Ulysses uses iCloud for file syncing, and the changes usually sync between my devices within a minute. However, one of Ulysses’ greatest accomplishments is how well it handles actual files. However, I do have faith that the Soulmen will bring this feature to the iPad eventually. Looking down at the very bottom of the screen can get tiring, and I think it’s more ergonomically sound to view the text a little higher on the page at all times. The one thing I really miss on Ulysses for iPad that’s present in the desktop app is the typewriter scrolling that keeps text centered in the middle of the page as I type. It’s also very easy to use the Find command to search large documents for text, without ever taking my fingers off of the keys. It’s easy to bold or italicize text using keyboard shortcuts, and the resulting formatted text is colour-coded for easy identification during editing. Hardware keyboard users also have a lot to delight in here, for there are quite a lot of keyboard shortcuts hidden under the hood.
Swiping across the keys of the keyboard will move the caret along at a steady clip it took me a few tries to get used to this gesture, but after a day it stuck fast. There’s a set of keyboard shortcuts embedded right above the software keyboard, as well as an innovative way to scrub through text, provided you use Apple’s software keyboard (and not a third-party one). The text niceties don’t stop there, though. Ulysses’ process for linking is much easier for software keyboard users, and that use case has always been the more cumbersome one. This method of adding links adds an extra step if you’re a hardware keyboard user because you need to take your hands off the keys to add a link, but I think it’s a worthwhile compromise to keep the screen cleaner. Headers get larger, lists automatically indent, and links appear as a box of text that you can double tap to add a URL to. Creating headers and adding links shows live previews of your changes, right in-line. The writing experience in Ulysses for iPad is clean, and optimized for both software and hardware keyboards. There are themes available for changing the app colours, and an excellent Dark Mode that’s more comfortable for nighttime writing sessions. Ulysses is also quite customizable, with options available for the font type, size, and even the margins. This interface feels so much better to me than the more traditional save and open dialogs in other apps like Writer Pro, and it’s lightning fast to jump from one document to another. The sheet view shows a single file so that you can view and edit it. The files pane shows you all files within the selected folder. The nav bar hosts things like iCloud folders, local folders, and sheets tagged as favourites.
ULYSSES SOFTWARE REVIEW MAC
Both the Mac and iPad versions have a three-pane interface of Nav bar -> Files -> Sheet. This app is fast, light on its feet, and smooth to navigate. If you write for the web on a regular basis and prefer to use Markdown for formatting, Ulysses could be your new best friend.įirst off, Ulysses is spry.
The devs at The Soulmen have put together a very powerful combo of Mac and iPad apps with a very clean approach to empowering plain text.
ULYSSES SOFTWARE REVIEW PRO
I’ve been an iA Writer and Writer Pro user for a few years now, but recently took a break from those apps to give Ulysses a fair shake.
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