I’m a big fan of Live Writer. In fact I even don’t blog from w/in WordPress anymore. I love WordPress, but I feel like I have a lot more control over my posts when I use Live Writer, and I certainly have more options and functionality. Now beta 2 is out and it looks great.
From the Windows Live Writer blog:
This release incorporates a ton of feedback from our discussion forums and your blogs. Here are some of the new features you’ll find in Beta 2:
New Authoring Capabilities
- Inline spell checking
- Table editing
- Ability to add categories
- Page authoring for WordPress and TypePad
- Support for excerpts and extended entries
- Improved hyperlinking and image insertion
- Paste Special
Integration and Compatibility
- SharePoint 2007 support
- New APIs enabling custom extensions by weblog providers
- Automatic synchronization of local and online edits
