ScribeFire Test Post #2
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This is another test post using ScribeFire, an application that lets me post to the blog without actually being connected to it. However, it does require you to be connected to the internet.
So the question you have to ask yourself (in your best Dirty Harry voice) is, do you feel lucky why should you bother using ScribeFire? If I must be connected to the internet to use it, why not just log in and do it directly?
On the other hand…
When at work our firewall keeps me from connecting to MZM directly, so in that sense I suppose I can prepare a post, then when I get home, make the connection and voila! it’s done.
Another thing is, it does make it easier to play with text formatting, color and size. Wordpress has a hidden icon panel that lets you do the same thing, but I can never find it. Anyone out there know how to call it up? Isn’t it <control> something-or-other?
But it doesn’t let me control timing the post; it just posts immediately. Then I have to go into my dashboard and make the changes manually. So again, what’s the point?
I don’t know… it doesn’t seem worth the trouble to me. But maybe it’s just me.
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I’ve used scribefire while NOT connected to the internet. Saved as a note, and then published later. Worked great.
I’m so intrigued by this idea. What happens if you call everything test post? Does it allow you to be more playful and creative? Do we carry on replying anyway? Looks like it!
but maybe these are test comments, offered in uncertainty.
Jon: I might have to try that sometime, but in the meantime, I don’t really see that much value in using it. Oh, well.
Joanna: Intriguing idea; maybe you should try it and see! Make it an application of the Uncertainty Principle…
The only time I found it useful was when I was browsing another site and wanted to grab something to quote in a post. I’d just select the stuff I wanted, send it to ScribeFire, name it, and save it as a draft so that when I was done whatever I was doing, I could go into WP and finish building the post.
That was about the only use I found for it. Now, Windoes LiveWriter on the other hand is pure offline blog posting! I haven’t used it in a while because I was using a really early version which eventually crapped out, however, I have the recent version and just might have to put it back on the system. Oh yeah, it also has some useful plugins too..
T, that’s pretty much where I see ScribeFire’s strength, but it’s not something I would do much, if any.
I’d like to try Windows LiveWriter, but can’t seem to load it. I hear it’s got some great image-handling features. I think I need to update my Windows security updates first, but for some reason, it’s not a simple thing on this computer.