If you blog occasionally or even if you blog a lot, Windows Live Writer may replace creating your blog post in the control panel as your blog editor of choice. I am finding that it is sometimes easier and faster to blog in Microsoft’s free Live Writer application than it is to write in Word when I am on the go or for that matter faster than working directly in my WordPress control panel.
These are the things I like about Windows Live Writer:
- Ability to work offline and so I can blog while sitting in a waiting room.
- Ability to easily add images from my clip art gallery to my blog posts.
- Ability to save my blog post to my computer automatically without thought or a second action if I am working live.
- I like the spell checker and word count feature. Particularly the word count feature!
- I like the ability to set up multiple blog accounts and switch between them at will.
I have Windows Live Writer set up on my laptop so I can blog anywhere I go – the soccer field, the waiting room at the dentist, and in the car (if I am not driving). I have found that I like it so much that I am using it more and more just for blogging while I am sitting at my own computer. I find it significantly easier to quickly add photos and style text than when I am working live on my WordPress blog online.
To have it work, you will need your blog admin or user login but that is about it. You don’t even need FTP access.
If you want to check it out, you can get the free download here. You may find out like me that it becomes your application of choice.