ScribeFire
Got a tip today in the RealMac Softwares forum about an alternative way to write in your blog using a Firefox extension called ScribeFire. Since i’m curious by nature it had to be tested :) so this post is written with ScribeFire. It actually looks like a tool I can like and use. It’s just a pity that it isn’t an extension to Safari because I have actually started to prefer that browser over Firefox, which has always been my favourite but with time I think it has started to become more and more “bloatware” with increasing memoryfootprint.
But enough about Firefox, this is about ScribeFire :) I’m going to give it a few posts to see if I still like it. But so far it looks “slick” and has just about what I need. If you haven’t tried it yet go ahead and install it. You might like it ;)
Journler 2.5, Bad Behaviour ???
I have been trying for a while to use Journler 2.5 for posting stuff to this blog but never succeeded. It always failed with a this error:
Download error: the server returned an unexpected response code: 417.
Are you connected to the internet?
Update: The developer behind Bad Behaviour has confirmed that Journler is “missbehaving” in a way that Bad Behaviour interprets as spam and that he cannot do anything about it. Let’s just hope the developer behind Journler reacts this time…
The ultimate app for writers…
I just have to write a few line about a new Mac application that I have played with. I am no big writer but once in a while I need to write some documents and I always get frustrated when I need to reorganize the content of my work. When that happens in a normal wordprocessor you need to cut and paste the text etc.
Enter Scrivener, the virtual writers desktop :-) Write your text as it pops out of your head, split it into several subdocuments, add your research material, reorganize the content by moving notes on a corkboard… This application is almost perfect, it does not interfere with your creativity. It lets you be creative and actually “assists” you instead of, as many regular applications do, getting in your way when you want to do something. When you are finished with your creation you can export it and open it in your favourite wordprocessor or layout application to do the final touches. Or, if you use it like me (mainly writing readmes and guides) you can simply export it as a RTF(D) text document and you are done.
So, if you have not already checked out Scrivener I really recommend you to do that.