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8月23日

Windows Live Writer Beta

Microsoft released its Windows Live Writer Beta, a desktop blog client for writing blogs. Here is the Writer Zone.

Several days ago, when I talked to my friends, is it necessary to create a desktop client for writing blogs? And soon, I found that there are already several blog client in the market. E.g. ecto, BlogJet, SharpMT. And now, the Windows Live Writer.

Someone give the features of a desktop client:

  • Runs on Windows
  • Access to all of MT’s article fields
  • WYSIWYG HTML/XHTML Editor
  • Spell checker
  • Access to article categories
  • Ability to set publish date
  • Access/editing of previous articles
  • Image/file upload support
  • Support for multiple Blogs
  • Usable, intuitive interface

    I am writing this blog post in the Windows Live Writer now, to experience this simple new tool. And I would like to verify whether Windows Live Writer has the features above.

  • Runs on Windows  - Sure, it is 'Windows' Live Writer, not 'Linux' Writer
  • Access to all of MT’s article fields - Yes, by HTML code view
  • WYSIWYG HTML/XHTML Editor - Yes
  • Spell checker - Yes
  • Access to article categories - Yes
  • Ability to set publish date - Yes, by post properties
  • Access/editing of previous articles - Yes
  • Image/file upload support - Yes
  • Support for multiple Blogs - Yes, other than Windows Live Space
  • Usable, intuitive interface - Hmm, it is easy to use anyway
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