Testing WP clients: BlogJet
I am on the hunt for a blogging client. I am not fond of doing anything via a webclient—unless I have to. To that end I have installed a few different software trials.
The most visually interesting application – BlogJet is what I am using first. It’s a Windows client that has a free 30 day trial. If I am honest, I am cheap so having to pay is a detractant… but not a big one, if the software is good.
The interfacing seems good thus far. I didn’t have to do any wonky setup work, I simply entered my login information and the client has done the rest. The GUI is modeled after an older MS Office look—so it’s ok, but could use an update.
The features you would expect to find are present: WYSIWIG editor, spell check, tag and category functions, comment and trackback control, timestamp control, Flickr/YouTube support, etc.
Let’s see how the publishing goes…
…it was easy. The client displays a confirmation and a link to “view post”, which is nice. I am assuming that I can edit by continuing to type on the same post and hitting publish again—we’ll find out. Also, I forgot to add tags the last time I posted this so I’ll just tack those on as well.
Now I’m on the third edit of this post and I have to say that I’m not pleased with how BlogJet rendered the tags. Tags are actually just text inserted at the bottom of the post. Also, they have little plus signs in them instead of spaces, which bothers me. I’ll have to play around with the options to see if that can be changed. I very seldom use tags (I know, I know) so it may not be a huge issue. That remains to be seen.
