Author

Tout est rentré dans l'ordre après redémarage, votre app est géniale. Un grand merci

Les superlatifs ne sont pas ma "tasse de thé", mais cette application est ce que j'ai rencontré de mieux en outils de réflexion / rédaction / base de connaissance. - Fonction outliner / fold ; - Carte mentale / mind mapping ; - références, liens actifs avec tous documents et le web ; - multimédias images, vidéo avec marqueur temporel ; - exports multiformats . D’autres applications le font, mais elles le font d’une manière « bureautique ». Ici, Author permet de garder notre réflexion très proche de l’écriture grâce à toutes les fonctions d’aide à la rédaction puis d’exploiter la puissance des liens hypertextes. Je ne peux que vous conseiller de découvrir et de vous approprier l’intelligence de cette application. Enfin, les développeurs respectent et exploitent tout ce qui donne sens au Mac et à son écosystème avec une parfaite intégration. Un bonus parmi d’autres : Author est totalement compatible avec le correcteur Antidote.

Je cherchais une application qui permette à la fois la construction d’une carte mentale et la rédaction d’un texte, en bénéficiant d’une interactivité entre les deux formes d’écriture, et c’est d’abord ce que j’ai trouvé formidable, et innovant, dans Author! Au fil des jours, j’ai découvert progressivement la puissance de l’application (l’excellente ergonomie, la vue réduite immédiatement accessible, l’étonnante fonction recherche couplée à Reader et Liquid -deux applications gratuites-, l’exportation rapide des documents dans de multiples formats, l’astuce permettant d’écrire des notes dans la marge…) Author développe l’envie d’écrire, de manière inédite, grâce à ses différents registres, et permet également de rédiger des documents élaborés. Frode Hegland, son concepteur, travaille sur bon nombre de nouveautés, mais cela ne l’empêche pas d’être à l’écoute, et de se montrer particulièrement réactif, lorsqu’on le sollicite. Merci à toute l’équipe!

This app is great for writers who want a blank screen to focus on writing. But I also want to mention the admin. Recently my computer crashed and all my open files went blank including months of writings I had on Author (I know I know I should back them up). I emailed the admins of the app and they immediantly responded and told me how to recover my files. I can't describe how happy I was to find my writings. I recommend this app 10/10.

I love this app. Very intuitive and easy to use after putting in a little time to explore and watch the video. My only quibble is that I do a lot of writing on my iPad when I am out and about. Wish Author worked on iOS.

I have all three of this company's products, Author, Liquid and Reader, and I've watched the developer videos. I can't find a way to get any value out of any of the three. Lots of blank screens to start any task, usually defaulting into one of many "modes"--like, say, map or write, but there are no cues as to how to start, no templates, and overall list of the other modes that are supposed to be accessible, for example bringing in an excerpt from a pdf document and citation. I see positive reviews, but not all that many. This suggests that the very nice and thoughtful developer has a small following, but this product is not at all ready to "cross the chasm" to more mainstream users. By the way I'm not a nube, and if I can't figure this out--and I have tried and tried, I wonder if there are perhaps thousands of people like me who try this and give up. I work in technology research, am a part-time scholar with a doctorate.

The combination of a capable editor, the unique find command, and the Map is a match made in heaven. And the developer responded to a support request in less an hour ON A SUNDAY!

Author is a well-crafted and interesting program! I'm an academic who's been looking for a word processor that can handle shorter pieces. I use Microsoft Word for papers, but I find it a clunky tool for outlining or composing brief essays meant to sharpen my own understanding of a concept. Author has a beatiful interface; easy to use; automatically tracks citations. And its incorporation of Engelbart's thinking makes it immensely promising. Use it in conjunction with Reader! I can't wait to see how both applications develop.

I just used it once then i deleted the app. The pages are neat but inaesthetic. I am really disappointed.

This is a lovely, lovely word processor. I hope the developer continues to explore the possibilities of this format. It is actually quite radical, a true departure from the concept of the word processor, let alone the format. I think it may take people time to take it in, but I hope people make the effort. I want this app to stay. I am an academic writer, and I couldn't have dreamed up a better writing app. It is so lovingly crafted and detailed and elegant. I am so grateful for the work and thought and energy you've put into this beautiful word processor. If you are a writer, you should give this app a try. Good writing and elegance of tools go together.