More significantly if you’re an iA for iPad user, you can sync to iA Writer for iPad and continue writing on the tablet. Being an ultra simple text editor means it saves in plain text making it very easy to edit on other applications should you choose to leave. Technically not a built in feature, but one you should know about. iA has also generously included figures for words and characters written, a must for many writers. The app gives you an approximate reading time based on the amount of text you’ve written, not dissimilar to iA’s own blog which includes approximate reading time at the top of every post. Markdown is a way to format your text to add bold and italic text, images, headings and a few other things, without having to use HTML. iA’s Auto Markdown feature automatically formats the Markdown language, keeping your fingers glued to your keyboard. Why? According to iA founder Oliver Reichenstein “it’s a common pattern, that, instead of following the voice and fleshing out the text in one go, people start editing before the text is done.” This patent pending feature essentially places your body of text in the center of the page and fades away each sentence as you complete it to help you to focus on the sentence you’re completing. In fact, the only option you have is full screen and “focusMode”. No font size alterations, no font choices, no background color changes, no formatting, nada. There are no preferences, what you see is what you get. Let’s run through the features, won’t take long, and I’ll then share my initial impressions. Today marks the release of iA writer for Mac, a writing app or rather “digital writing tool” with so much minimalism, there’s barely anything there. If you’re a minimalism freak you’ve come to the right place.
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