Comments on: The Case For and Against Blog Editors

By: Inetgate

Inetgate — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:05:11 +0000

I use ecto3 on Mac, and this tool can keep all entries at local as backup.
This is the main reason why I use ecto3.

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:59:31 +0000

@honza: do you have to copy and paste links even if you write in HTML and then paste that? (using the HTML editor in WordPress and not one of the WYSIWYG ones)

By: Honza

Honza — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:37:20 +0000

For most of my blog posts, I use an off-line editor, Q10 or DarkRoom, then I copy and paste. It is slow and tedious (you have to add links manually in the WordPress editor), but it helps me a great deal to concentrate on what I’m actually writing.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:25:52 +0000

Andy: That’s an interesting way to blog. I often times for other sites that I write for have to write in Google Docs or something to the like and have them copy/paste it in since I don’t have admin access, but I don’t find it any easier/harder to write in that format.

I also forgot to mention Ecto anywhere in this write up, a true shame on me moment…

RP: I’m primarily a Mac user but I have played with WLW on my Windows machine and found it to be the best blog editor for Windows, at least for my use. I haven’t had the crashing issues but I do agree that it is painfully slow, especially on my older system.

Rarst: I admit browsers aren’t great for editing and have a lot of problems in that field, but for most blog posts they are adequate. I’m a MarsEdit fan for the most part though I still end up doing most of my writing in the actual browser due to the way I write. It just makes things easier to not have to go back and forth.

Still, if someone did like you asked and made a good polished and effective cross-platform client, I might be interested…

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:57:33 +0000

I use WLW because browsers sucked, still suck and will suck (for few more years I think) as anything-editors.

Jump from long years of rendering read-only content to serving as tool to edit that very same content is not one easily performed.

Browser is most used software at any Internet-capable PC, but most used is mistaken for software that is supposed to do everything.

PC I am used to WLW but it is still full of quirks… I wish someone made functional, polished and portable blogging client…

By: rp

rp — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:51:58 +0000

I’ve been using WLW for a long time. It has got some nice features. But the problem is that it still uses up a lot of resources, and very often, especially while dealing with embedded media, it causes the system to freeze–which is pretty frustrating. I’ll try if I can do without it.

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:49:56 +0000

I generally use the standard platform editor (generally WordPress or Movable Type with the sites I currently work on), but I often draft things out and write full articles in a standard text editor first.

I actually find it less of a distraction writing in a text editor, as I rarely add media until the end and, as I work with an HTML mindset I add the basic formatting as I go so it’s ready to cut and paste.

I tried using an offline editor (Ecto) but there were too many little niggles that I couldn’t get to grips with, so decided it was easier to stick with this method.