Trying out the Blogo blogging software. I tried MarsEdit, Mac Journal, and Ecto (for Mac), and I wasn't impressed with the experience. I love Scrivener for general writing on the Mac, but the HTML I get when copying and pasting just doesn't work for me. I'm using the full screen editor now, and it's not as good as Scrivener, but it is still a great feature to have.
The other tools (for Mac) were more or less effective, but I just felt they had a humdrum experience. Blogo has a nice, different, more Mac-like experience, IMO, as if thought were put in to make the experience more specific to blogging and not just a hefty HTML publishing experience.
The UI is simple and focused. I like that. I think I may like it better than Windows Live Writer, which is my favorite on Windows. We'll see!
UPDATE (16 Feb 2009): Blogo was promising; however, it had a few too many bugs and some strange usability issues (around creating and managing multiple posts at once), so I switched back to Ecto (even paid for it ;) ). It's not a particularly OS X experience, but it is effective for my needs.
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Go web-based with wordpress. It's the best.
Hey there, So are you still using Blogo? I just got a new mac and used to use windows live write and now I need a replacement. Any feedback is helpful! Thanks!
-Mig
No, unfortunately it was a little too buggy and had some big usability issues. I'm using Ecto again. It works..
okay, sweet.. Ecto it is. :)
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