Minimalist writing applications such as WriteRoom seek to close off the outside world, at least temporarily, and provide an immersive environment in order to get back to basics and concentrate on one thing – writing. Our newly connected post-Internet world brings with it unparalleled opportunities to seek knowledge and discuss ideas but at times it can all be a little too much information to take in at once. But if you want to create a relaxed environment where you can write freely without falling to the call of the LOLcats, Dana II is your app.Many of us old enough to remember the widespread adoption of home computing began using Macs due to their superior word processing capabilities, but as our machines have become ever more powerful, they have took on other roles too, for entertainment, music and communication. It isn't designed to replace a full-fledged word processing application, so if you want to paginate or annotate, you'll need to find an alternative like FocusWriter. The Final ActOmmWriter Dana II for Mac may be a love-it-or-hate-it application. FocusWriter has more features (spell check, superscript, tabbed interface), but doesn't match OmmWriter's "block-out-the-world" experience. OmmWriter is all about the writing experience. Dana II doesn't support printers (a shame), but you can save your work as a PDF file and then print that. Unless you need to send your work to the printer, that is. TXT formats using the "Save" bubble.ĭana II isn't trying to be Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, or OpenOffice it's a very basic, distraction-free environment that works well. So, yes, you can tweak Dana II and your documents to some degree, but it's best to write elsewhere should you need to apply major formatting like bullet points, hyperlinks, and footers. You can use them to change the font, text size, visual theme, background music, keyboard sound effects, and initiate the "Save As" options. Once you're satisfied with the text box size, you begin writing as you would in any other app, but without the options of headers, footers, and other features you'd associate with word processing apps.Ī column of vertically aligned option bubbles resides to the right of the text area. The writing area is small by default, but you can expand the space by dragging Dana II's borders.
It surpasses FocusWriter in this regard, an app with a far less elegant interface.
That work-ready feeling was bolstered by the incredibly clean interface and soft, ambient background music that also created a calming environment.
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