Anything to share about Scrivener 3.0?

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As far as I’m aware, their beta program for major releases is by invitation only. I’ve never seen them post it publicly that I can recall. More minor revisions sometimes are posted to literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=17, but it’s been a while since the last open beta.

I have seen hints that v3 for Mac might come out this year, but that the Windows version 3 will likely be months behind it. Also, I think the more open teasers for version 2 for Mac may have soured them on the practice; there’s a copycat developer who would use screenshots to create features that had the same look in advance of the Scrivener release, making it appear as if Keith were the copycat. And I’m not talking about borrowing a few ideas; it almost looks like a different release of Scrivener 2 itself.

NOTE: This is my own take on the developer-who-shall-not-be-named… No one at Lit & Lat has expressed any opinion on developers completely aping Scrivener’s design. In fact, Keith’s pretty magnanimous about competitors (see the entire page of alternatives to Scrivener posted on Lit & Lat’s own site: literatureandlatte.com/links.php), and so as a fan of his work, I may be more upset about it than he will ever be.

In May, “this year” was stated for the next major update.

Two-page Composition Mode?

This year.

In September, the tutorial for V3 was being written.

Anything to share about Scrivener 3.0?

Hmm, a few words, let’s see… How about “writing”, “tutorial” and “now”? We’ll have news soonish. The hard part is going to be letting our Windows users down gently. The macOS update is likely to be a good six months ahead of the Windows one (like an inverse Microsoft), but our Windows developers are working on a 3.0 to match the macOS version (in case any Windows users happen along here)…

Be great to see V3 this year, but Keith’s recent post makes it sound as though 2017 is more likely.

Update Model Needs a Change: If only Scrivener 3.0 could arrive earlier

I’m not sure where you are getting the idea that it is only the documentation of Scrivener 3 that needs doing, as we haven’t yet said anything officially about the release of 3.0 or its status other than that we are working on it. Also, if you don’t think that Scrivener’s documentation takes a month or so to write or update, you clearly haven’t seen our manual! It’s 550 pages long! It’s not the sort of thing you can rewrite in a week. There is certainly nothing cynical about our timing, and we…

Like most people, I’d rather have it well baked than undercooked.