Focus Feature that prevents editing and only shows each letter you type.

23 votes

The writer sets a word goal for that session. Then it won't let you edit until you've hit the mark. Backspace triggers a buzzer to remind you to go forward not back. Also, it will only show you each letter that you type so you cannot see the previous paragraph, sentence, or word. Extra points if there's a full-screen mode that only shows you a black screen and the letters being typed.

Under consideration Goals User Interface Suggested by: Jake (01 Dec, '17) • Upvoted: 29 Oct, '22 • Comments: 9

Comments: 9

07 Mar, '18
LM
that seems a bit TOO focused. i mistype too often to be comfortable with not even seeing the word. but a feature where you cannot edit, only type, until you hit your goal would be helpful. maybe it would only let you delete until the last space? so that people couldn't change more than one word, if that was the point.
22 Mar, '18
Eryn
I'd use this if I could see the last line. I think not being able to see what I'm typing would throw me off too much.
11 May, '19
Victoria
I think this is just a LITTLE too focused, but if I could see the line that I'm typing, because I do typo quite a bit, so my natural anxiety would kick in if I couldn't see ANYTHING that I'm typing, then I'd be happy to use this.
24 Sep, '19
Ken
I don't think this would work for me at all. I have to be able to see the context of what is going on. I was with you until the bit about only seeing one character at a time. That won't work with my brain.
28 Oct, '19
Michael Gurevich
sounds a lot like ilys.com :)
28 Oct, '19
Jacob from Dabble Admin
Michael Gurevich, exactly. Ilys is a 1-feature product, so Dabble could add this 1 feature so people wouldn't have to use both if they wanted to write in that style.
16 Nov, '19
Roe
One line/ paragraph highlighted at a time like iA writer I find really helps me focus.
11 Jan, '20
Yvette
+1, but only if it shows the last line, not just one letter.
06 Jan, '22
Celina
I would want to see everything I wrote to go back and reference. Maybe have the option to choose how much of the text you wish to see if any at all is my opinion. But I love the idea of not editing until you hit your word goal. That takes up more of my time than I care to admit and I find my word counts lower on days that I edit as I type.