(By the way, if you want an interesting historical perspective about the “good old days” of Nisus, consult Matt Neuburg’s massive 1992 review of Nisus 3.0, comprising 14 “articles” spread out over three weekly issues of TidBITS.) I was so overwhelmed with the capabilities of this program, which was far superiorto anything available for Windows, that I decided right there and then to become a Nisus customer, which in turn meant that I’d be buying my first Mac shortly thereafter. I ordered a free demo copy, loaded the floppies on a Mac in the computer lab, and within minutes my fate - I mean literally, my entire career - was sealed. But I sometimes used the Macs in the university’s computer lab, and when I mentioned to my adviser that I’d be using Word to write my thesis, he grimaced and said I should really look into Nisus (as it was called then) instead.
Nisus writer pro vs scrivener Pc#
Back in grad school when I was studying linguistics, I was a PC user. I mean it.Ī Little Background - Many TidBITS readers have known me since way back, and have heard this before, but the story is worth repeating.
Nisus writer pro vs scrivener software#
Those of you who traffic in text: go download this software right now. For someone who spends all day, every day, in a word processor and whose feelings about Microsoft Word are unprintable, this is huge. It isn’t quite everything I need it to be yet, but it’s finally within striking distance - by which I mean, close enough that I can make up for nearly all its deficiencies by way of a few carefully crafted macros. But let me do you the favor of summarizing my findings here at the outset: Wow - Nisus isback, baby! I’m geeking out over this software in a way I haven’t done since my earliest days as a Mac user. Those who have no patience for such things should feel free to skip ahead to the appropriate heading (“New in Two”). Because of my personal history with Nisus (the product and the company), I need to wrap this review in a bit of a story, which I’m sure will come as a surprise to no one. I’ve been spending a great deal of time with the new Nisus Writer Pro, and in just a bit I’ll tell you all about it - the new, the old, the good, the bad.
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