Windows Live Writer 2008

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Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service. It includes a WSYIWYG blog editor as well as tools for publishing photos, maps. An included SDK allows developers to extend the capabilities of Writer to publish additional content types. Windows Live Writer is a great client for Windows Live Spaces but also works with other weblogs including Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, or WordPress. Version 2008 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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  Windows Live Writer

  An excellent tool for bloggers

  by: darkdestiny7 on 18-Apr-2008 06:53:55 AM

  Pros: Although I only used it for my MSN Live account, this software is very useful in terms of helping you post your blog entries into quite a few sites like Blogspot. What I like about it is that you can even be able to write blogs offline!

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  Windows Live Writer

  Terrific Software

  by: stephenrblv on 20-Jan-2008 05:57:27 PM

  Pros: Plugins are plentiful. Program works flawlessly. This is the item wordpress is totally missing. Blows their posting interface to bits.

  If you WP Blog, get this one for sure!

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  Windows Live Writer

  Good but has some really frustrating bugs

  by: jrochetti on 21-Apr-2008 10:37:06 AM

  Pros: I have been using a live writer on a daily basis as a professional blogger for about six months. While it is improvement over many of the other programs, it still has lots of bugs.

  Cons: I routinely have a couple dozen draft posts saved in WLW as well as a couple hundred live posts. I've noticed that Live Writer continually crashes the first time I attempt to use open recently posted files using the "all posts" option.

  Little items that would be helpful in this would be to revive user to:

  - save photo crediting information so that should not have to reenter it on every photo

  - allow the cropping of photos

  - the ability to sort dralfs and live posts by date written, date last saved, alphabetically, etc.

  - allow the saving of a planned post date without actually posting it

  - an effective Amazon and You Tube plug in

  - more font size options - font 8 is the smallest available.

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  Windows Live Writer

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  by: havy0506 on 01-Jan-2008 11:12:32 PM

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