Appears that WriteWay Pro was released in 2003 (Scrivener wasn’t released until 2007, and was only available for Windows in 2011). I would go so far as to say that Scrivener is a blatant copy of WriteWay Pro. WriteWay Pro is and has always been absolutely free. It has always had most all of the features Scrivener has (minus some output tools). It is only available for Windows PCs. I don’t believe that WriteWay Pro has anything equivalent to Scrivener’s “Scrivenings” editing view (where multiple documents flow seamlessly into the editor’s scrolling field. WriteWay Pro’s interface is now a bit outdated as it has not been updated since 2012. But you are correct in saying that it is easier to learn and more intuitive and less layered. Why are you wanting to leave WriteWay Pro, and learn and use Scrivener?
Wow.
You woke up a thread that has been asleep for 7 years to do promotion of a specific software on some other software’s forum.
At the very least you could’ve posted there:
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[EDIT / Clarification] This here thread is the result of a split, and after which split it was moved here (where it should’ve been all along – although I don’t agree with the whole concept even a bit more), after (as in “later”, most certainly not as in “consequently”) I posted the above.
(I am saying this because otherwise my post makes me look like a complete retard, and I’d prefer it remains a secret.)
It’s also a bit strange to use the last historic version as a model for what looks to be inspired by what. This is what WriteWay looked like in the months leading up to Scrivener’s first public beta builds:
It didn’t acquire the familiar look the OP is referring to until many years later. I’m sure it was a fine program back in the day, though like many so-called “alternatives”, it would be useless to me as someone that writes nonfiction.
Quite the accusation there. Apart from the fact that any comprehensive writing platform is going to have to have some structural similarities, do you have anything to back that up?
Looking at the link posted by @AmberV I see basic similarities of structure (read above), but zero to suggest ‘blatant copy’.
We’ve always been transparent about our inspirations, to the point of calling them out in the user manual, if they are unique enough. As for the basic structure of outlining in a writing program (if that is what you mean, as that is the only thing in these old circa 2006 screenshots you could rationally say looks anything like Scrivener), there isn’t one specific program we mention in the manual, but rather the whole genre, as that concept goes back far before either of these programs. Calling anyone out on that would be akin to calling out a spreadsheet program for arranging data into a grid.
Any software (or whatever, should it be visual) that is even slightly organization oriented will end up looking like this.
A music recording software does.
The layers in photoshop do.
The PGA leaderboard does.
Etc etc… (LOL)
Which reminds me of an old wishlist feature I forgot and never got to ask :
Could you please make the binder / documents more like bubbles here and there on the screen?
Should there be an option to have them perpetually drift around randomly would, and by far, be even better. (Mesmerize me.)
Thank you for considering it. I am looking forward to see such an essential feature be implemented. (I’m stoked and can’t wait to then be finishing my novel.)
Well, I’ve never seen a sensible post from Ramble.
Thankfully, he’s been lurking in his alternative reality for a while.
I don’t know why anyone feels compelled to respond to his ludicrous suggestions when he shows his head.
