![]() If I find an app aesthetically and functionally pleasing, I’m more likely to use it. I like to customize the app to my liking, and when it comes to text editors, I think there’s value in being able to choose, for example, your font size. Usually, the first thing I do when trying a new app is look for the Settings button. I, on the other hand, love going through preferences. For him, no preferences is best because it helps him do the work. Ben’s text editor of choice, iA Writer, famously has zero preferences. It’s the responsibility of the writer to have the self-discipline to “set it and forget it” when it comes to preferences. Of course, having options doesn’t make Byword a bad app, and I know that’s not what Ben is saying. I don’t dislike Byword for any one reason - I dislike it because it doesn’t work for me because of the fact that I am a tinkerer and using an app that I can tinker with, when I want to focus, is a truly bad idea. Choose your font, column width, and whether you want a light or dark background, but otherwise, you won’t find much to fiddle with here. There are preferences, but there aren’t that many. The minimalist writing app market is incredibly rich, but for me, Byword has always maintained just the right balance of features and simplicity. The fine gentlemen at Metaclassy just released Byword as a universal iOS app yesterday, so I thought it time to pay my respects to my favorite text editor. As I tweeted yesterday, I have always written everything for Quarter-Life Enlightenment in Byword.
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