iA has released version 8 of iA Writer.

It’s been a stable item in my toolkit for years. I reach for it whenever I need to write long-form or really need to focus.

You can read the full breakdown on their website, but two things stand out:

• The command palette is now invoked either as a keyboard shortcut or as a menu item. They probably noticed that users stuck to one or the other, so they made it a choice and removed a button from the interface.
• The new search opens to the table of contents of the current document by default. Start typing and the first results come from that document, followed by others in order of recency. One button, three purposes: global search, in-document search, table of contents.

I’ve been using iA Writer for years and one of the things I love the most is how little it changes. How it’s never a surprise but is, instead, extremely reliable. When I open it I want to work, I want to focus and iA never distracts me or lets me down. Lots of love for it, really.