Blogdesk vs. Windows Live Writer
I’m always looking for a better tool to write posts for this blog. I’ve use the WordPress editor plenty of times and still use when not at home, but it is limited when it comes to handling pictures.
Lately, I’ve been using Windows Live Writer to write all my posts. It is freeware and works quite well. It makes it easy to add photos to posts and provides some decent editing functions. The spellchecker is big help for (increasingly poor spellers like) me. I’ve run into a problem with it though. I like to schedule posts for when I’m not available to write and post them immediately, but WLW seems to be screwing up the date/time. I specified a date one or two days from now and the post goes up with the date from 1969!? Odd. I have a work around, but it is a hassle.
Then I read about Blogdesk. I’m giving it a shot. I’m actually writing this article using Blogdesk. This one is an open-source project. It works quite well, but still isn’t what I would deem the best tool. It is certainly faster than WLW when posting and responds nicely when typing. I haven’t tried the image tools, but it does lack one thing I am starting to use more: Chinese characters. Enter a few characters like Emelia’s name and they turn out like this: ??.
So, if you are in the market for good posting tools either WLW or Blogdesk are not bad choices. If you have a tool that you use and you think it is worth a try let me know.