What are people's experiences with Scrivener on Windows?

By Elena Brescacin, 18 April, 2024

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I was reading a thread into the Apple section, regarding text editors and a couple users mentioned Scrivener.
Does someone use this application on Windows platform? I have it on iOS, but being my main computer a Windows machine I'd like to be able to use it there, before switching.
I currently rely on saving text files into PCloud service with no proper order, but it is starting no longer to be the case.
Yes the ideal would be a system where I can edit from web app, then go to iOS and eventually into a real software. But it can't be the case.
Microsoft Word on iOS, i find it uncomfortable it's not so immediate to modify and go.
I'm currently using Google Keep.
I wanted to take a look at Scrivener

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By Maldalain on Friday, April 19, 2024 - 02:31

Bringing bad news here, no it is not and the developer is not willing to make it accessible at this tage. I have been in touch with the developers and explained issues with the app on Windows, and they informed me they have no plans to support screen reders at this stage as this would require effort and time, they clearly stated they see no potential in making the app accessible.
On the mac it is great!

By Elena Brescacin on Friday, April 19, 2024 - 07:59

They don't deserve my money and effort, then; maybe blind people's money stink, for those devs.
I have a mac, I use it as my secondary computer, but I won't waste my time on scrivener.
Alternatives to suggest?

By Elena Brescacin on Friday, April 19, 2024 - 14:42

yeah, I have ulysses subscription
it is also comfortable as it gives me the ability to post to WordPress directly, being "faithful" to my markdown syntax without creating extra-blocks "unsupported block" types as other MarkDown apps mostly do.
I will try to add my projects to PCloud, then see what happens on Windows machine if I sync them.

By Holy Diver on Friday, April 19, 2024 - 20:02

I’d love a markdown editor with its own web portal for syncing and storing my work in progress. I’ve now got a foot in most ecosystems and having some way to organize my writing outside of google drive would be welcome, does Scrivener or any other program offer this? I’d pay.

By WellF on Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 01:27

The latest versions had some accessibility improvements. But it still feels very bad TBH. If you want to spend money on the Windows side, you better go with Word. It has it's own bullshit to deal with, but we can actually use it to it's full capacity.
Scrivener feels like too much effort for just starting to write. And then you can't read your own text properly, nor can you navigate between chapters or use the outlining features.