Windows Live Writer Released
Posted by Rowain on 23 August 2006 - 19:25 · 10 comments & 8326 views
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#1 Posted by thenay on 23 Aug 2006 - 19:41
- Is it out of beta now? The beta was released a while ago.
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#2 Posted by Ely on 24 Aug 2006 - 01:03
- Is this the same old released a couple of weeks ago as beta or is it some new build?
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#3 Posted by madkingsoup on 24 Aug 2006 - 09:15
- Nope, it's the Beta version. Confirmed at http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/
Last edited by madkingsoup on 24 Aug 2006 - 11:12
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#4 Posted by Quintok on 24 Aug 2006 - 11:55
- and unlike Google and Picasa, Microsoft also ignored the linux platform.
However, unlike Google... Microsoft have an OS out in the general public.
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#5 Posted by Croquant on 26 Aug 2006 - 15:18
- Um, couldn't you use MS Office or OpenOffice to write your blog entries?
What's the point of developing a word processor specifically for the blogosphere? -
#5.1 Posted by :: Drew :: on 26 Aug 2006 - 15:58
- Quote - Croquant said @ #5Um, couldn't you use MS Office or OpenOffice to write your blog entries?
What's the point of developing a word processor specifically for the blogosphere?
It's probably useful for those who have no need for an Office suite and just simply blog...
It's a lightweight alternative
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#5.2 Posted by StarSabers on 26 Aug 2006 - 22:39
- Quote - Croquant said @ #5Um, couldn't you use MS Office or OpenOffice to write your blog entries?
What's the point of developing a word processor specifically for the blogosphere?
I actually like it and have used it for several posts now. It has a better layout than MS Word 2007 for editing a blog, in my opinon. They just need to add inline spelling and grammer check, and it'll be perfect.
Since most blogging tools are web based and not all allow WYSIWYG editing (where you see on screen exactly how the blog post will look), Windows Live Writer will be useful for some writers looking for a faster, easier way to post to blogs.
Tools like this have been around for a long time. For example RocketPost is another company in this space, although they charge $12 for their software. Performancing (a Firefox plugin that people rave about) and Ecto (Om Malik uses this one) are two others. The biggest complaint about these existing services was that editing existing posts is difficult or impossible.
Windows Live Writer has a lot of bells and whistles - preview in WYSIWYG or HTML mode, support for most blogging platforms (Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress and others), easy insertion of photos and things like Live.com Maps, and tagging. Good stuff, but none of it differentiates it from existing year old products.
What does differentiate Live Writer is that they’ve released an API that allows developers to extend the capabilities of the software to publish additional content types.
Too bad that, like Google and Picasa, Microsoft has ignored the Mac platform.