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Windows Live Writer

I just used Windows Update to get the latest Windows Live tools and one tool was Windows Live Writer which gives you an editing interface for your desktop that can automatically publish your content to your blog (I’m using it to write this).

It’s somewhat like a mini-version of Microsoft Word, but it has some sidebars and dropdowns for blog-related stuff like categories and keywords, inserting pictures and links, and related stuff. It’s pretty much the browser interface of WordPress with a different layout, which begs the question… What’s the point?

If I’m using my computer and have an internet connection, why use Windows Live Writer instead of just loading my browser and using the WordPress interface. As far as I can tell, the Windows Live Writer writing interface isn’t all that much more feature-laden.

Perhaps some more experimentation is in order.

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