I really liked BlogDesk – really liked it. Used it at lunchtime to write a couple of posts using my XP box at work. Was about to set it up here at home when I realised that it’s for Windows only. Bummer.
I need to find a desktop blogging app for Linux. BloGTK seems to be popular and I’m writing this with it. It’s definitely not in the same class as BlogDesk.
First of all, I went to set up a new connection. There was no WordPress option. WTF? There was an option for a Metablog API and so I picked that – not a good start.
The editor is not so good either. The link I pasted in above appears in the editor as raw HTML – it doesn’t look like there’s a WYSIWYG editor. There is a Preview Pane that shows you what your post should like when published but it’s view only.
<blockquote>There’s an option on the editor menu to create a blockquote. Again, the raw blockquote markup is shown in the editor. Also, the blockquotes don’t look correct in the Preview Post editor pane.</blockquote>
Spell checker works OK.
I went to add an image to this post but the Insert An Image dialog is not a patch on BlogDesk’s. There’s no way to browse my local disk to pick up an image. There’s a positioning option but not styling and there’s no easy sizing options.
Eh, so, I never actually managed to post this with BloGTK – had to go to WP and post it from there. Seems that my account wasn’t set up properly as I couldn’t publish. No errors, no warnings, no hints – I don’t know what’s wrong with it and it’s not telling me.
As you can see above, the blockquote didn’t work either.
Think I’ll give Bleezer a go. Either that or I’m gonna have to boot XP at home, which I’m reluctant to do.
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