Sable Markdown Writer 1.0.0-beta.2

Sable Markdown Writer 1.0.0-beta.2 is the second beta on the way to 1.0. It adds a sample project to look around in, dimmed text that is easier to read in every theme, VoiceOver and keyboard support throughout, and a way to report a bug from the Help menu. Betas go only to people who turned on Get beta updates in Settings → General; everyone else stays on 0.10.1 until a stable release.

• A sample project to look around in. First launch now offers Explore a Sample Project beside choosing a folder, and Help → Open Sample Project opens it any time. It's Northwatch, a short finished story: three chapters with scene tags, four character cards (Mara has aliases and a portrait), two locations, a world note, a Concept note, an Outline for the Story Timeline, a note to yourself, and a snapshot to compare. Sable copies it into your Documents folder as Sable Sample Project (with a number added if that name is taken) and opens the first chapter, so change anything you like. Your writing folder doesn't change, nothing already in Documents is touched, and asking again opens your copy as you left it.
• Dimmed text you can actually read. Sable measured every theme's text against accessibility contrast guidelines and found that dimmed Markdown symbols, notes, quotes, scene-break lines, and the dimming in Paragraph Focus were too faint, especially on the dark themes. They are now brighter, and notes, quotes, and scene breaks follow the theme instead of a system gray. A few name and sentence colors on the light themes are slightly darker. The far edge of Paragraph Focus still fades almost to nothing; that's what it's for.
• Works with VoiceOver and the keyboard. Every control in the toolbar, writing desk, cards, Settings, Export, Revisions, Find & Replace, and Story Timeline now has a spoken name, and the desk, cards, Story Timeline, and writing record read as short summaries. Buttons that only appear when you hover are VoiceOver actions too. Things you could only drag now have keyboard equivalents: Customize Tools (select a tool, then ⌥↑ or ⌥↓) and the Manuscript tab (↑ and ↓ to choose a chapter, ⌥↑ and ⌥↓ to move it). A card's picture frame moves with the arrow keys, and VoiceOver can pin, close, move, and resize a card without dragging. Escape closes every sheet and popover. With VoiceOver or Keyboard navigation on, the toolbar stays in view instead of hiding.
• Respects your display settings. Increase Contrast brightens dimmed text, firms up outlines, and gives you a flat page. Reduce Transparency makes the toolbar, cards, and scene tags solid. Reduce Motion now also stops the toolbar and desk sliding and the card and tooltip animations, as well as particles and the name shimmer.
• Help → Report a Bug… and Send Feedback or Ideas. Report a Bug opens a small window for what happened and the steps to reproduce. A checkbox, on by default, adds your Sable version, macOS version, and Mac model, with the exact values shown beneath it. Open in GitHub opens your browser to a bug report with your words filled in; Sable sends nothing itself, and you read the report on GitHub before deciding to submit it. If Sable closed unexpectedly in the last seven days, Show Latest Crash Report displays that report for you to read and copy. Sable doesn't open it until you click, and never attaches it. Send Feedback or Ideas opens Sable's GitHub Discussions.

Fixed

• With VoiceOver, every toolbar button said "Off", Bold included. Only the tools that switch on and off report On or Off now.
• The points on the Story Timeline didn't respond to the keyboard or VoiceOver. Each is now a real button, read as its chapter and beat.
• The first-launch folder sheet couldn't be closed with Escape. It has a Not Now button now; Sable asks again next time.
• Customize Tools could only be reordered by dragging.

Release notes written by Claude Code.

Community build: not notarized by Apple. On first launch, macOS may require approval in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. Update downloads are verified with Sable Markdown Writer’s Sparkle signing key.