Write! review: The text processor that can remember and redo everything

August 21, 2015

Innovations, even minor ones, are rare. So here’s to HamsterCoders and its Write! text processor for delivering not one, but two. The first is a riff on the simple, but underutilized idea of content persistence that’s common in Web browsers. The other idea is one that I’ve never seen before—infinite undo/redo over the life of a document. Just these two features deliver a startling productivity bonus. No-save as save Ever wondered why we must run a program, then load the recent file we want to work on? It’s an operational two-step that’s become habit. Just like a browser, Write! can automatically re-open all the files that were in use at the end of the previous session. Even better, it re-opens them in the exact state in which you left them—right down to the scroll and cursor positions, and selected text. This saves loads (pun intended) of time and energy.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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