What people are saying If you’re not using Simplenote, you’re missing out. It’s free Apps, backups, syncing, sharing it’s all completely free. Markdown support Write, preview, and publish your notes in Markdown format. Then we will see if Writing Kit will be usurped as my Markdown mainstay on my iPad. Notes are backed up with every change, so you can see what you noted last week or last month. That said, I will give other options a go in the future. I’m impressed with it on the whole and it does exactly what I need and more. Since I can’t see a reason to switch apps while adapting to Markdown, I’m going to keep playing with Writing Kit until I’ve got it down cold. Export options are plentiful- as are the shortcuts. I can even send items to OmniFocus from it…which is something I’ve not seen in this type of app to date. I’ve yet to really dive into Elements, mainly because Writing Kit has a lot of what I like built right in. But…once that’s done, adding an image is easy. That is, as long as you set up an image hosting service preference before getting into your work. The image embedding isn’t as much of a problem as I first thought, either. And with a built-in web browser at my fingertips, Writing Kit has done all it can to keep me “in app” while I’m writing away. The sheer amount of options (all can be turned on and off in Settings) is astounding.Īnother bonus is the Research functionality, allowing me to perform quick searches to support my work. 2 Markdown Support Simplenote barely has any formatting. Sharing via Writing Kit is simple and incredibly diverse. 1 Version Tracking Simplenote preserves a changelog of your notes and houses a version tracking tool. Simply by pressing corresponding buttons on the top line of the iPad onscreen keyboard I can enter Markdown syntax quickly. Yet Writing Kit has managed to incorporate a semblance of multitasking into itself that enables me to get my writing done (research, linking and all) without ever leaving the app before completion of said work.Īs I make my way through this entry in the series, I have noticed that the shortcuts Writing Kit has to offer make a big difference. A personal preference…but one that changes my perspective on this device. That may seem odd, but with little ability to go the CMS directly, it isn’t as friendly as I’d like. The lack of true multitasking on the iPad is what could hinder my Markdown progress here. Simplenote allows for syncing (via nvALT) should I want to tweak it on my MacBook Air and if I choose to go right to the site with my writing, then I simply copy and paste from Simplenote to BlogPress and publish away. I often use a combo of Simplenote and BlogPress when drafting up posts on my iPad. Whether or not the app gets used a lot is an entirely different matter. The interface is inviting and it does link up with DropBox, so I’m pleased with that as well. It does have similar resources to Byword available - by touching the Info button the app opens up a handy Markdown reference guide. I’m writing this post using Writing Kit, and after playing with Byword on the Mac this app has a very different feel…yet can handle Markdown really well. I’m nearing the halfway mark on my Markdown journey and today I’m exploring the versatility of my devices and whether or not Markdown can be accessible via my iPad.
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