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Home » iOS App Directory » Productivity

Elements - Dropbox Powered Text Editor

Submitted by Matt McCubbin on 14 January 2011
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  • Productivity

Description of App

From the iTunes app store:

Elements is a beautiful, versatile text editor for iOS. Elements allows you to view,
edit and share plain text documents on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. All of your
data is stored in a folder on your personal Dropbox account so that it's accessible
from any device you have.

Whether you're a freelance writer wanting to write your next article, a student with
a book report due or professional on-the-go who needs access to their notes wherever
they are, Elements can work for you.

FEATURES

  • Create, view and edit text files (.txt) on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
  • Create, view, edit and preview Markdown files on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
  • Cloud based: Elements stores all its data in an /Elements subfolder on your personal

Dropbox account so you can access it via your iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC

  • Autosaving
  • Offline support: upload your changes to Dropbox next time you're connected
  • Full text search of your Elements files
  • Word counts, line counts, character count
  • A Scratchpad to flesh out ideas or store random bits of information
  • Email files as an attachment
  • Printing support (iOS 4.2 and above)
  • Sort file listings by name or modified date.
  • Customize the look of the text editor to fit your workflow
  • TextExpander touch support
  • Free customer support via email

Version

1.5.1

Free or Paid

Paid

Compatibility

This is a universal app, so works natively on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone 4

Accessibility Comments

This app is very accessible, and works well.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labelling

All buttons are clearly labelled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Link to Elements - Dropbox Powered Text Editor in the App Store

Visit developer web site

User Options

1 AppleVis user(s) have recommended this app for VoiceOver users.
0 AppleVis user(s) have reported that they have contacted the developer about accessibility issues with this app.
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