On the Mac, with my Das Keyboard, I write about 65wpm in English. On the iPad, with the onscreen keyboard, I type about 40wpm. (On the Mac, I can type about 80wpm in Italian.) However, the tests were different, and I cannot have my preferred keyboard layout on the iPad. The English used for the iPad...

It's only me, who finds that the standard Mac command shell is more powerful that Window's shell?

Paolo

My laptop Mac is still an Early 2008 MacBook Pro. During the whole month of October I used it exclusively, working in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop. Slow, but it worked great. If I had replaced the internal drive with an SSD, it would have probably also worked fast. This computer has followed me ...

KB wrote:… I doubt I'll ever use Scrivener for iPad myself. I just don't get along with writing on an iPad. However, I think I will use Scrivener on my iPhone - a lot.

Keith, I can't wait to read your opinion after the launch of Apple's 15" iPhone 7++.

Paolo

Briar Kit wrote:When writing, I often want simultaneous access to Safari, dictionaries, reference material, Marked 2, etc.

See what happens? I find being able to open other applications while writing hinders my productivity!

Paolo

Have found using the iPad with a separate keyboard to be a chore, especially when having to touch the screen for editing, formatting, etc. Well, I'm not using the iPad+keyboard for refining/formatting my documents. I'm using it as a modern typewriter. A pure word-processor. So, all I need is choosi...

Isn't a MBA (or a rMBP) easier to use and carry around than an iPad with an external keyboard? What I like more about the iPad, is how versatile it is. It can be a book, a draft manuscript for corrections and annotations, a big screen wifi phone, a portable typewriter for typing onscreen when const...

Keith, I hope the title bar can be hidden as well. After WriteRoom went out, no iOS text editor has offered this feature, at least not in as smart a way as WriteRoom did. For example, Nebulous Notes has it, but the "binder" and title bar have their own color, different than the text backgr...

An external keyboard is an answer. Another one is that fewer lines mean less distraction. Like, in an old electric typewriter, or in the iAWriter's focus mode.

Paolo

Jenny, there is a macro, in the Nisus web site, converting comments to inline notes. This might be what you are looking for.

http://nisus.com/pro/macros/?activeCat=Misc

Paolo

Titles aren't supposed to be long synopsis are they? There isn't a single way of writing titles. Some of us may prefer writing something like "Chapter 1" or "Scene 2". Some other, for example myself while developing a draft, would put there something meaningful like: "Sofia...

A difference between Scrivener and Ulysses III is how they use the "binder". While Ulysses shows the first lines of the document (that might contain a title, if you want), Scrivener shows the document's title, reserving the Synopsis area of the Inspector to the document's synopsis. I would...

I always remember to save a copy in Word. Because, if don't do this, I'm sure my MS would vanish forever.

Paolo

A few years ago, my team decided to try to widen the beta group. I loved bug reports sounding like this: "This thing doesn't work!!! You should fix it!!! This thing stinks!!!". And then, we found new features discussed in our competitor's forums, sometimes accompanied by detailed photos. M...

Do you mean: we should read all those books?!? Why, if others have already read them and can answer our simple questions about their content?!? My answer: http://www.pigfender.com/index.php/2015/01/any-resemblance-to-reality-is-purely-coincidental/ To add to your cases: a few days ago I spent a ful...