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Nov 28, 2012  By Shawn Powers
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I've reviewed plenty of simple text editors designed for writers. For my writing, I really desire only a few features:

  • Support for plain text.

  • Spell Czech.

  • Running word count.

Oddly enough, the last item is the most difficult to find. In fact, most text editors don't have a running word count, even though that's the metric most writing is measured by. In fact, the editor I'm using right now, from http://is.gd/writebox, didn't have that simple feature when I first started using it. I e-mailed the developer, and within hours, the feature was added to the application!

If you followed the link, you'll notice Writebox is a Chrome application that runs completely inside your browser. Because it's a Web application, when the running word-count feature was added, it instantly was available to all users. If a text-only editor with Dropbox syncing, off-line support and a running word count sounds like the text editor of your dreams, check out Writebox.

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Shawn Powers is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal. You might find him chatting on the IRC channel, or Twitter

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WriteBox -- This was the tool I was looking for!

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Submitted by immolator (not verified) on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 19:17.

I don't want to argue with technical assessment, however... this is something I can not tolerate:

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Add Writebox?
* Access your data on write-box.appspot.com
* Access your tabs and browsing activity
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There is also a Writer plugin. Worth to check if it costs you the same amount of privacy.

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Submitted by istok (not verified) on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 21:44.

Why doesn't google docs have something like this inside google drive already. This is marvelous.

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Submitted by Xhani (not verified) on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 15:55.

hi this was great :) great text editor ;)

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Submitted by Fuzzy (not verified) on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 16:06.

I just wanted to point out that I enjoyed the "error" in the requirements about "Spell Czech" instead of "Spell Check"

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Submitted by Anonymník (not verified) on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 13:36.

Just try to spell out "Žluťoučký kůň úpěl šílené ódy"!

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward (not verified) on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 01:01.

That's Sean for you ;)

And that is one of the problems with spell checkers. They wouldn't report an incorrect usage of the word, only the problem with the word itself.

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Submitted by DarkLordZim (not verified) on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 15:51.

After reading this, I took a look at the editor. I have to say I really like it. Very nice simple feel, I was just wondering if there is something close that's a stand alone application (For example, Nitro for task management started as a chrome app, but now installs on the desktop for linux systems, and that's what i use)

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