e77 - Word Processors

This episode, we trace the evolution of Mac word processing from MacWrite to the present. Along the way we find a secret moose, complain about Microsoft, and learn that some apps have true staying power.

• Evelyn Berezin, inventor of the first word processor
• TeachText
  • readme files
• Stickies
  • Antler Notes
  • OS X application
  • Dashboard widget
• SimpleText
• TextEdit
  • source code
  • Cocoa
  • standard text controls
  • vertical text
• MacWrite
  • 5 versions
  • Claris
    • e25 – The Works
    • "MacWorks" name
  • internet archive emulator
  • page number in scroll bar
• Microsoft Word
  • version 1, versions 3–5
  • Pogue's Jingle Bells parody
    • audio .mov!
  • the great Word 3–6 debate
• WordPerfect
• Nisus Writer
  • The Nisus Way
    • Joe Kissel
    • Take Control Books
    • History of Nisus
  • QUED
  • "nisus" definition