Being the web citizens that we are, probably all our browsers look like this: at least 10 tabs open, rather 15, and somewhere in the middle is the doingText-discussion, you’re currently working on. In this situation, staying in top of things is not that easy. Not to mention the risk of a browser crash.

So get doingText out of the daily browser habits and make it a standalone desktop application similar to your old-school word processor. This goes by creating a site specific browser (SSB) with Fluid or Prism. The SSB will behave like a desktop application and appears as a single programme in your dock or start menu. But remember: It’s still a browser and therefore useless without an internet connection.

Fluid is perfect for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, while the Mozilla Labs’ Prism is available for Mac, Linux and Windows or as an add-on for Firefox.

So how does it work?
Install Fluid or Prism on your computer. When you start it, you’re asked to enter the URL and a name under which it will appear in your programme’s sectionan. In our case the URL is either http://doingtext.com or http://doingtext.com/session/new for the login page. Optionally, you can choose where to save the App and define an icon.

We wish you a lot of fun with the new doingText-experience.
Thanks to roidrage and mite.

We are preparing to launch publicly. Along with this we are starting subscription plans for the use of doingText. And this is how it’ll look like.

In addition to a free account we will offer five paid plans starting with a monthly fee of $5 for the “Micro Plan” up to $99 for the “Really Large Plan”. The plans are differentiated by the number of private discussions and the number of collaborators you can have. Collaborator refers to the feature of adding collaborators who also have a doingText account.
You can up- or downgrade or cancel your subscription at any time. Payment can be made with credit cards (VISA, Master, AmEx).

Every plan, including the Free plan, will have SSL security for the private discussions. Also, all plans will have all the other features like writing messages to other users, embedding the discussion to your own web site, get the whole range of exporting options and so on. You can always start as many public discussions as you wish to and you can also invite an unlimited number of cowriters by sharing the URL. Your cowriters will not be required to create an account in order to work with you (unless they like doingText and wish to do so, of course). This part of doingText won’t change!

Thank-You Plan for Beta Users
We have a “Thank you” offer for all beta users having helped us on so many levels. The beta account will automatically be upgraded to the Micro plan - for free. And the best is: You can stay on that plan forever. All of your existing discussions will be kept. You only need to upgrade if you need more private discussions.
So if you’re not yet a beta user of doingText, go grab your invite key here.

We plan to roll this out within the next weeks. We are currently looking for a credit card company that fits our idea of a comfortable subscription management. However, being a Berlin-based company ourselves this is not really easy due to German legal regulations. We’ll keep you posted.