Windows Live Writer is easy to use application that allows you to publish rich content to any web blog. Designed specifically for Windows Spaces blogs, it works flawlessly with almost any other blogger service. It provides WYSIWYG formatting, images uploading, Live Maps, and an open SDK. Its design allows for plug-ins and there are already three available.
Of course, it is not without it’s problems. Currently, the program is still in beta, so you will encounter some strange errors from time to time. That being said, I have never lost a post, or encountered an error that had an sort of adverse affect on my blog. Also, the program allows for images to be uploaded directly your blog of choice, provided they support the newMediaObject API. Apparently, Blogger.com does not support this, which is unfortunate. Thankfully the writers of this application have included FTP image uploading.
I’ve giving this a test run, and so far it’s been good. Simple, strait forward, and no horrific bugs.
4 responses so far ↓
brother novs // April 23, 2007 at 6:00 pm
i assume you are using this software to run this blog? please clarify. i am always looking for ways to make blogging less strnuous for my lazy side. which is every side.
Nathan // April 24, 2007 at 12:31 am
Yes I am using this to blog. Atleast for a little while to try it out. It works well with WordPress, but like I said, image uploading in Blogger is a little tough. For that, I just upload my images to Picasa Web, and then paste the html into this program. The part I like the most about the program is that I can write draft posts, save them and work on them a while before publishing, but I’m sure there’s another free app somewhere that does the same thing.
brother novs // April 25, 2007 at 4:31 am
Well, I’m going to try it out. Did you notice that it works with Firefox entension ‘blog this”?
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