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by eloisius 4918 days ago
Distraction free, except for the added and unnecessary distraction of typewriter sound effects.
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haar 4918 days ago
Not to mention the sound would sometimes lag behind my typing (I only wrote three sentences until I had to close the tab), which sounds somewhat similar to scraping your fingernails down a chalk board, only with more bass.
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RKearney 4918 days ago
Honestly I closed the tab less than 10 seconds after opening it. The clicking sounds are more distracting than the dog barking outside.
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acangiano 4918 days ago
You can disable it. Click on the top left, and then on the 'sounds' link.
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RKearney 4918 days ago
The point is when I click a link titled "Distraction free writing", the very last thing I expect is to hear clicking noises until I refresh the page or wait for the intro to finish.

It would be like test driving a "distraction free car" that starts with the radio on full volume. Sure, you could turn it off, but why is it on to begin with?

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saiko-chriskun 4918 days ago
Agreed. I'm not gonna bother sitting through that just to learn what the site actually does. Ridiculous.
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