desktop blogging software

Stupid Shiny Ribbon in Windows Live Writer 2011

It Started With Zemanta

It all started when I noticed the Zemanta Windows Live Writer Plugin had an update, so I went to the page for the update. I love Zemanta. Great tool. I have the extension installed on Chrome too. It lets me be lazy, suggests pictures, tags and links and I don’t have to think. But I saw this:

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Windows Live Writer

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I have tried a few desktop blogging programs. The closest I came to anything I would use was Qumana or Scribefire. Both programs claimed tagging support, but not the type of tags that you type into the little box in WordPress, that you can use later to organize your blog. They posted them directly into a post and then linked to somewhere like Technorati. So I would have to post a draft and still log in to WordPress to add tags.