Comments on: Testing! Testing! Windows Live Writer! http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/ Fabulous since 1973. Blogging since 2003. Drinking since noon. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phil Barron http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-4090 Phil Barron Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:05:08 +0000 http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/#comment-4090 <em>For those in the know, sure… we don’t need it. But for those new to blogging or those who just can’t grasp it until they *see it*, WLW will be a nice addition to the arsenal.</em> That's a distressingly reasonable outlook. I keep forgetting that the world is made up of other people, with other needs. :-) And yes, a lot of havoc is caused by cutting and pasting from Word; the weird and bloated code that program generates should be outlawed. I imagine that clients in the business world are so Word-oriented that you see this fairly often. <abbr><em>Phil Barron’s recent blog entry: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhilipBarron/~3/OY6_1qceDGM/" rel="nofollow">From Scratch Budget Challenge, Day Three</a></em></abbr> For those in the know, sure… we don’t need it. But for those new to blogging or those who just can’t grasp it until they *see it*, WLW will be a nice addition to the arsenal.

That’s a distressingly reasonable outlook. I keep forgetting that the world is made up of other people, with other needs. :-)

And yes, a lot of havoc is caused by cutting and pasting from Word; the weird and bloated code that program generates should be outlawed. I imagine that clients in the business world are so Word-oriented that you see this fairly often.

Phil Barron’s recent blog entry: From Scratch Budget Challenge, Day Three

]]> By: RonS [WINDOWS-TEAM] http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-4089 RonS [WINDOWS-TEAM] Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:57:42 +0000 http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/#comment-4089 Hi Joelle, I like the piece! Much, much more interesting to read than a common “hey, I tried out Windows Live Writer, this is what happened” piece. Have you been using Live Writer since? Any thoughts about it? I’ve been trying it and haven’t had any major snags as of yet. Let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to reading more. Cheers, Ron Windows Outreach Team Hi Joelle,

I like the piece! Much, much more interesting to read than a common “hey, I tried out Windows Live Writer, this is what happened” piece.

Have you been using Live Writer since? Any thoughts about it? I’ve been trying it and haven’t had any major snags as of yet.

Let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to reading more.

Cheers,
Ron
Windows Outreach Team

]]> By: Joelle http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-4088 Joelle Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:34:24 +0000 http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/#comment-4088 We get a lot of clients that write their posts in Word first and then copy/paste it into the publish screen. It's maddening because it always adds all this B.S. MS Word code in there and messes up our design. Or, like in EE, if you can't see what's happening with your photos or text instantly, they get confused and add a bunch of extraneous code that they don't need. This, for those who really prefer to see exactly what it will look like, who *need* that extra bit of 'guidance', it'll be a lifesaver.... and it doesn't monkey with the look. For those in the know, sure... we don't need it. But for those new to blogging or those who just can't grasp it until they *see it*, WLW will be a nice addition to the arsenal. We get a lot of clients that write their posts in Word first and then copy/paste it into the publish screen. It’s maddening because it always adds all this B.S. MS Word code in there and messes up our design.

Or, like in EE, if you can’t see what’s happening with your photos or text instantly, they get confused and add a bunch of extraneous code that they don’t need. This, for those who really prefer to see exactly what it will look like, who *need* that extra bit of ‘guidance’, it’ll be a lifesaver…. and it doesn’t monkey with the look.

For those in the know, sure… we don’t need it. But for those new to blogging or those who just can’t grasp it until they *see it*, WLW will be a nice addition to the arsenal.

]]> By: Phil Barron http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-4087 Phil Barron Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:30:52 +0000 http://tenth-muse.com/2009/03/this-is-a-test-of-windows-live-writer/#comment-4087 I hate and fear the idea of Windows Live Writer. Of course, I also hate and fear the ideas of Mars Edit, Ecto 3, and other blogging clients. That is, I guess I don't get whatever popularity there is for third party blogging interfaces. I mean, are WP / MT / EE so totally horrific that they have created a market for alternative interfaces? <abbr><em>Phil Barron’s recent blog entry: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhilipBarron/~3/58hhf7eKEOI/" rel="nofollow">Sports news that time forgot</a></em></abbr> I hate and fear the idea of Windows Live Writer. Of course, I also hate and fear the ideas of Mars Edit, Ecto 3, and other blogging clients. That is, I guess I don’t get whatever popularity there is for third party blogging interfaces. I mean, are WP / MT / EE so totally horrific that they have created a market for alternative interfaces?

Phil Barron’s recent blog entry: Sports news that time forgot

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