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Elllipsus – Online Writing App

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About Ellipsus:

We’re building Ellipsus as a platform that prioritizes transparency, trust, independence, and creative freedom. Writers shouldn’t have to trade their privacy or their ownership for good tools. The rise of AI scraping and big tech overreach only made that more urgent for us. —Rex at Ellipsus

Whatever your attitude toward emerging technologies, we can probably agree it’s tough to be online these days. The tools available seem to be multiplying for some and dwindling for others—particularly for those who don’t want to use generative AI. A growing distrust of big tech is leading people to search for less exploitative options than Google or Microsoft. 

Fortunately for them (and also me), new developers are creating tools that don’t push AI without the opportunity to opt-in. One of those new tools is Ellipsus, a writing tool created by a small group of writers who wanted better collaborative document options, and who are solidly for transparency, privacy, and writers’ rights to their own work.

What Makes Ellipsus Different

https://ellipsus.com

As a text editor, Ellipsus is a lot like Google Docs, but more focused on better performance for large docs. It’s got a git-style feature for better version control, richer permissions, flexibility, and creative customizations. It’s got a unique knack for supporting real-time collaboration, and is simple enough to start using right away. 

How Ellipsus Addresses Concerns about AI, Privacy, and Access

Ellipsus has been very clear on their stance: no generative AI in the program, ever. They believe writers’ work shouldn’t be harvested to train models without consent. Generative AI, when built on creative labor, undermines originality, and they believe putting it inside a writing tool would be fundamentally counterproductive to fostering genuine voices. Ellipsus’s creators want it to be a safe space for writers, and are working on offering better encryption and privacy protections, too.

Things that Make Ellipsus Fun

Ellipsus has a vibrant Discord community of writers providing mutual support, betas, collaborators, and the opportunity to commune. Collaboration options in the documents themselves are pretty fun too—I love being able to create different drafts for different beta readers so no one has to feel put on the spot.

And another small but mighty feature is the variety of different skins you can apply to your program.

#Writing App; #Ellipsus; #App;

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InkJot – Easy and Fun Writing App

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https://apps.apple.com/de/app/inkjot-easy-fun-writing/id1603242665?l=en-GB – COOL APP for Beginners Writing and Note-taking;

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Stylish text – &Font App

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STYLISH TEXT – APP – O. GOOGLE PLAY:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theruralguys.stylishtext&hl=en-US&pli=1

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Elementary OS- Saving Older Computers

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SOLUTION FOR USING OLDER COMPUTERS IN NEW TIMES- ELEMENTARY OS- OPERATING SYSTEM

In case of having an older computer- such as an Apple or other computers from or 10 years ago – you may try using Elementary OS system – that is if you find the person to change your operating system to this elementary – based on Linux;

Technically speaking, we could save many old computers from being thrown into landfill- thrown or unused.

WHAT IS ELEMENTARY OS SYSTEM?

(Source Wikipedia)

Elementary OS (stylized as elementary OS) is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS. It promotes itself as “thoughtful, capable, and ethical computing”[4] and has a pay-what-you-want model.[5][6] The operating system, the desktop environment (called Pantheon[2][3]), and accompanying applications are developed and maintained by elementary, Inc.[7][8]

* Design philosophy

The human interface guidelines of the elementary OS project focus on immediate usability with a gentle learning curve, rather than full-fledged customization.[9] The three core rules the developers set for themselves were “concision“, “accessible configuration” and “minimal documentation”.[9]

Since its inception, elementary OS has received praise and criticism for its design. Wired claimed that it closely resembled macOS, visually and in user experience.[10] The elementary developers say that while it may look like macOS at first, they have a lot of differences.[11]

Pantheon’s main shell is deeply integrated with other elementary OS applications, Web (the default web browser based on GNOME Web)[12] and Code (a simple text editor).[13][14] Pantheon uses Gala as its window manager,[15] which is based on Mutter.[15]

* HOME TEST

Simply bought an Older Mac – which seemed sort of usable- could barely even browse the internet – however, after trying to install several operating systems – the only one which worked well happened to be Elementary OS- and the good news found many free applications to install with it – as well as few paid ones. It truly turns out to be an Excellent systems for using with older computers. Now it is fully usable with many applications – such as LibreWolf, LibreOffice, Photos Organic Maps, Educational Apps- such as for writing and Math- Geogebra, Follate for books, Graphics Apps and many others- and you may search for those at the app center below;

The only downside is most likely you will need a Computer specialist/ person – to install the system for you — unless you have the skills to do that yourself;and spending a bit of time like 20 minutes to half an hour to get used to basic Elementary and how to use it.

https://appcenter.elementary.io

https://elementary.io

#Saving Old Computers; #new Usage; #Elementary OS; #New Usage, Many#free Apps;

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26 Free MacOS Apps every Mac User should have

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From useful utilities to handy archivers and transcoders, here are our favorite free yet powerful macOS apps you can download today.

There’s something of a misconception when it comes to the Mac: that Mac apps cost more, just like the computer itself. While powerful tools like Photoshop or Final Cut Pro certainly have price tags commensurate with their robust feature sets, many of the greatest Mac apps won’t cost you anything more than the time they take to download them.

A quick note before we begin. Apple has changed its security settings in macOS, so you’ll need to allow your system to open a couple of these apps. A dialogue box may pop up telling you a certain app “is an application downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?” Click Open to proceed with the installation.

KINDLE BOOKS

Sometimes you just want to curl up with your Mac and read a good book. With the Kindle app for Mac you can do just that. Like iBooks, but for all of your Kindle books, comics, and Kindle Unlimited subscriptions, you’ll be able to access all fo your Amazon.com purchases right on your desktop. With a full-screen mode, five font options, a dark theme, and adjustable point sizes, brightness, and page widths, you can customize your reading experience just the way you like it. There’s also a built-in dictionary and easy annotating, and Amazon’s Whispersync tech will let you pick up right where you left off on any device. Except, you know, from an actual book.

SPARK – free email app 

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Apple’s default email client gets better with each macOS revision, but if you’re looking for something different, Spark will be a refreshing change of pace. Smart, stylish, and speedy, Spark will help you get control over your inbox with powerful filters that help you focus on the messages that need your attention. It works with Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, and just about any other email address, and its companion iOS apps will keep all of them perfectly synced. With a deceptively powerful interface and a slew of advanced features, Spark just might ignite your passion for email again. Or at least make you not hate it as much.

Download Spark from the Mac App Store.

WAKE-UP TIME

Source ~ https://www.macworld.com/article/226525/free-mac-apps-every-mac-user-should-have.html

APPLE MAPS

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-maps/id915056765

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Flagcounter – Web Map

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This Flagcounter – can be embedded to your Website for Visitor Maps;

https://s05.flagcounter.com/index.html

#Flag Counter; #Countries, #Visitor map, Web – page; #Embed;

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Creazilla – free Graphics

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Get creative with high-quality photos, ready-to-use designs and assets. Use them anywhere you want for personal or commercial projects. Turn your own ideas into stunning art.

Photos, Digital Illustrations, Clipart, Icons, PNGs, Emogis, Silhouettes, Traditional Art, 3D Models, Vectors, Fonts, Colour Names.

https://creazilla.com

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Softonic/CNET/TrustPilot – Downloads

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A Web-site for Downloading Apps (Windows, Androic, Mac, Iphone) – some software is with pay, some are free to use – the Downloads are free – but it depends on the Software developer if the software are free, limited use or full pay;

TrustPilot Reviews –

A Review platform that’s open to everyone. Our vision is to become the universal symbol of trust — by empowering people to shop with confidence, and helping companies improve

https://ca.trustpilot.com

https://www.cnet.com

https://download.cnet.com – Free Software Downloads – Software can be Free, Limited Use or with Pay – depending on the Developer;

#Software, #Download. #Free, #Paid, #Reviews;

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Inkscape – Free Draw

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Inkscape is a free and open-source software vector graphics editor released under a GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0 or later. It is used for both artistic and technical illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography, diagrams, and flowcharts. It uses vector graphics to allow for sharp printouts and renderings at unlimited resolution and is not bound to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics.

Inkscape uses Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) as its main file format. It can import and export various file formats, including Adobe Illustrator (AI), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), PDF, PostScript (PS) and PNG.[5]

Inkscape can render primitive vector shapes (e.g. rectangles, ellipses, polygons, arcs, spirals, stars and 3D boxes) and text. These objects may be filled with solid colors, patterns, and radial or linear color gradients, and their borders may be stroked, both with adjustable transparency. Embedding and optional tracing of raster graphics is also supported, enabling the editor to create vector graphics from photos and other raster sources. Created shapes can be further manipulated with geometric transformations, such as moving, rotating, scaling, and skewing. (wIkepedia)

https://inkscape.en.softonic.com/download?utm_source=SEM&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=EN_desktop_CA_conversions_DSA&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=15019195608&gclid=Cj0KCQiApL7KBhC7ARIsAD2Xq3DFIw4g7OFQSo0uWIWSPxHdZ1Lwz0UsHycK30YpYgWg7ZZ6AzKyWmsaAq2hEALw_wcB

#Inskape, #Free, #Graphics, #Download, #Tech

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Scribus – Publishing Software

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Libre Desktop Publishing

Scribus is reliable and Free. Free really means Free with an uppercase F. Free is more than just gratis (which is just a side-effect). It means that you are in control of your data and, if you wish, the code of your desktop publishing tool. That’s what smart individuals and companies prefer

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WRITING APPS/ NOTES/ STORIES

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REEDSY STUDIO

https://reedsy.com/resources/writing-apps/book/

Every writer needs a Studio

A place to plan, draft, edit, and typeset your book.

https://reedsy.com/studio – REEDSY STUDIO – Online Story and Notes Writing;

https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ – FOCUS WRITER

FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free word processor. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work.

FocusWriter allows you to customize your environment by creating themes that control the font, colors, and background image to add ambiance. It also features on-the-fly updating statistics, daily goals, multiple open documents, spell-checking, and much more.

Additionally, when you open the program your current work in progress will automatically load and position you where you last left off so that you can immediately jump back in.

SSuite Wordgraph Editor

SSuite WordGraph is a free and very useful alternative to Microsoft’s Word, OpenOffice’s Writer, or anything else out there claiming to be the latest and greatest. You don’t even have a need for .NET or even JAVA to be installed. This will save you a lot of hard drive space and precious computer resources.

Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Chrome, Android, PC

Best for: Drafting, Story, Book, Essay, and Free

Website: https://www.ssuiteoffice.com/software/wordgraph.htm

SSuite Wordgraph Editor

CAMPFIRE -ONLINE WRITING

https://www.campfirewriting.com

GOODNOTES

Capture every detail

Use the flexibility of voice, text, or Goodnotes’ renowned digital handwriting to capture any thought, in a digital notebook, Whiteboard, or a Text Document.

* Wavemaker

So, You’re looking to write a book. Well, wavemaker is here to help. It’s much much more than a text editor.

Platforms: Mac, Windows, Chrome, Android, Online, PC

Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Book, Story, and Free

Website: https://wavemaker.cards/

Base price: Free; Premium price: –

Connects to Google Docs; Mind maps Timelines

Scrivener

https://www.literatureandlatte.com

Scrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more.

Platforms: Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, PC

Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Editing, Publishing, Book, and Story

Website: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview ; Base price: $59.99 one-time payment

Premium price: – Flexible corkboard Structure outliner

Metadata and target setting Print and export functionalities

Textilus Pro

Textilus Pro is a great word processor app for students and business people, also being excellent for writing reports, papers, blog posts, journals or ebooks! Textilus Pro can help you organize your research, generate ideas, and remove distractions so you can focus on the most important thing: writing. Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad

Best for: Note-taking, Drafting, Blog, Essay, and Free

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-processor-textilus-pro/id1018671847

What is yWriter?

yWriter is a powerful novel-writing program which is free to download and use. It’s designed for Windows 7 and later.yWriter is a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. yWriter was designed by an author, not a salesman!

yWriter7 is free to download and use, but you’re encouraged to register your copy if you find it useful.

If you’re just embarking on your first novel a program like yWriter may seem like overkill. I mean, all you have to do is type everything into a word processor! Sure, but wait until you hit 20,000 words, with missing scenes and chapters, notes all over your desk, characters and locations and plot points you’ve just added and which need to be referenced earlier … it becomes a real struggle. Now imagine that same novel at 40,000 or 80,000 words! No wonder most first-time writers give up.

https://www.spacejock.com/yWriter7_Download.html

*Mellel

Mellel is a word processor designed from the ground up to be the ultimate writing tool for academics, technical writers, scholars and students. Mellel is strong, stable and reliable, and is the ideal companion for working on documents that are long and complex, short and simple, or anything in between.

Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad Best for: Outlining, Drafting, and Essay

Website: https://mellel.com/

Base price: $49.00 one-time payment

Outline Bibliography Footnotes and endnotes

Multilingual support

Apple Pages

Pages is a powerful word processor that lets you create stunning documents, and comes included with most Apple devices. And with real-time collaboration, your team can work together from anywhere, whether they’re on Mac, iPad, iPhone, or a PC.

Platforms: iPad, Mac, iPhone

Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free

Website: https://www.apple.com/pages/

Base price: Free

Full feature word processor Track changes

Syncs across devices Offline collaboration

https://bear.app

Seamless Markdown – Bear App

  • Work your way with text, photos, tables, and todo lists, all in the same note
  • Easily organize notes and projects with flexible tags
  • Format notes with simple Markdown that adapts to any situation

LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice). Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity.

Platforms: Mac, Windows, PC

Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free

Website: https://www.libreoffice.org/ – Base price: Free

Full-feature word processor Customizable fonts and other styles

*Lists for Writers

Lists for Writers Icon

Are you stuck in a rut? Do you have writer’s block? Need a quick plot idea for that short story writing assignment that’s due tomorrow? Lists for Writers is here to help!

What is it? Lists for Writers is exactly that – lists for writers. We’ve compiled a variety of lists to help writers, both young and old, come up with brainstorming ideas.

Lists for Writers is a great addition to any writer’s toolbox. Helpful to both novice and expert writers alike, this app delivers list after list of prompts and ideas for your brainstorming sessions: names, character traits, plot lines, occupations, obsessions, action verbs, and much more! Whether you are working on a creative writing project, a short story, an essay assignment, National Novel Writing Month / NaNoWriMo, or your next fiction book, this app helps get it done.

It is available now in the iTunes App Store and is a universal app that works for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. It is also available for Android in the Google Play Android market, for Android and Kindle Fire in the Amazon Appstore for Android, for NOOK in the NOOK store, for Windows Phone in the Windows Phone Store, and for BlackBerry 10 in BlackBerry World.

Website: https://thinkamingo.com/lists-for-writers/

Simple Note:

https://simplenote.com

The simplest way to keep notes

All your notes, synced on all your devices. Get Simplenote now for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, or in your browser.

* ApolloPad

ApolloPad is a feature-packed online writing environment that will help you finish your novels, ebooks and short stories.

Platforms: Online

Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Story, Book, and Free

Website: https://apollopad.com/ -Base price: Free

Project outlining & timelines Notes in context To-do lists

https://thequill.app – The Quill App

* WPS Office

WPS Office is a lightweight, feature-rich comprehensive office suite with high compatibility. As a handy and professional office software, WPS Office allows you to edit files in Writer, Presentation, Spreadsheet, and PDF to improve your work efficiency.

Platforms: Mac, Windows, Android, iPad, iPhone, PC

Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free

Website: https://www.wps.com/

Base price: Free Premium price: $29.99 monthly

Cross platform file management Free templates Colorful themes

* Novelist

Still looking for the perfect app to write your novel? Novelist might just be the perfect tool for the job!

Platforms: Android, iPhone, iPad, Online

Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Drafting, Story, Book, and Free

Website: https://www.novelist.app/ -Base price: Free

Goal setting Rich text editor Back up and restore

SQUIBLER

https://www.squibler.io

Turn Your Idea into a Story

Write books, novels, and screenplays by chatting with AI. Say goodbye to writer’s block.

Rhymer’s Block

A real-time rhyme suggestion engine offering color-coded rhyme highlighting, the ability to save your work to the cloud, the power to embed SoundCloud jams into your notes, customizable visual layouts, and more.

Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android

Best for: Drafting, Poetry, and Free

Website: https://www.rhymersblock.com/welcome

Base price: Free

Real-time ryhme suggestions Slant/near ryhme suggestions

Word frequency analysis Color-coded ryhmes

* Craft

Create documents, make impact. When your work needs to wow, Craft gives you the tools to make it magnificent.

Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Online, PC

Best for: Note-taking, Drafting, Journal, Essay, Blog, and Free

Website: https://www.craft.do/

Base price: Free; Premium price: $5.00 monthly

AI writing assistant Document structuring

Customizable Collaboration

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SoftMaker – Free Office/ Word Processor

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https://www.freeoffice.com/en/

For simple Word writing – paragraph and story writing, documents;

Since its foundation in 1987, SoftMaker has been developing office software: word processor (TextMaker), spreadsheet (PlanMaker), presentation graphics (SoftMaker Presentations) and database software (DataMaker). The “flagship” product SoftMaker Office is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Google Android.

The features which put SoftMaker software in a class of its own include its intuitive user interface, ease of use, seamless compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats and the sheer speed of the applications – these benefits together with attractive pricing make it an unbeatable combination.

SoftMaker’s second productivity application is FlexiPDF, a PDF editor that makes modifying PDF files as easy as working with a word processor. FlexiPDF offers the full functional range of a high-end PDF editing solution, without the high price tag.

High-quality computer fonts are the third string to SoftMaker’s bow. With the product lines MegaFont NOW and infiniType, both home users and professional designers have affordable access to first-class font libraries.