From what i have read on this forum the new app will arrive at some point next year. Over a year after it was announced. Even more. If it is a January reveal alone then that is 14-15 months.
I think they should make a blog post of the features that are fully agreed upon. Since it is in beta and things can change. They should make a halfway there showcase of the features that will be 100% available which will be great promo for those who might want to purchase it or get a subscription for it.
The basic features.
Themes if any or if the customization is the same as Scrivener which i prefer( i LOVE the theme here in the forum. Light brown header and dark brown everything else. I have it as my theme for scrivener. )
What features are fully integrated. Such as typewriter mode.
How it is stored. Is it like scrivener in individual projects for each instance or like Ulysses/Bear inside the app itself?
What does the community think? A taste of what is coming?
Hey.Hey.Hey. How about you stop using logic and facts in my obvious attempt at using peer pressure to learn more about this app i want to use? Ok ? Ok ? Be cool manâŠ
I understand your desire, but the people who build it donât want to talk about it and the people who test it arenât allowed to talk about it. No amount of pressure is going to change that stance. Sorry.
The announcement said that the new app would be released later this year, which would be around four months, and I think thatâs bearable. As soon as the embargo is lifted and the app is available, I will try it out and test it. At the moment, Scrivener is and remains my first choice. As I read in the announcement that there are probably no collections, which I use and appreciate for my projects, I also have to test the extent to which I can use the new app. A lot also depends on whether you can import existing Scrivener projects into the new app and what the output options look like, i.e. which functions will replace the compiler. These are all questions that we can find out and answer for ourselves after the release. iCoud sync is a big plus in favour of the new app - but these are all things that can be gleaned from the announcement. Letâs see.
Yeah, we arenât trying to be coy, itâs just that we know from experience that if we talk about things too early, it just causes frustration. The problem is that delays inevitably occur, so if we reveal a bunch of stuff and get everyone excited, and then say, âwhoops, sorry, itâs going to be three months lateâ, people understandably get annoyed at having their hopes got up and the excitement abates.
So weâll start talking about it once we know itâs nearly ready for release, which, as you note, will most likely be next year now.
I will say, though, that it is project-based like Scrivener, not everything in one place like Ulysses/Bear. And you can import from a Scrivener project content that is supported (remember that Scrivener has a lot more features), and export to Scrivener if you want to take advantage of Scrivenerâs extra features.
This is great news and for me personally, one of the most important ones. I have written huge, like huge projects and series and I was afraid, the transfer/import/export from Scrivener would be critical. Now I feel releaved and will wait until release, with excitement. Thank you for that note.
Thomas
As a former windows user i appreciate the equality and support for all systems.
As a current mac user thirsting for the app⊠pst⊠forget all them filthy little windows users. Low life scum. Give it to us mac royals and whenever it is available we can throw some scraps. /s
I donât appreciate being categorised as a âlow life scumâ.
Take your insults elsewhere.
Moderators⊠step in here, if you please.
This post has been flagged as inappropriate for almost a day.
the /s is meant to denote sarcasmâŠof course i donât really believe that⊠it is used online⊠whenever /s is used is sarcastic⊠i apologize if you thought i actually meant thatâŠ
I think it is fairly clear that Eugbtnr11 doesnât really think that Windows users are âlow life scumâ and was only joking, especially since he is a former Windows user himself!
In the offending post I read /s as a malformed attempt to write an IPA example except it is missing the closing /. Personally I prefer more obvious marks to indicate sarcasm but enclosing such text in <sarcasm>âŠ</sarcasm> which makes my linguistic intention clear.
Interesting. I learnt from your discussion. Thankyou. I then sought advice from AI. ChatGPT: I said:what does /s denote in online chat ChatGPT said:
In online chat, â/sâ is used to indicate sarcasm. Itâs often placed at the end of a sentence or statement to signal that the preceding text should be interpreted sarcastically. Since sarcasm can sometimes be difficult to convey through text (without tone or facial expressions), people use this shorthand to avoid misunderstandings.
For example:
âWow, youâre such a great singer. /sâ (The speaker is implying the opposite and being sarcastic.)
This convention helps ensure the intent behind the message is clear.
Thanks to AI I now understand /smh as well. I have to say âback in my dayâ (I recently became an âEarly Careerâ researcher in my 60s) life was simpler (maybe not). Having said that, my ham radio morse code experiences included many abbreviations that were equally difficult to grasp-even if some of them would no longer be acceptable.
In the long distant past (beginning of last year), our university put the brakes on AI use for students and most academic purposes. As time rolled on, AI use in the classroom has become an essential teaching point and learning tool. Even if I wanted to, learning to use AI effectively and safely is an important aspect of staff professional development. Whether I am a fan or not-in my context AI is now a âhave toâ and helping students to understand and acknowledge their use (and purpose) is central to effective teaching practice.
For me, being able to fence safe areas away from AI for creative purposes is of great import.
That said, I donât to see my response as detracting from the important discussion about the relative merits of Windows and Mac users./s
(from a Windows User Mac wannabe).
