
October 8th, 2007 16:00
[...] the Tappy Type concept was recently merged with another of my favorite software concepts—full-screen console-style text editors—resulting in Q10. The free program works the same way as DarkRoom, WriteRoom and its other [...]