[snark] Nice writing tool...lousy execution.

[roseembolism]

The internet's been good to lazy writers, coming up with all sorts of applications to make our lives easier.  But sometimes, they just don't pan out.

Take the "writerhymes" page for example, designed to make a would-be poet's life easier, byy getting a list of rhyming words to any word that's highlighted.  Unfortunately, the words that come up are in white print on a mostly white background, making it a complete pain to actually see the words.  Added to the fact that the highlighting tends to grab the previous word as well, keeping it from doing any rhymes, and the entire list disappears after I pick one word, and well...I recommend going back to the drawing board.

Granted, it appears the application has a comprehensive database of rhyming words.  But ease of use trumps comprehensiveness.  In other words, nice idea, lousy execution.

Comments

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

That is bizarre: the page works fine for me -- I get white letters on a dark background, like black stockings. It may be a local setting on your PC?