Set the timer for 15 minutes or 2 hours or indefinitely, and when the timer runs out, your phone goes back to its default sound settings. Shush (Android): does the same thing for your Android phone. This one's great for quieting your machine when presenting a deck at a meeting or for silencing the Mac for 30-minute work sprints. The developer definitely has a graphic designer's sensibility, which manifests itself in the app.Hush (Mac): temporarily silences your Mac’s system alerts so you can work without getting distracted by popup windows or chiming notifications. See if it floats your boat.Īlso, I like the fact that the developer's webpage provides a choice of background colors for the site. Basically there's no learning curve: all the options/features are unassumingly provided to the right of the text box, and there aren't a lot of them. I do heartily recommend to anyone remotely curious about it to try out the MU download version just to see if you like it. Think it would get a lot more buyers that way. I would think that for the extended/pay-for version of this application, it would be nice to be able to load one's own choice of backgrounds, music and typing sound effects. I think there are a few text editors that give similar distraction-free environments, there are also a few that provide typing sound effects, and certainly one can provide one's self ambient music, but this is a very convenient/non-hassle all-in-one package to do the same. The MU download appears to be the free trial version (Dana I) that the developer's site discusses this has about 40% of the features/bells and whistles of the pay-for version (Dana II). I guess one can call it pretentious or even hoaky, but it does provide a nice writing experience - as other reviewers have attested to. It works as advertised, providing a distraction-free and mellow writing environment. I'm giving it a particularly high rating to balance out a 0.5 rating that seems to be grousing because of the purported lack of support. I think that the 3 most powerful things of this app are: I would highly recommend integrating this with the music and such, perhaps a changing theme as well. Each theme would have different backgrounds and stuff. For example, the current version would be one theme. However, there are more optional changes if you'd like to gain a wider number of users.ĭifferent fonts, sound sets, colored text, etc. With just those two changes, this app would be perfect. By having this environment with extra spaces (to replace actual desktop spaces) I won't have to go left or right to read what I need to do. This will help work with projects for school and such. With it disappearing and reappearing, it becomes odd.Īn extra feature that should be added is mini tabs. Another part of the UI that should change is the line grid that appears just for scrolling. Currently, it is on the right, and there is no option of resizing it past its 4-inch margins. The sidebar should be put somewhere above that doesn't limit or distract writing. The first thing that should be improved is a refined UI. However, there is room for improvement, and this app alone might not be enough as it is now. Depending on who you are, these functions may be enough for you. Ommwriter opens new potential to writing with fewer distractions and increased concentration. I now look forward to writing and the act of writing has made my life better. You can't go wrong if you have been wanting to journal but just couldn't do it. I also really miss the Ommwriting process if I miss a day or two.įor the price of a coffee or two, you can't buy a better program for simple journaling - pure journaling. The only drawback is that this app is so conducive to putting me into a good writing place that I end up writing longer than intended. Instead, the included peaceful environmental music is perfect. After just one night, the old music, while nice, seemed to synthesized. I thought the same at first and purchased the old music online to play while using Ommwriter. Some users are dismayed that the old music is no longer available with Ommwriter. and I've been at it now for a month when, for years previously, I *intended* to write but never found the time. Simply taking time daily to write, to reflect, to appreciate does improve my life. This simple app keeps me writing, makes me *want* to journal, and in the meditative journaling, my life is noticeably better.
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