![]() ![]() In addition to collapsing palettes as shown, the palettes can be rearranged within a group, put into new groups, and even dragged out of the drawer completely. In this screen shot, the group is named Writing. NWX’s most distinctive user interface feature is the tool drawer, which contains different sets of palettes that can be grouped together. This helps make NWX competitive with other alternative word processors-but it’s the unique features that set it apart from the competition. In September 2004, Nisus introduced Express 2.0, adding some of the most-requested features including styles, tables, and footnotes. The original release of NWX was promising, but it lacked in both features and performance and met with lukewarm response from new users and disappointment from old Nisus fans. ![]() Nisus bought Composer, hired Jolley, added some of Nisus Writer’s unique features, and released Nisus Writer Express 1.0 in 2003. Concurrently, independent developer Charles Jolley was working on a word processor called Okito Composer that, while aimed at the low-end market, took full advantage of OS X technologies. With the advent of OS X, Nisus faced a choice of Carbonizing Nisus Writer or starting over with a Cocoa-based application. Price: $70 (boxed) $60 (download) $45 (upgrade)įrom its first release in 1989, Nisus Writer gained a following as a power user’s word processor in the pre-OS X world for its sophisticated macro capability, regular expression-based PowerFind, non-contiguous text selection, and other features that, 15 years later, are still rare. ![]()
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