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A distraction free text editor? Try it.

Posted by 79sparrows • 9/10/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: darkcopy, text editor

One of my college professors had us type creative peices with our computer screens turned off.

I noticed it helped keep my mind where it should be, on content, instead of getting caught up on whatever I was seeing on the screen.

Yesterday, I found this: www.darkcopy.com

DarkCopy is a simple, full-screen text editor for distraction free writing.
DarkCopy is for anyone who enjoys the simplicity of a typewriter, and wants to increase productivity by focusing only on writing.

It's pretty fabulous, as the dark, simple background is rather soothing.

What do you think?

User Comments

9/10/09

timethief

I'm visually challenged and it's black with low contrast fonts.

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9/10/09

SAHMinIL

I don't get it... can't I just open up notepad on my computer if I wanted something generic to type in. Not only that but make notepad full screen so it takes up my whole screen and I wouldn't "see" anything else.

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1. 9/10/09
  
  79sparrows
  
  yeah I hear the "notepad" comment a lot. I guess with DarkCopy, you either love it or hate it. I like the darkness. Notepad is a little blah for me, I just feel blank.
  
  but DarkCopy is different for some reason.
  
  eh.
2. 9/10/09
  
  SAHMinIL
  
  yeah, I think you are right it's either a love or hate. There really isn't much room for anything else
9/10/09

Friday13

I like the dark look of it, too, as well as the fullscreen mode. Too bad it's an online thing (although one could save the page, I guess).

Here's a similar one, offline and cross-platform (requires Java):
www.codealchemists.com/jdarkroom/

Just for good measure, a list of full-screen editors:
www.techmalaya.com/2009/02/07/full-screen-text-editor-blogger/

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