Difree is distraction free text editor. It’s like a digital piece of paper in your browser. Distraction free designed, helps you calmly write something meaningful.
With Difree I have been scratching our itch.
Here’s why.
In the past, I missed a tool, where I can write something longer and/or more meaningful, like
1. a reply to an e-mail 📧
2. or a post on Reddit 📰,
in a simple manner without distractions.
Built-in editors in websites like Gmail, Reddit, or Slack leave much to be desired.
1. Gmail’s text editor is poorly designed. By default, I have to write an e-mail in a small window, in the bottom right corner of the website.
2. Slack’s text editor is full of distractions. While writing, I am usually being bombarded with incoming messages.
3. Reddit’s text editor is… well, both 🙂
4. My workaround was, I wrote the text aside in an external tool and then copy-paste it.
But I couldn’t have found the right external tool ⚒️, e.g.
1. Notepad sucked at formatting.
2. Evernote was slow to start and difficult to write.
3. MS Word is not free and cluttered.
4. Google Docs is overcomplicated for this purpose.
5. Google Keep is for taking short notes, not meaningful writing.
6. The only tool that partially worked for me was iA Writer. It looks neat, simple, and elegant. Writing is distraction-free. But it wasn't handy and fast.
This was when the idea of a simple, fast, and distraction-free editor came to my mind. Using the proven framework for text editors like Quill and making it easily accessible as a browser’s extension, seemed to be the fast lane.
The keynote for Difree is to build the text editor that is
1. distraction-free 💭
2. fast 💨
3. handy 🧰
The question is, how we are doing? I appreciate all feedback!
Best,
Aleksander (co-founder)
