Windows live writer is beta freeware from microsoft that really works.

That sentence is unbelievable, but nevertheless true. I like this software a lot. I downloaded it a few weeks ago and it quickly became my standard for post writing, displacing the WordPress WYSIWYG (which is woefully inadequate) and the Firefox Performancing extension (which works well but absolutely sucks wind when it comes to image uploading and formatting). Anything I would write about Live Writer in the way of review is nicely said in this review at Information Week by Sergar Yegulalp.

I don’t even mind that WLW is a stand alone program since I take my notebook pretty much everywhere I go (except out on the route with me). It would be great to have Live Writer’s excellent functionality in a web based app, but I’ll bet some smart person is working on that.

The only thing it doesn’t (seem to) have is a “blog this with Live Writer” thingy, though maybe it’s in there somewhere and I missed it. see update post.

This is one microsoft program I can heartily recommend. Get it here.

*Apologies to mis_nomer for playing fast and loose with the title from her excellent series.

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