Comments on: Desktop Blogging Clients

By: CypherHackz

CypherHackz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:04:56 +0000

Quentin, I am Blogdesk user too. The HTML editor is available in it. Just press F5 and it will change the editor to HTML.

By: Quentin

Quentin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:43:53 +0000

I also use Blog desk as it is lite and easy to use. The only thing it misses is a html editor but other than that a nice little bit of software.

By: carl

carl — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:47:41 +0000

Have used thingamablog for awhile. It’s not perfect, but handles multiple blogs, is windows software based, and has templates for different purposes. Am always looking to see if something is better.

By: Supporting another freeware: BlogDesk at 59ideas

Supporting another freeware: BlogDesk at 59ideas — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:22:29 +0000

[...] While BlogDesk may not be as feature packed as other blogging clients, it is lite and does the job for me. [...]

By: The Official MartinZ Blog » Blog Archive » Blog Client Reviews

The Official MartinZ Blog » Blog Archive » Blog Client Reviews — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:14:41 +0000

[...] CMS Wire Prologger Telidesign Posted by martinz Filed in Uncategorized [...]

By: swizzle » Blog Archive » If this works… (or How to Turn a Post Into an Epic Search)

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:24:01 +0000

[...] So, this will be my first cross-post, using w.bloggar. I read a lot of nice ideas from this site regarding multiple site handling. Some of the tools there look very intriguing, so I think I’ll try a few out, and use each tool to post its own review. [...]

By: Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:45:45 +0000

Another Zoundry user here (www.zoundry.com). It was the only free tool that didn’t crash *and* supported posts to http-password-protected sites.

By: Baz L

Baz L — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:12:14 +0000

I have a question about desktop clients and WordPress.

I have noticed that they have a list of sites that are pinged. Ecto is the only one I see which has the ability to add to the list. For the other clients, when you pubish to your WordPress blog, does WordPress do its own pings or is it just left up to the blogging client?

By: Bill Hutchison's Journal

Bill Hutchison's Journal — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:20:24 +0000

Desktop Blogging Engine

Thanks to Ian over at Ian's Messy Desk for doing a review of different desktop blogging clients.
A few weeks ago, before my parents got here, I started to look around…

By: Baz L

Baz L — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:29:34 +0000

I have a question about these desktop clients though. With the exception of ecto, how do the others do pings? I see that bloggar only allows one ping site? What about BlogJet? I didn’t even see that option. Does the site still get pinged by WordPress when published?

By: Arieanna

Arieanna — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:18:28 +0000

Thanks Dee. And as a part of the Qumana team, I can say there’s some great ideas and feedback here for us to gain more headway on certain features and needs. :)

By: ChrisH

ChrisH — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:17:04 +0000

No one at all using MarsEdit by the same folks who make the excellent NetNewsWire?

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:10:46 +0000

I’m using Qumana. I have a few blogs and then I write as a team member for a few others. I like the dropping feature. I can add images very quickly. Play around with fonts. I like it. But I will look at this list, to see how it works against the others.

Thanks for the link.

By: Lordtime

Lordtime — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:28:00 +0000

I used BlogJet but then decided to write my own. as always some tolls are not perfect to use. Will try to follow other links suggested here

By: Wai Pyo

Wai Pyo — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:32:30 +0000

w.bloggar user here. It works fine for me. It can handle multiple blogs and is packed with nice features. The only problem is that the connection to server fails sometimes.

By: ChrisH

ChrisH — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:31:54 +0000

Ecto.

By: tom sherman

tom sherman — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:57:40 +0000

For Movable Type, I like SharpMT. Ecto may have the edge, but SharpMT is free and it does everything I want it to do.

My review: http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2004/10/mt-desktop-client-review-sharpmt

By: JT

JT — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:05:29 +0000

Newbie question, but why bother with a client at all. Especially in wordpress where there are so many good plugins that I presume desktop blogging clients can’t support.

By: raj dash

raj dash — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:55:23 +0000

I’ve tried numerous blogging clients and I just can’t give up Zoundry’s BlogWriter. It handles multiple accounts on multiple platforms. I manage about 20 blogs across WordPress, Blogger, and MovableType. You can preview pages by selecting one of your existing platform page templates.

BlogWriter also easily creates links to Wikipedia (and other resources), and to Amazon and other e-shopping sites.Unfortunately, you have to sign up for a Zoundry account and live in the United States. I use the feature anyway; Zoundry gets a commission if one of my readers clicks a shopping link and buys a product. But Lawrence of Zoundry.com tells me they are hoping to roll the affiliate program out to other countries eventually.

The two biggest flaws I’ve seen are: (1) You can’t add raw HTML (yet). (2) The resulting posts are squashed onto a single line, which seems to affect hard line breaks in both MovableType and WordPress.

By: Dmitry Chestnykh (BlogJet)

Dmitry Chestnykh (BlogJet) — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:29:50 +0000

Gerard McGarry: I tested blogging features of Flock - here. Though, of course, my opinion is biased since I'm BlogJet developer :)