On plane today: testing offline blog editors

February 14, 2006 By

I already have the new Qumana offline blog editor (they came out with a new beta over the weekend and it looks very nice) but, since I’m leaving this afternoon to go to Colorado, I was wondering which blog editors you all are using? I’m on Windows, but go ahead and tell us about Mac ones too since my son is using a Mac with WordPress. Which ones should I try?

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  • http://www.anecdote.com.au/ Shawn Callahan

    Definitely Blogjet. Simple and reliable.

  • http://www.anecdote.com.au Shawn Callahan

    Definitely Blogjet. Simple and reliable.

  • http://cetamac.blogspot.com/ CetaMac

    It seems people are talking between “etco” and “performacing”. Why not make it more wide from here? How about qumana? I used it once and gave it up.

  • http://cetamac.blogspot.com CetaMac

    It seems people are talking between “etco” and “performacing”. Why not make it more wide from here? How about qumana? I used it once and gave it up.

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    Qumana’s okay, but it’s annoying. The drop window thing blows, and you can’t get rid of it, so sits there and blocks screen space. When I pointed it at bynkii.com, it didn’t get all the posts, just a few by default. If you ctrl – click the drop pad, and select Exit, (which is used, incorrectly, as a synonym for Quit. This is BAD UI, only Quit is Quit), you get a blank modal dialog that in theory is asking you to save a post, even if you don’t have one, but since it has no buttons, you can’t dismiss it without force-quitting the application.

    It doesn’t allow me to preview the posts in either an external browser or by using Webkit, as ecto does, and it is sllllloooooow, and reeks of Windows Port, especially the keyboard shortcut underlines.

    the team needs to spend a little more time with how stuff works on a Mac. I did attempt to send them some feedback, although a specific Beta Feedback email address would be a lot better.

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    Qumana’s okay, but it’s annoying. The drop window thing blows, and you can’t get rid of it, so sits there and blocks screen space. When I pointed it at bynkii.com, it didn’t get all the posts, just a few by default. If you ctrl – click the drop pad, and select Exit, (which is used, incorrectly, as a synonym for Quit. This is BAD UI, only Quit is Quit), you get a blank modal dialog that in theory is asking you to save a post, even if you don’t have one, but since it has no buttons, you can’t dismiss it without force-quitting the application.

    It doesn’t allow me to preview the posts in either an external browser or by using Webkit, as ecto does, and it is sllllloooooow, and reeks of Windows Port, especially the keyboard shortcut underlines.

    the team needs to spend a little more time with how stuff works on a Mac. I did attempt to send them some feedback, although a specific Beta Feedback email address would be a lot better.

  • http://www.jkontherun.com/ James Kendrick

    I used Blogjet for a while but have switched to Rocket Post. I love this program.

  • http://www.jkontherun.com James Kendrick

    I used Blogjet for a while but have switched to Rocket Post. I love this program.

  • http://chestnykh.wordpress.com/ chestnykh

    I checked the Mac version of Qumana, but I didn’t like its GUI too – too much clutter. I bought ecto – it rocks.

    Tris, your app looks too Java-ish :)

    Oh, and for Windows you’d better go with BlogJet. I know what I’m talking about because I develop it. LOL :)

  • http://chestnykh.wordpress.com/ chestnykh

    I checked the Mac version of Qumana, but I didn’t like its GUI too – too much clutter. I bought ecto – it rocks.

    Tris, your app looks too Java-ish :)

    Oh, and for Windows you’d better go with BlogJet. I know what I’m talking about because I develop it. LOL :)

  • http://aawakenings.com/ AAwoken

    Performancing plugin for Firefox

  • http://aawakenings.com AAwoken

    Performancing plugin for Firefox

  • http://trishussey.wordpress.com/ Tris Hussey

    Yes, the Java-ish UI is something we’re working on … it is written in Java, after all!

    The DropPad can be hidden and we’re working on a preference for it never to show at all. It’s opaque because Java doesn’t support transparency right now.

    John … I just replied to your e-mail.

    Tris

  • http://trishussey.wordpress.com/ Tris Hussey

    Yes, the Java-ish UI is something we’re working on … it is written in Java, after all!

    The DropPad can be hidden and we’re working on a preference for it never to show at all. It’s opaque because Java doesn’t support transparency right now.

    John … I just replied to your e-mail.

    Tris

  • http://zackwhandley.wordpress.com/ Zack Handley

    PERFORMANCING.COM : Its just getting started and is out-of-site already!

    Learn It, Know It, Live It, Love It! ;-)

  • http://zackwhandley.wordpress.com/ Zack Handley

    PERFORMANCING.COM : Its just getting started and is out-of-site already!

    Learn It, Know It, Live It, Love It! ;-)

  • http://ajaxblog.wordpress.com/ ajaxblog

    Performancing – Firefox Plugin.

    Andre – http://blogs.ebusiness-apps.com/andre

  • http://ajaxblog.wordpress.com/ ajaxblog

    Performancing – Firefox Plugin.

    Andre – http://blogs.ebusiness-apps.com/andre

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    I saw that Tris, but it’s also that in OSX, that panel functionality is what the Dock is for. The OS has a UI element to handle such things. Creating another one isn’t going to get you a large user base.

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    I saw that Tris, but it’s also that in OSX, that panel functionality is what the Dock is for. The OS has a UI element to handle such things. Creating another one isn’t going to get you a large user base.

  • http://missionarygeekblogspot.com/ Jeff Singfiel

    I’ve tried BlogJet but could never get it to FTP my pictures up. The Support folks…er, Dmitry, did his best but with no luck. I really, really like it, but am now using Performancing too. It works well enough.

  • http://missionarygeekblogspot.com Jeff Singfiel

    I’ve tried BlogJet but could never get it to FTP my pictures up. The Support folks…er, Dmitry, did his best but with no luck. I really, really like it, but am now using Performancing too. It works well enough.

  • Dave

    Another vote for ecto on the Mac. I compared MarsEdit and ecto when I was trying to decide and ecto came out on top for me. Excellent product.

  • Dave

    Another vote for ecto on the Mac. I compared MarsEdit and ecto when I was trying to decide and ecto came out on top for me. Excellent product.

  • http://russellreno.wordpress.com/ russellreno

    NVu for the big jobs, but mostly Performancing.

  • http://russellreno.wordpress.com/ russellreno

    NVu for the big jobs, but mostly Performancing.

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  • http://rbazinet.wordpress.com/ Rob Bazinet

    So Robert, what are your results? What did you try and what works well?

  • http://rbazinet.wordpress.com/ Rob Bazinet

    So Robert, what are your results? What did you try and what works well?

  • http://www.accmanpro.com Dennis Howlett

    ecto on Mac – Qumana 3 on Mac not as good IMHO (too slow at present) MarsEdit can be had as a NetNewsWire (ace RSS reader/browser) bolt on – no extra cost but…ecto wins out for me.

    Hey Scoble – you’re lad’s got a Mac and you’re not tempted? Come on, wassup with you. I just came off Wintel after 24 years. I feel liberated. If Kim can blog on WP AND put Infocard on it – surely you can make the switch?

  • http://www.dahowlett.com dahowlett

    ecto on Mac – Qumana 3 on Mac not as good IMHO (too slow at present) MarsEdit can be had as a NetNewsWire (ace RSS reader/browser) bolt on – no extra cost but…ecto wins out for me.

    Hey Scoble – you’re lad’s got a Mac and you’re not tempted? Come on, wassup with you. I just came off Wintel after 24 years. I feel liberated. If Kim can blog on WP AND put Infocard on it – surely you can make the switch?

  • http://rbenson.wordpress.com/ Ryan B

    I used Ecto for a bit a few weeks ago, and really liked it. Still considering dropping the cash.

  • http://rbenson.wordpress.com Ryan B

    I used Ecto for a bit a few weeks ago, and really liked it. Still considering dropping the cash.

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  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    Qumana is still what happens when you wave the magic Java wand and don’t really understand the UI conventions and rules for the platforms you run it on.

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    Qumana is still what happens when you wave the magic Java wand and don’t really understand the UI conventions and rules for the platforms you run it on.

  • http://davebriggs.net/2006/02/16/qumana/ Dave

    Fair play to the Qumana guys though – I posted a quick review of the app and within a couple of hours had 3 commnents from them discussing my issues.

  • http://davebriggs.net/2006/02/16/qumana/ Dave

    Fair play to the Qumana guys though – I posted a quick review of the app and within a couple of hours had 3 commnents from them discussing my issues.

  • http://www.fyreplace.com/ Eric Scalf

    Wow, I use multiple editors:

    For quick posts about things I read/see online, I use Performancing for FireFox.

    For pre-written things (that I’ve done in Notepad++ or another text editor, usually while on the road, or offline), I use Ecto, as I’ve already got HTML styling inline.

    For quick WYSIWYG updates, I use Qumana or a dev build of Ecto that I’m testing for the author.

  • http://www.fyreplace.com Eric Scalf

    Wow, I use multiple editors:

    For quick posts about things I read/see online, I use Performancing for FireFox.

    For pre-written things (that I’ve done in Notepad++ or another text editor, usually while on the road, or offline), I use Ecto, as I’ve already got HTML styling inline.

    For quick WYSIWYG updates, I use Qumana or a dev build of Ecto that I’m testing for the author.

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  • http://personalpublisher.wordpress.com/ personalpublisher

    I use Circus Ponies Notebook on my Mac. Imports and exports OPML, saves as HTML, saves as PDF, text clips from Netnewswire, indexes and sorts every word, saves to my iPod.

    When I need to put something online, I use OPML Editor, MarsEdit, or Firefox.

    Jim Armstrong

  • http://personalpublisher.wordpress.com/ personalpublisher

    I use Circus Ponies Notebook on my Mac. Imports and exports OPML, saves as HTML, saves as PDF, text clips from Netnewswire, indexes and sorts every word, saves to my iPod.

    When I need to put something online, I use OPML Editor, MarsEdit, or Firefox.

    Jim Armstrong

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  • http://www.presswhores.com/ Matt

    I use Ecto on the Mac, and Blogjet on Windows.

    Although I will try out Qumana now though.

  • http://www.presswhores.com Matt

    I use Ecto on the Mac, and Blogjet on Windows.

    Although I will try out Qumana now though.

  • http://emergens.net/ Nicolai

    I try to keep a updates list of editors @
    http://emergens.net/2006/03/18/blogklienter-til-offline-blogging/
    Just a list though. No feature examinations and evaluations.

  • http://emergens.net/ Nicolai

    I try to keep a updates list of editors @
    http://emergens.net/2006/03/18/blogklienter-til-offline-blogging/
    Just a list though. No feature examinations and evaluations.

  • Cuberdon

    OK, and what about Linux. I am looking for quite a while now for a good blog editor (for wordpress) under Linux… Any idea anyone ;-)

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