The Quirky Quill

I just installed the Windows Live Writer in my Vista and I am trying it out.  Besides I have heard so much about it that I just couldn't keep myself from testing it.  An article from WikiPedia gives a programmer's description of the software.  As early as August of 2006, TechCrunch was already comparing it with desktop blogging applications then available.  He writes:

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.

That was in 2006. Last year, Digital Inspiration had an article that described Live Writer in these terms

Windows Live Writer from Microsoft (especially version 2) is probably one of the best and most popular blog editing software around for Windows platform.

But the main purpose of the quoted article was to give tips on how to make use of the Live Writer like a powerblogger.  And then early this month, PCMech posted the following:

If there is any be-all/end-all blog writing utility out there that classifies as the best, it’s Windows Live Writer. For all the bungling that Microsoft does with its other products, WLW is one that actually shines and does so very well.

Why is this? Because it does what any good blog authoring tool should do - author to just about anywhere. WordPress, Live Spaces, LiveJournal, MovableType and several others.

So here I am, making my first post with Windows Live Writer.  What is lacking now is this port in its place...

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