Windows Live Writer – First Microsoft’s Live software package I actually use!

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November 29th, 2008

I don't usually use any products that have "Live" sitting in their name tag, but this one is an exception. Amongst all available desktop blogging applications, this one is actually free *and* still very functional! (And it boasts a nice minimialistic Office/Vista feel, too) This li'l tool will integrate into LiveSpaces, WordPress.com, any custom WordPress blog, Moveable Type, etc., and saves me from having to log in and use the (let's face it) very doggy integrated TinyMCE that WordPress has.

I do have to admit, I'm a bit tired of web-apps recently, since they don't use all the potential that Windows'/MacOS'/Linux's native apps have to offer, but instead rely on slow JavaScript scripting, slow HTML browser rendering and all sorts of hacks to do all the work. This doesn't cost bandwidth, it doesn't slow my browser down and still does everything I need. (In case anybody wondered, this whole thing works because of that mysterious and large xmlrpc.php file inside the default WordPress directory, bless it's soul). Finally, blog publishing isn't confined to a browser tab anymore...

PS: An acceptable alternative to WLV would be ZoundryRaven.

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