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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by alanh on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @05:40PM (#1362452)
This is why http://thebookpatch.com just launched: To specifically address the writing needs of (book) authors with tools and features dedicated to, for example, character development. (IE users only. Not my product, though I did some contract work for them.)
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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by drats on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @06:08PM (#1362534)
They just launched, in 2010, and it's IE only? Plus a link to a pdf of the DMCA in the bottom corner for no apparent reason. Wow, just wow.
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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by blasdel on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @07:45PM (#1362774)
Sounds like it's an ActiveX control -- I thought you could only get away with that in South Korea.
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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by aidenn0 on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @06:20PM (#1362570)
IE has the biggest installed base by far.
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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by alextingle on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @07:09PM (#1362688)
Depends where you go. I have a (fairly) general interest site that gets about 100,000 unique visitors per month, and only about 55% of them use IE. Cutting out 45% of your potential market is quite a cost for a bit of lazy programming.
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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by kragen on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @07:55PM (#1362793)
What web site? Or, at least, how general-interest?
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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by alextingle on Thursday May 20, 2010 @04:41PM (#1365322)
http://flood.firetree.net/usage/
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Re:Word Fails Me - Why doesn’t Microsoft’s writing tool actu... by eru on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @08:27PM (#1362868)
Perhaps it's a German site?
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