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gmw · 03-31-2020, 05:49 AM

I'm hoping someone will join in with some thoughts about online solutions, because that's one area I have not explored. You might find that you can solve some of your user interface issues with an appropriate selection of browser for accessing an online solution (perhaps, or perhaps that's wishful thinking).

I've tried many of the locally installed options, and while Scrivener impressed me with its end-to-end capability and visual sophistication, and yWriter impresses with the level of detail, I am still writing my manuscripts using LibreOffice, and I keep my notes in my own separate database. There is no centralised management of my projects because I have not yet found a project management solution that I actually want to use.

And I know you've been joining in here on MR for long enough to have tried most of the obvious options too. The dedicated options you already know about (Scrivener, yWriter, Sigil, Calibre etc. etc.) are all significantly better in their writing related features than any of the wiki (and similar) software I tried.

None of which helps you very much, but the point is that I am not aware of anything that's likely to be a good solution for you. It's not an easy problem, even for people with no complicating accessibility issues.

Three years ago Hugh Howey announced he was wanting to support development of a new editor for writers ... but it doesn't seem to have gone very far. If the "Neo" project I found on GitHub is it then it's not going to overwhelm anyone.

03-31-2020, 05:49 AM	#7
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	I'm hoping someone will join in with some thoughts about online solutions, because that's one area I have not explored. You might find that you can solve some of your user interface issues with an appropriate selection of browser for accessing an online solution (perhaps, or perhaps that's wishful thinking). I've tried many of the locally installed options, and while Scrivener impressed me with its end-to-end capability and visual sophistication, and yWriter impresses with the level of detail, I am still writing my manuscripts using LibreOffice, and I keep my notes in my own separate database. There is no centralised management of my projects because I have not yet found a project management solution that I actually want to use. And I know you've been joining in here on MR for long enough to have tried most of the obvious options too. The dedicated options you already know about (Scrivener, yWriter, Sigil, Calibre etc. etc.) are all significantly better in their writing related features than any of the wiki (and similar) software I tried. None of which helps you very much, but the point is that I am not aware of anything that's likely to be a good solution for you. It's not an easy problem, even for people with no complicating accessibility issues. Three years ago Hugh Howey announced he was wanting to support development of a new editor for writers ... but it doesn't seem to have gone very far. If the "Neo" project I found on GitHub is it then it's not going to overwhelm anyone.