Another great Web 2.0 app
Okay, this isn’t really a great app by the usual standards (whatever they are). But it’s still pretty cool. John Watson’s Writer is basically a web version of WriteRoom, the Mac app that rips out your entire GUI (not literally, of course, but you get the idea) so you can focus on writing. WriteRoom spawned a solid Windows imitator (DarkRoom) and even a cross-platform Java-based tool (JDarkRoom). And now, with Watson’s version, the glories of green text on a black background have come to the web. No, it’s not a perfect imitation, since there’s no way, even with fullscreen mode, to get rid of everything on the screen. But if you’ve been hankering for that DOS experience, you can now get it without having to install anything. (And, yes, if you want to install a real classic, you can still get Word 5.5 for DOS for free from Microsoft.)
