WriteMonkey gets better and better

Posted by shatteredmindofbob
Jan 6, 2013 at 04:04 AM

I just got around to checking in with the WriteMonkey site (http://writemonkey.com/) to see if the minimalistic word processor had been updated and found that, indeed, it has.

Some of what’s in the newest version (As of Dec. 1st) is under the hood, ensuring compatibility with Windows 8. The main interface has also been updated to look more like a piece of paper taking up the full screen which looks rather pleasant.

For any Windows users who have ever been jealous of the availability of minimal text editors on the Mac like iA Writer or Byword, well, this is it for Windows. And it’s free. (Though, I think I’m at the point where I should probably be making a donation to the creator.)

That said, I do wish the creator would implement a standard installer and update system. Having to manually unpack the archive file and create a program directory is, though small, still pretty inconvenient.

It would also be nice to have some kind of preview system since you’re writing with markup rather than WYSIWYG, though I’m always reluctant to ramble on about “missing” features when it comes to applications whose purpose is to be minimal.