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Scribefire |
BlogJet |
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Windows Live Writer
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"An
impressive blog editor, and is probably
the cleanest one. It provides the
familiar user interface that one would
expect from usual Microsoft
applications. Writing a blog entry with
intuitive features like a rich text
editor and spell checker is easy. Users
also have the ability to quickly add
images and other media.
The
distinctive feature that puts Live
Writer ahead of the competition is that
you can can add
plugins
to the editor. For instance, there are
plugins that seamlessly integrate with
Flickr
and
Facebook
photos; word counting as well as many
further features are available as well.
Live
Writer is useful for people who don’t
necessarily want to mess with HTML and
just want to quickly write a blog post,
but it’s also great for more advanced
users with the ability to add specific
features with plugins." --smashingmagazine.com
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3.5/5 stars
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BlogDesk
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"A robust,
multi-language blog
editor that supports
all of the popular
blogging platforms
except Blogger. If
that isn’t a problem
for you, then you’ll
love the unique and
intuitive features
BlogDesk provides.
The Image Wizard
allows you to
upload and
edit pictures,
without editing
images in image
processing
applications. You
can also define
frequently used
phrases and keywords
to speed up your
writing time, much
like
TextExpander
(Mac).
Links can be easily
inserted and edited.
If you link to local
files (such as MP3
or PDF), BlogDesk
will automatically
upload them.
Dictionaries in 14
languages are
available for the
integrated spell
checker. Posts
already published
can be edited
afterwards and
deleted directly
from the server. In
the Notebook you can
insert and rearrange
text before you
actually use it in
your weblog entry.
For your convenience
you can create
multiple categories
where text can be
saved separately."
--smashingmagazine.com
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Zoundry Raven
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"A free advanced WYSIWYG-blog editor with XHTML editing, drag and drop from browser-functionality. It also provides the Unicode (UTF-8) support, quicklinks and a template-based preview. Users can manage multiple blogs online and offline and use a built-in indexer that allows to see posts by blogs, links, tags and images.Zoundry Raven supports Blogger, TypePad, MovableType, MetaWeblog and LiveJournal. The tool is available as a portable application which you can use on your flash/thumb drive. Finally, you can use Raven to create and modify your WordPress Pages just like any other blog post and set WordPress tags as well as import tags from all of your posts.
It is worth mentioning that Zoundry Raven also has an integrated HTML validator built into the code view and includes a publish menu to finalize your decisions, tags, trackbacks, etc." --smashingmagazine.com
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4/5 stars
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w.blogger
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"A professional blog editor for advanced users who are fairly technologically savvy. It’s snappy and has a lot more advanced features built-in than Live Writer. While the interface isn’t as intuitive or elegant as Live Writer and some of the others, it’s a useful little editor.
With w.bloggar you can save posts locally for further publishing, import text files, post to many blogs and ping to Weblogs.Com, blo.gs, Technorati and ping-o-matic. Also, you can download a portable version that you can take with your anywhere on a USB drive. Perfect for bloggers on the go!"
--smashingmagazine.com
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Thingamablog
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"A hybrid of a blog editor and RSS-feed reader. It’s not quite as polished as other blog editors, but is great for someone needing a cross-platform blog editor. Setting up the blog is a bit cumbersome for the first time, but not unbearable. You’ll need to have Java Virtual Machine downloaded and running on your machine to work.
Thingamablog has a few advanced features that are different from other blog editors. You can import RSS feeds, and you can post to your blog while reading your RSS feeds. It’s a nice program for bloggers who typically write news-related posts. The editor also allows publishing remotely to your blog via email and saving entries as drafts. Thingamablog is released under the terms of the GPL."
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5/5 stars
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Qumana
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"Qumana has an interesting feature that isn’t found in other blogging platforms. If you are interested in joining an ad network for your blog, Qumana has a built-in ad network (Qads) that allows you to insert ads into your post.
You can use Qumana when you are offline. Save your blog posts to your hard drive and upload whenever you like. Useful for bloggers on the move. Apart from standard features the editor has a handy little feature called the DropPad, which adds drag-n-drop capability to snag links, pictures and text to a desktop pad. Qumana is very intuitive and is definitely an option worth consdering for both newbies and advanced bloggers." --smashingmagazine.com
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3.5/5 stars
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Scribefire (Firefox
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"Scribefire is quite different from the other blog editors as it is a Firefox extension. When you want to blog about the page you are currently viewing, hit “F12″ and the scribefire extension pops up in the lower-half of your browser. You can blog about a specific web page without having to leave the browser. You can also click an icon to move blogging frame into a separate tab, if you’re going to need some more space.Scribefire isn’t as feature-rich as an editor like Ecto or BlogDesk, but it is fast and easy, and works well for everybody in a hurry." --smashingmagazine.com
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BlogJet
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"If
you are a power blogger,
BlogJet
is definitely a solution worth
considering. While the application costs
around $60, it manages to combine a
number of useful tools in one
clean, intuitive interface. It
supports most blogging services,
integrates with RSS-readers and also
allows you to use keyword-shortcuts
(like BlogDesk).
BlogJet
cares about typography: it automatically
replaces quotes and dashes with proper
ones as you type. If you are on the road
and there is no Internet-connection, or
if you want to finish your post later,
save it as draft. Then you can get back
to finishing and publishing it. The tool
also has Flickr and YouTube support,
Spell Checker, Word Counter and Blog
Statistics, Post Management and
Searching. And BlogJet can automatically
insert the title and the artist of the
song playing in iTunes, Winamp or
Windows Media Player.
If you
are looking for a free alternative,
stick with BlogDesk. It has almost the
same features and is free. However, if a
beautiful, intuitive design is important
to you, then give BlogJet a shot. You
won’t be disappointed." --smashingmagzine.com
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4/5 stars
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Flock (web browser)
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"A web-browser that
has a built-in
blogging tool. The
blogging tool allows
you to blog directly
from the page,
similarly to
Scribefire, with a
keyboard shortcut or
a mouse click.
However, the
interface on Flock
is a bit nicer, and
has a
slightly more
seamless integration
than in case of
Scribefire and
Firefox. Also you
can use the web
clipping tool to
save and store clips
of information in
your browser.
Flock is an optimal
tool for simple
bloggers who don’t
need a lot of bells
and whistles that
come with other
blogging editors."
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Post2Blog
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"On the surface, Post2Blog appears to be a very simple blogging tool. If you dig under the hood for a bit, you’ll notice that this lightweight blogging tool has some pretty nifty features. You can quickly add amazon affiliate links to your posts. It even has plugins for Firefox and Internet Explorer for quickly blogging a web page.The tool also has a “Portable Mode” support, integration with RSS Bandit and Sharp Reader — you can post selected items from these RSS readers using Post2Blog plugin. You can also add Technorati, Del.icio.us, Buzzwords, 43 Things tags to your posts and earn money using “Insert Amazon Link” feature.
The only drawback is that the interface isn’t as elegant or intuitive as other Windows blogging platforms, and the tool isn’t supported by the developers." --smashingmagazine.com
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3/5 stars
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Bleezer
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"A light
piece of software that has all standard
features as well some advanced
functionality which one would expect
from robust editors. Spell checking,
pinging services, uploading files and
FTP capabilities are available. It’s a
handy little tool that is quick and
efficient. Again, it doesn’t have the
beautiful design that BlogJet has, but
it’s free and works smoothly. Bleezer is
an optimal choice for advanced bloggers
who can appreciate the advanced
functionality that the software
provides.
Using
Bleezer you can work with every
blogging service (even
Blogger). You can also create custom
markup by defining your own key strokes
for custom HTML markup. As usual, you
can also compose posts offline and post
them when you want to. Windows and Linux
users should extract the .zip file into
a directory and double click the .jar
file to run. You will need Java Virtual
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