When all you want to do is write, a distraction-free writing tool can come really handy as it will automatically hide all the distractions on the desktop and you can therefore concentrate on your writing.
There’s an app as well to help you create that perfect writing environment on an iPhone or iPod Touch.
Distraction-free Writing with Google Docs
If you have Google Docs, you really don’t need to download another text editor as Google Docs offers everything (and even more) that you may need in a perfect distraction free writing tool.
To get started, open this page and click the “Use this Template” button. Now press Ctrl + Shift + F followed by F11 and you are all set to do some creative writing.
If you are interested in the details, here’s how you can quickly turn Google Docs into a online distraction-free writing tool:
Step 1: Create a new document in Google Docs and choose “Edit CSS” from the edit menu.
Step 2: Paste the following code into the CSS Box and save.
Step 3: Now hit Ctrl + Shift + F to remove the menu bar in Google Docs and then hit F11 to turn your browser into full-screen mode. That’s it.
The above example uses green text on a black background. If you like to change the color of text or that of your screen, just edit the color and background property in the CSS to a different hexadecimal value. You may also modify the font-family, size, or the line-height property to adjust the text spacing and other formatting.
Google Korea uses an interesting layout for their search results pages.
In this layout, thumbnails of images and video clips related to a search query are shown in the right sidebar of the search results page and, unlike the regular version of Universal Search, these are not mixed with the listing of regular web pages.
I find this layout more convenient because you get to see more information on the same screen without having to use the scrollbar but am not sure how long will the experiment last as the area, where Google Korea is showing rich media results, is normally reserved for Google Ads.
PS: Google Korea is sporting a new logo to celebrate Hangul Day. Hangul, according to Wikipedia, is the native alphabet of the Korean language.
When all you want to do is write, a distraction-free writing tool can come really handy as it will automatically hide all the distractions on the desktop and you can therefore concentrate on your writing.
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