Editorial Workspace · Local Web Application
Outline.
Manuscript Reading & Revision Review
The problem & workflow requirements.
Writing long-form prose and conducting editorial reviews in complex word processors crowds the reading measure with toolbars, revision popups, and track-change distractions.
Technical decisions and design.
Outline delivers an editorial reading measure (65ch) set in self-hosted Newsreader serif typography. Comments and review notes attach to specific revision tags, allowing a frozen 'ready edition' to remain clean and readable while subsequent drafts undergo iterative revisions.
Deliberate engineering choices.
Intentionally avoids rich inline formatting clutter (bold/italic/headings only) in favor of typography, pacing, and chapter navigation.
What is real vs. simulated.
Working browser app with synthetic manuscript chapters and revision reviews. Exports to clean HTML and Markdown.