1. Weekly App Review: Elements 2

    Back in February I reviewed Elements, a Dropbox-powered Markdown editor from Second Gear Software. Ever since I first picked up the app, it’s been on my iPhone homescreen - and after finally picking up an iPad, it’s remained firmly in my iPad’s dock. Today sees the launch of version 2 - something I’ve been testing for a while.

    First up, there’s a refreshed UI. Every UI element and view has been given a facelift, and the end result is that the app feel much more modern. The writing view has a new display font, and there’s a tonne of other new features: Facebook publishing; export to HTML, PDF, Dropbox, Evernote, iTunes and email; and most usefully to yours truly Publishing to Tumblr. To cap things off, there’s a incredibly smart new icon for the app.

    Best of all though, Elements 2 is a free update to all existing users, and if you’re not already using Elements a copy is just $4.99 on the App Store. I’m a complete Elements addict: every post I write, all the copy I jot down away from my Mac - they all start in Elements, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

    This post is part of my weekly app reviews. You can read more reviews from the series here.

    Posted on Thursday August 11th, 2011