Comments on: Black Ink 1.0

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:45:39 +0000

Awesome, Jessica! All of my crossword solving friends are coming out of the woodwork since I announced this :)

By: Jessica Kahn

Jessica Kahn — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:28:28 +0000

Whee! My mom and I have been using MacXword for many years, for the NYTimes crosswords online. Very pleased to find out that you’re in charge of the successor! How fun that you’re now in charge of the product we’ll use in future!

By: Arden

Arden — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:14:20 +0000

Darn, the image didn’t show. You can delete the above comment…

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/bornloser/archive/images/bornloser2007610930322.gif

By: Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:15:57 +0000

I just wanted to reiterate what others have already said. Great Icon!

It really is wonderful. Something I’d be proud to have in my dock!

I’m not much of a crossword puzzler, but I’ll be recommending this to a few friends.

Thanks again for making some great software!

By: Scott Stevenson

Scott Stevenson — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:11:59 +0000

You should change the Red Sweater logo to use squares instead of circles.

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:42:00 +0000

Andy - I didn’t really touch the Spotlight importer since Stephan wrote it, but I think it makes sense to index the clues & answers, too.

I’m glad you like the name. I did a full page brainstorm on paper, and it was the one that ended up standing out. For a long time I was convinced I had to have “crossword” (or a derivation like xword) in the name of the app, but then I decided that there’s poetry in Black Ink :)

By: Andy Lee

Andy Lee — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:19:59 +0000

Thanks, Stephen. I was hoping it was possible to index clues and answers too, because I’m nerdy enough to wonder “Where did I see that clue about such and such…?”

Maybe that wouldn’t be possible or desirable for puzzles where the solution requires a key to unlock the solution, but the clues could still be indexable.

Thanks, by the way, for writing MacXword. It bugged me when Across Lite required Classic for so long, and the interface was always ugly. I hope to be converted back to Black Ink!

“Black Ink” is an excellent name for a crossword solving app, by the way. And it leads to the cute headline on the Mac DevCenter article about it: “Ink Different.”

Back to work…

By: Stephan Cleaves

Stephan Cleaves — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:54:07 +0000

Andy I believe you’ll find that Black Ink has one. Unless Daniel has changed it from the one I wrote it will only index puzzle title, author, and copyright.

By: Andy Lee

Andy Lee — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:26:13 +0000

Anybody know if there’s a Spotlight plugin for indexing Across Lite files?

By: Rui Carmo

Rui Carmo — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:59:24 +0000

Amazing icon - first impressions count, and that’s one hell of a first impression :)