Experimenting with Windows Live

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

I'm not always a big fan of Windows software, but after reading a post on Digital Inspiration about Windows Live Writer, I thought I'd give it a go.

At the moment, I'm writing this from the comfort of my desktop, without having to be connected to the Internet. Setting up was easy - once downloaded, just enter your Blogger or other blogging details and Live Writer sorts it all out.

Different views allow you to see how your post will look before publishing, and you can save as many draft posts as you like. The interface seems simple enough, and for the technophiles you can see your HTML whilst the technophobes can stick to the 'What you see is what you get' interface.

Multiple blogs can be added, which is a bonus. The only drawback that I can see is that you can't schedule posts - a feature that is also currently missing in Blogger, but is in WordPress.

Further exploration shows that you can set up your services to be pinged when you've posted.

If anyone knows where to get plugins, which sound like a good idea, please let me know!

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