OmmWriter Beta — Zen writing for the Mac

I was catch­ing up on read­ing the news feeds this morn­ing when I came across a post on the smok­ing apples blog about a new text edi­tor called OmmWriter. I’m not sure why I down­loaded it. Maybe because of what OmmWriter’s cleanly designed web site promised.

So here I am writ­ing this blog post in what so far, has been the most min­i­mal­ist text edi­tor I have ever used. The GNU vi has more fea­tures than OmmWriter. Once launched OmmWriter took over the entire screen pre­sent­ing noth­ing more than a small cen­tered input box and a min­i­mal side menu. I had a choice of three font styles, three text sizes, and three back­ground effects. The side menu also con­tained options for open­ing and sav­ing .txt files.

Ommwriter is a sim­ple text proces­sor that firmly believes in mak­ing writ­ing a plea­sure once again, vin­di­cat­ing the close rela­tion­ship between writer and paper. The more inti­mate the rela­tion, the smoother the flow of inspiration.

I was also sur­prised by two unusual menu options. OmmWriter includes 7 back­ground sounds ; elec­tronic chimes, bells,flutes and run­ning water sounds enveloped me as I typed out this blog post. I could see how this might be relax­ing for some but I pre­fer to select a playlist from my iTunes library.

OmmWriter was devel­oped by a team at Her­raiz Soto & Co, a dig­i­tal cre­ative agency. Down­load it here.

That is it for OmmWriter. There is noth­ing else to tell. OmmWriter does what it promises and no more. And I am grate­ful for that.

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Author: Khürt
I'm a husband, a father to two very smart kids, an information security manager and a web developer. I'm a Mac geek who loves photography, hefe-weisse ale and Ethiopian coffee. I'm @khurtwilliams on twitter.