The Typer

I like to use “simple” text editors rather then word processors to write, I use TextMate on OSX and TextPad on Windows, adopting the OPML editor when i need to support and track structure. But when I saw Writeroom about a month ago I was struck with its beautiful design and essential feature set, I thought that it would have been great if such a kind of editor existed on the web (I was constantly using gmail drafts to jot down notes while not in my office). I have seen that many other around me are doing pretty much the same so having some time this month I did go on and build it myself.

I was planning to start development after I completed Tiber (a web feed reader I’m working on) but then the spreading of the “no frills editor” meme around the blogsphere (see here, here and here) made me change my plans and I suspended Tiber, while working on this writer tool.

Two weeks after The Typer was ready (have a look at the screencast!).

I have put it online with the hope to to show the work and to receive some feedback. If anyone wants to test it, just register your email on the site and i’ll send you an invitation (I’m doing this just to be able to handle the load gradually on the server, I’ll open up the service in september).