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Windows Live Writer... so what?

Wow, I'm being a real poopy pants this morning. I clearly need some Mountain Dew or whatever gets keeps to wake up in the morning.

I've seen a bunch of blog posts about Windows Live Writer from the last few days. Excuse me for asking the obvious question, but so what? I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what's so nifty about this, especially since it's a Windows app and not something Web-based. I'm remarkably unimpressed.

Posted: Aug 14 2006, 09:47 AM by Jeff | with 11 comment(s)
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lkempe said:

Even if it is a windows app it is a really good one.

# August 14, 2006 10:05 AM

Ben Hall said:

Have to say, that was my first impression as well.  Especially since I can blog from within Word anyway.

# August 14, 2006 10:29 AM

karl said:

I've been using http://www.writely.com to blog on codebetter.com for a couple posts now. Works great in firefox - SOLD!

# August 14, 2006 11:03 AM

Gabriel Lozano-Morán said:

Hell, why use any other application than Excel? I am pretty confident that we can even do everything from within Excel, don't you think so?

It's great to see finally a service oriented smart client application for blog posting. Sure I can posts blog from the WYSIWYG editor in CS but it is not the same? Ever tried writing a blog post that takes an hour to write only to find out that your session expired when you tried to post it?

Imho stop whining about it and just don't use it. I don't like VB.NET but I don't whine about the fact that I don't understand why some people like it.

# August 14, 2006 11:33 AM

Jeff said:

So because you disagree with me, I'm whining? Whatever dude. I think it's a step back if it's not something Web-based. I enjoy a lot of freedom being able to use both Windows and OS X, as well as devices like PDA's and phones. For all the years we complained about browser compatibility issues, we're finally reaching a place where that platform-agnostic goal looks possible. This tool is a backward step from that direction.
# August 14, 2006 1:40 PM

Darren Neimke said:

>> Ever tried writing a blog post that takes an

>> hour to write only to find out that your

>> session expired when you tried to post it?

I've been using this cool little rich client app called Notepad to manage my content for a while now but I had been planning to make the leap and start using Word12 instead :-)

# August 14, 2006 6:25 PM

Gabriel Lozano-Morán said:

Actually stepping back from web-based solutions for this to a smart client application is imho a great choice!

@ Darren: sure man and you are also one of those guys that programs in notepad and uses CSC to compile, right?

# August 15, 2006 3:17 AM

Jeff Atwood said:

> I enjoy a lot of freedom being able to use both Windows and OS X Then you're free to use this Windows-based tool. I don't see what the problem is. Web sites are never as responsive or full-featured as client apps. Why not take advantage of the platform when it makes sense to do so? What next? You gonna complain that Quake 5 doesn't run in Safari?
# August 15, 2006 4:23 PM

Jeff said:

You aren't listening to me, or don't want to. You can do all of that in a browser on a Web site. Why should I be tied to Windows?

# August 15, 2006 4:53 PM

Jeff Atwood said:

> You can do all of that in a browser on a Web site. Why should I be tied to Windows?

You just spent the last n-1 posts describing ad nauseam how you're NOT tied to Windows. You got your x86 emulator, so you can run anything anywhere.

So why not pick the best tool-- MacOS or Windows, Web or Client? Isn't that the whole POINT of HAVING the choice?

It's not that I'm not understanding you, it's that you, sir, make no sense.

# August 16, 2006 3:44 AM

Jeff said:

No, you just seem to think you and I are the only people who would need to use it.

# August 16, 2006 9:24 AM
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