Author

Not the light and dark mode. I can toggle that with preferences. I have an Author app version from earlier which allows me to select background colours. From range of colours. Is there a way to do that in the new app?

The soothing background, the dynamic mode which helps in roughing out ideas and the the margin notes help a lot. Highly recommended. Would love to have two more things 1. Table Helper 2. Integration with reference management software.

I find Author really one of the fastest ways to publish to my wordpress sites. The best feature is linking and adding citiations is super fast. This is a minimalist app for quickly writing and publishing for me. Also check out the liquid flow app by the same publishers. Will make your life much easier.

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.