I may be kidding myself, but I like writing in plain unfussy environments as it feels like all I'm doing is letting my mind be creative about what my fingers type on the screen. I tend to cut and paste into Word to tidy up spelling before actually using, as with this blog entry. I can either save as an Ommwriter file to come back to at a later time, or as a generic.
Add a save button, and well, that's all there is. Formatting options are very lean, a couple of fonts and sizes, there's no underscoring or flagging of my terrible spelling.I'm just typing in a rather serene environment. As I type I hear my key strokes playing back like soft rain drops, underscoring the very gentle trance music, that I can select from a few limited options, or choose to turn off entirely. I have the option to toggle playing ambient background noise over a gorgeous simple screen background. Moving the mouse reveals the menu and scroll "line" which is simply beautiful in it's spare elegance. Ommwritter however goes a little further, and a lot more Zen. Normally I use WriteRoom, I like the simple old school black background and retro green lettering filling my screen with nothing else to distract me from just writing.
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It's available right now to download as a free beta release. I'm writing this in Ommwriter, one of a number of uncluttered work space writing applications that are out there.