Windows Live writer

I was able to get Windows Live Writer working tonight. I followed the directions at that page for those having problems getting the program to install. Only took a few minutes to remedy the problem after which Live Writer installed without a hitch.

This is the first post I’ve written using Live Writer and I’m already very impressed. This program has the most logical, easy to understand setup of any of the blog editors I’ve tried. I also like how it pulls the template from my theme so I can see what my post will look like in real time.

It’s fantastic to see Microsoft put out such a quality program while even in beta. It’s even better to see them support competing platforms such as WordPress. I can see myself spending more of my time in Live Writer than I do in Word.

One more thing that impressed me was that I woke up this morning after posting about my installation problems and saw a reply by a member of the Live Writer team who apologized for the problem and helped explain the error in more detail. That led me back to the site in search of a solution.

I’m blown away at how easy it makes handling images. I just dragged an image into this area, resized it in seconds, wrapped the text and added a custom border. All in about 30 seconds. That would normally take me several minutes to do in standard WordPress editor.

If first impressions are any indication, Microsoft has a winner on its hands in Live Writer. I’m glad my friend told me about it.