Comments on: Windows Live Writer – Powerful Desktop Based Weblog Client

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:41:41 +0000

Loved your article and found it very helpful and informative. I looked into adding the Windows Live Writer to help me with my blogging, but decided it wasn’t for me. I use Windows XP and at $300 to upgrade to Windows 7 (for 1 computer, no less. I’d have to pay another $200+ for a license to use on both my desktop & laptop), I’m not about to ‘upgrade’ anytime soon. The problem with the WLW for XP weren’t that major, but were dealbreakers for me. First, it doesn’t have the Video capabilities (only Vista/7) and in order to download it, I have to download the entire ‘Windows Live Essentials’ package, which I do not want! Included were bing (which I absolutely HATE with every fiber of my being), and other programs I will never use. Second, and perhaps most important to me personally, in order to download the ‘essentials’, I first have to agree that I will allow Microsoft update to install some updates automatically (without being given the option to not install them) and that I REFUSE to do under any circumstance. I go through every update thoroughly before I ever install anything, including Windows/Microsoft updates, to decide whether or not I want to install them. Anytime I am not given that option, I have to wonder why.

Just my 2 cents worth. By the way, I decided to go with thingamablog instead, since it has most of the same features, but I’m able to use the video function on it and it works perfectly with my trusty Windows XP.

By: Facilities management consultant

Facilities management consultant — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:46:34 +0000

Interesting. This sort of software would be useful for a facilities management consultancy.

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By: Sherm Cohen

Sherm Cohen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:26:42 +0000

I’m loving this program, and it has made blog posting about a million times more enjoyable. I don’t know why more people don’t know about this. It also makes it so easy to add alt descriptions to images…Blogger’s editor doesn’t even let you do it. I use it to post to Blogger and to my WordPress blog…it switches in a snap. If you’re struggling with uploading or formatting or tagging, you gotta try this.

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PreobrajenskySuk3a3 — Fri, 25 May 2007 23:04:15 +0000

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Will’s Blog - Windows Live Writer — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:51:34 +0000

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By: me

me — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:51:13 +0000

cool

By: venukb

venukb — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:00:26 +0000

Hi Jon,
Qumana was the only other editor that I liked very much. Other than the image handling, the UI was sluggish (probably because of Java, I’m not sure) and many a times it used to go to a hang state and I had to use Task manager to kill the process. (Again this didn’t happen very often). I would definitely checkout the new version

By: Jon Husband

Jon Husband — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:30:24 +0000

You may be happy to know (tho’ it sounds like you’ll stick with LW) that the image handling and manipulation in Qumana is now vastly improved. We are releasing a new version today or tomorrow with a wide range of bug fixes, usability and enhancements and some important new features.

just FYI ….