Ok, maybe I am a little behind the times – or am very careful before I give Microsoft the fair shake. Whatever my reason was, I never tried Windows Live Writer till the other day. I figured it would be like every other blog updater I’ve seen out there. It would do everything but (insert feature here). Well, I am happy to say that Windows Live Writer does it all – and does it well.
I am damned impressed with the entire product. I hate to sound like an anti-Microsoft goon, but it is a little hard to believe they developed such a nice product. (Just in case any of the Microsoft guys are reading, really don’t mean that as a back handed compliment) It worked with WordPress right off the bat too with no problems at all.
Inserting pictures into posts is as easy as dragging the image from the desktop of folder into the main editing window of Live Writer. It gets automatically uploaded, just as any other image would to my hosting account. The in-dept draft feature is nice too. I can save as a draft here on my machine, or on the server.
The only downside I have found (and this might be more my fault than Microsoft’s) is the Web Layout preview doesn’t work that well with all of the various places I write. Other than that though I would highly encourage any and all to go check it out if you haven’t. Windows Live Writer is definitely worth your time for sure and won’t cost you any money.
Yes, Windows Live Writer is a great program! I have got to start using it more often as I blog, since it is a lot more attractive and easier to use than the WordPress administration screen.
I had some problems with installing because it kept trying to install other programs that I didn’t want or need. I finally figured it out, but those who are less patient may not be as forgiving.
Yeah when I first installed it – I was stumped at first cause I thought was broke or something. Turns out a downloaded the downloader so it could offer other downloads to me? Kinda confusing, but if you can cut through that great product.
Nice, install proccess is kind of messy though.
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