I tried Hog Bay Software’s WriteRoom (MacHeist), but that was too stripped down for me-I need to add structure/styles, footnotes and such as I type. The same goes for NeoOffice.) I don’t own a Microsoft Office licence and I didn’t consider getting one, as my experience with Word was not the best (based on previous encounters with it and with helping others with it). (And it is also not very quick on Mac OS X. I don’t really lack functions, but it “got in my way”-got me focused on solving technical details. Lately when I was about to write a paper at school, I got tired of Writer. I tend ti either get lost/use a lot of time on technical details (I’m a perfectionist in certain areas) to get it right, or I get frustrated by a lack of functionality. To explain my aversion/bad relationships to all these word processors briefly, the problems has been that the programs tend to obstruct me in the creative process. I’ve learn, used and taught various word processors over the years: Word Perfect (DOS and Amiga), Word for Windows, FrameMaker, Applixware for Linux/UNIX, Star/ Writer, AbiWord and a bunch of others, but I never really liked any of them (even if FrameMaker had it’s certain strengths, forcing good habits). When it comes to word processors, I have never really found any I liked-until recently. So now, I’m waiting to see what MacHeist nanoBundle 3 will bring. As for other apps I haven’t used much: The Word Processors (WriteRoom and Mariner Write, more on these beneath), TinyGrab (not sure why I didn’t end up using it, I removed it from memory resident programs/login items), RipIt (haven’t ripped any DVD’s after I got it, it’s told to be good) and Flow (which might come in handy soon, for FTP stuff). And I have been addicted to certain games in the past. I haven’t really played much ant of the games (Hordes of Orcs, Airburst Extreme, Burning Monkey Solitaire and Monkey Island.) I don’t have time for too much playing-I prefer doing other stuff. In nanoBundle 2 I got the following applications for $19.95: MacJournal, RipIt, Clips, CoverScout, Tales of Monkey Island, RapidWeaver, Airburst Extreme, Tracks, Burning Monkey Solitaire and Tweetie. The first bundle was free and gave me the applications: ShoveBox, WriteRoom, Twitterific, TinyGrab, Hordes of Orcs and Mariner Write. Some of this I got through the MacHeist nanoBundles (1 and 2), which I heard about through TUAW. Lately I’ve discovered and started using quite a few (to me) new Mac OS X applications.
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