Nisus Writer Express 2.5 Alpha 6
The latest alpha of Nisus Writer Express 2.5 is out. New in this version is the ability to create custom palette groups.
Download it from the Sneak Peek page.
Enjoy!
Express 2.5 Alpha 5
Version up, people! Download from the Sneak Peek page. Give it a look. Send us feedback.
We are getting very close to a beta release. Thank you all for your help.
File Format Redux
In my earlier post about file formats I said:
There was a day when every word processor had its own format. The reason developers did this was to “lock” you in to using their software. The idea was that once you had all your documents stored in their proprietary format, you would have to keep buying the same software to read your documents.
But Mark recently pointed out to me that actually Nisus chose its original format specifically to avoid locking people into our format:
Actually we settled on TEXT so than *anyone* could read our documents. You might have lost the formatting, but, that did not affect the actual text. Innumerable people chose Nisus Writer Classic specifically because it stored the text as TEXT!.
The way the Nisus Writer Classic file format handles formatting was truly clever. So, I guess we’ve always had a tradition of helping our users share their files with others.
Express Sneak Peek Alpha 4
This new alpha bring right to left table support, though there will be some rough edges (hey, it’s an alpha!). There is also a fix for the LinkBack/OmniGraffle bug that some have reported.
Feel free to give this latest build a spin.
What’s in a file format?
There has been some talk about file formats among our users and users of other word processors lately. I’ve seen a lot of explanations about what the different formats are and their relative benefits. Since we know a little about this stuff, I thought a little explanation of the major formats might help the conversation. So here it is, my run down of the different word processor formats and their relative strengths: