Beta release 25 of TexFlow is now available for immediate upgrade. Existing users will be able to automatically upgrade to the latest version the next time you start TextFlow.

Two major bugs were fixed in this release: firstly a conflict with the latest version of the Adobe AIR 1.5 runtime that prevented writing bug reports in the bug report form. The second bug caused severe problems with the comparison of larger Word documents and would result in very strange changes being reported for documents that were otherwise very similar. Both bugs are now fixed!

Here is a short step-by-step guide on one way to integrate TextFlow into your collaborative work process. By allowing your colleagues to work how they want, when they want, TextFlow lets you do the most with your team.

Or, compare with someone else’s original (like the Declaration of Independence versions);  or, save the unfinished session and send it to someone; or, whatever works for you. TextFlow is a flexible tool like a penknife, not a production-line cookie cutter - but the pattern above is a good way to start using it.

From today the desktop beta is available at once, to anyone: just set up an account. The software is still in a beta phase, so we ask that you keep this in mind while using it. Sign up and download TextFlow now!

The handwritten drafts of this WWI poem are fascinating to see grow, through Siegfried Sassoon’s suggestions — like blind insolence of iron mouths to replace majestic insults… — and on to this final form below. The last line never changes, except for Dusk to dusk.

If you have installed the desktop beta, you can explore these nine drafts. If you don’t yet have a TextFlow account, here are four you can take for a test drive, with the first draft as reference. Click on it to start TextFlow and explore building a personal edition. Poetry is what you make of it.