Editor indecisiveness
I have yet to standardize on one, single way to post to this blog. I never seem to find the perfect fit — if there is such a thing. And maybe it is ok to use multiple ways to post. Some of the editors and/or posting methods I’ve used include the following:
- Log in to WordPress admin and write a post there
- Use Flock’s built-in editor
- Windows Live Writer
- WordPress Dashboard widget (OS X)
- Blog by email
And this isn’t all. There are some more editors or methods I’ve used that I can’t recall right now. I’ve tried a whole bunch of different ones.
Bet you would never guess that I’d point to a Microsoft product as one I’m liking more and more: Windows Live Writer. (To paraphrase or misuse a well known Bible verse: “Can anything good come out of Nazareth Redmond?”)
Although it is still officially in beta, I am using ver. 1.0 and enjoying its features, including the fact that there is a small but growing set of third party plug-ins for things I might use. Among them are plug-ins for inserting Snagit screen captures, Technorati tags, Flickr images, Bible verses, maps, tables, videos, and more. It seems to format the output nicely and correctly (something that hasn’t been the case in the past for some Microsoft products), and offers one of the best preview options I’ve seen anywhere. I also like the fact that there are several good keystroke shortcuts built-in.
