I am hungry for a good Mac OSX desktop blog editing program. I’ve tried lots, but I suspect not all. Here are the features I crave, though probably not all of them.
- Spell Check
- Right-click speech
- Drag & Drop images with alignment options
- Browser access
- Blog this features
- WordPress compliant
- Technorati Tags Generator
- Must be able to display the cents symbol (¢) with ctrl-$. 😉
Any suggestions?
2¢ Worth
technorati tags:blogeditor
Blogged with Flock
Have you tried Ecto?
http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/archives/000990.php
I believe it matches all the features on your list…
ECTO OSX features:
* support for multiple weblogs and servers (with easy-to-use Account Manager)
* full local control of recently posted entries and drafts (with search function)
* intuitive interface for creating and editing weblog entries
* a Rich Text and an HTML editor with spellcheck and search/replace
* syntax-coloring in the HTML editor
* quick access menu with HTML tag templates and keyboard shortcuts for the HTML editor (fully customizable)
* support of all available remote control options of MovableType API (posting entries with continuation, summary, keywords, multiple categories, trackback, text-formatting, comment options)
* advanced create-a-link dialog
* easily change the posting date of entries
* full-featured HTML-rendered preview of entries using Safari’s WebKit
* powerful file and media upload with iPhoto import via attachments
* convert, scale images and create thumbnails
* create poster movies or create thumbnails from movie frames
* save settings on a per-blog basis
* send notifications by email (with Address Book support)
* insert details of the currently playing iTunes song in your entry
* embedded debug console to troubleshoot server connections
* extensive help documentation accessible from within ecto
* hate the metal and icons? Set the window texture via the Preferences window and change icons with the supplied switcher!
* works with NetNewsWire, PulpFiction, and Shrook
* localized in Dutch, French, German, and Japanese
* support for del.icio.us, the social bookmarks manager
* Services menu items to blog selected text (with extra features for Safari)
* and much much more!
I think it even fries chicken and makes sweet iced tea too.
ECTO OSX features:
* support for multiple weblogs and servers (with easy-to-use Account Manager)
* full local control of recently posted entries and drafts (with search function)
* intuitive interface for creating and editing weblog entries
* a Rich Text and an HTML editor with spellcheck and search/replace
* syntax-coloring in the HTML editor
* quick access menu with HTML tag templates and keyboard shortcuts for the HTML editor (fully customizable)
* support of all available remote control options of MovableType API (posting entries with continuation, summary, keywords, multiple categories, trackback, text-formatting, comment options)
* advanced create-a-link dialog
* easily change the posting date of entries
* full-featured HTML-rendered preview of entries using Safari’s WebKit
* powerful file and media upload with iPhoto import via attachments
* convert, scale images and create thumbnails
* create poster movies or create thumbnails from movie frames
* save settings on a per-blog basis
* send notifications by email (with Address Book support)
* insert details of the currently playing iTunes song in your entry
* embedded debug console to troubleshoot server connections
* extensive help documentation accessible from within ecto
* hate the metal and icons? Set the window texture via the Preferences window and change icons with the supplied switcher!
* works with NetNewsWire, PulpFiction, and Shrook
* localized in Dutch, French, German, and Japanese
* support for del.icio.us, the social bookmarks manager
* Services menu items to blog selected text (with extra features for Safari)
* and much much more!
I think it even fries chicken and makes sweet iced tea too. Might be worth $18. I am still looking too. Maybe the programmers at Flock will add more features in future versions.
I use ecto as well, but I’m also hearing good things about MarsEdit (http://ranchero.com/marsedit/)
I second the MarsEdit vote.
Ecto and MarsEdit are goods. I prefer ecto.
But be careful with images if they don’t are online and don’t have a url. The only program (I know) which can blogging and transfer images on a online’s repertories is MacJournal. But MacJournal don’t work with tags (as I know).
MacJournal : http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=85
I love Ecto and have been using it for over a year. Without it there is no way I’d be able to blog as much as I do. I love being able to save things offline as drafts, the built in spell check, and the ability to define quickkeys for different HTML code sequences. I use blockquotes, links, and lists (bulleted and numbered) frequently, and just have to hit a couple of keys to create all that code. Ecto will directly upload images to your WordPress server, but personally I prefer to upload images to Flickr and then copy the code directly from Flickr for the image size I want to show on my blog. this if very easy, let’s people also connect to Flickr, and I love how Flickr resizes the images in several variations. Ecto has a nice preview, but isn’t a true WYSIWYG editor. That is fine with me, since the coding stuff I am doing is pretty simple. It is also cross platform and works on Windows machines. I looked at MarsEdit too when I was looking for a 3rd party blogging tool but settled on Ecto, I consider it to be one of my most valuable applications. I use it everyday!
Thanks for the special work and information! nokia6630
MacJournal is the best…by far.
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