A better version of Windows Live Writer is out
Today at BlogWorld, I met the product manager and the lead developer for Live Writer. Besides complementing them for creating a great desktop blogging application, I also learned that the official version for the product has just been released – welcome Windows Live Writer 2008.
I wrote in the past about this tool and how great it is. The new release makes things even better. Here are four examples for improved capabilities:
- Embedding images and video became easier and with more capabilities. For example – when pasting an embedded code from any video sharing service while working in the Web Layout mode, Live Writer immediately displays the video player instead of the html code. In the previous version you could only paste code in HTML mode
- The “New page” feature lets you create new pages. The previous version enabled only the creation of new posts
- An “Add category” feature was added (prior to that I had to do it via the Wordpress admin console)
- If you add post’s “Keywords”, those would automatically map to Wordpress’s tags (a ver 2.3 feature)
Basically, I have less and less need to login to Wordpress admin in order to post on a regular basis. The only reason to login is to manage comments or update the site template & plug-ins.
Kudos to the Microsoft Live team for the improvements. I highly recommend installing/upgrading.
