My Live Writer Impression

OK, just before this post, I just had a HORRID time get Live Writer to connect to Blogger, though I can't say if it's really the Live Writer's fault. Specifically, the Live Writer couldn't detect Blogger blog setting, so I have to look for how to set it manually. Now, this problem was noted in the Live Writer team blog, but I did not expect it to happen again so soon after an update to fix it.

Anyway, on to some more positive impressions on Live Writer.

1. Offline Support: Definitely something I am looking for. One of the problem I faced with blogging is whenever I feel like blogging, my access to the Internet is slow, or none at all. Now that I can save my draft offline, and publish it whenever I want, this means I have much less excuse for not blogging.

2. Insert code: This is available as a plugin from the Live Gallery, but it is incredibly important me. It's not perfect, and I have to tweak the HTML code to suit my needs, but it's still way better than no syntax highlighting, and any of my previous attempts on manual editing.

[ServiceContract(Namespace = "http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples")]
[ServiceKnownType(typeof(PurchaseOrder))]
public interface IOrderProcessor {
 [OperationContract(IsOneWay = true, Action = "*")]
 void SubmitPurchaseOrder(MsmqMessage<PurchaseOrder> msg);
}

Overall, the Live Writer is living up to my expectation (even though Blogger is begining to disappoint me in its features). Hope to see more improvement on it as time goes by.

EDIT: OOPS, accidentally deleted this post while trying to fix the syntax highlighting (all the other updates are done on Blogger editor). Good thing I have a copy left on my Live Writer. However, my syntax highlighting is still messed up. Ugh, I guess I'll have to check it later... or give up trying to post code. -_-