A better document editor (scraps)

On Pranab’s site

DRAFT (needs work or removal)

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  1. Not the web
  2. A document’s journey
  3. The current generation

Not the web🔗

some people might compare this to the web

no legacy, better design

colour systems for styling

static documents

safe scripting which word doesn’t have might’ve seen how it doesn’t trust documents

A document’s journey🔗

A document is born from an idea expressed in a paragraph. The author simply writes. They add lists and tables. Images. Video.

Then the author divides it into sections by adding headings. They move paragraphs, headings and whole sections around.

Finally, they add a title along with their name.

The author then shares their document as a web page. The text is easily readable on phones. The font size adapts to the needs of the reader. Users that struggle to read can listen to it instead. The computer tells them if it’s a heading, paragraph, or something else. They can choose how it reads the document to them.

If the author wants to publish a print book, the can use the default styles, or pick a nice one from the internet. They can trivially switch through themes and use the one that they like.

If the author is publishing an academic paper, they can download the recommended styles and simply apply them to their document.

If the author is working with an editor or publisher, they can share the structure of the document in a format that they accept. An editor can focus on the content, and a publisher can style it better since they don’t need to remove any styles.

The current generation🔗

The author first waits for their editor to load, then they are greeted with a giant panel that hides all the other giant panels.

Then they load a default font that’s quite ugly, changing any of which is a trial by menu. Have you ever tried updating document styles?

Finally, they’re stuck with the largely irrelevant assumption that the document has to be the size of a US letter because it is going to be printed on paper.

While there are some worthwile