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olivierkes / manuskript

A open-source tool for writers
http://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript
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Increase "impact" of word count goals #712

Open Derducken opened 4 years ago

Derducken commented 4 years ago

The word count goals are awesome for tracking your work but also help as far as productivity goes, by dividing larger projects in smaller, manageable tasks. Thing is, as they're implemented, you have to check the goal on the bottom right of the screen or have some very flashy icons appearing next to where you write. And, AFAIK, they're unavailable in distraction-free mode, unless you "lock yourself into it". Here are two suggestions on how they could be further improved without, based on the little I know about coding, needing a lot of changes or being hard to implement:

  1. Play a sound when the word limit is reached.
  2. In the distraction-free mode, offer an option to have the whole background act as an indicator, changing color to show how close you are to the limit.
gedakc commented 4 years ago

AFAIK, they're unavailable in distraction-free mode, unless you "lock yourself into it".

In Fullscreen Mode you can disable the Auto-hide setting of the fullscreen bottom panel so that indicators such as progress will always be visible.