With the release of Windows Live Writer Beta 2, at the end of May pretty much coinciding with the resurrection of my blog I decided to try it out.
So here we are a month down the line, with my thoughts on it so far…
Installation and setup were both a breeze and I encountered no problems adding both hughson.co.uk and eXtemeTayside.org to it, both are powered by WordPress.
In use I’ve found it easy to use, although I have had some trouble adding categories, this seemed odd as I’d asked Gary Short about this and he reported no problems, a Google search also found no reported problems. Bizarrely, I upgraded my WordPress install to 2.2.1 last night and afterwards tried adding a category to my blog, which worked. However, I’ve just tried adding a category to the eXtremeTayside.org blog which is still running WordPress 2.2 and it also worked! Therefore I can only assume that I was at fault!
My final thought for now concerns spell checking, its American English! However, you can replace the existing ssceam.tlx and ssceam2.clx files with renamed British English dictionary files ie sscebr.tlx and sscebr2.clx which are available from a variety of places including the Fog Creek Software, CityDesk website, although a quick search of my system discovered the necessary files had been installed as part of my Textpad 5 installation. The ssceam.tlx and ssceam2.clx files can be found in the following location on a default Windows Live Writer install.
C:\Program Files\Windows Live Writer\Dictionaries
So I’m now free to use armour, colour and cheque without getting the wiggly red underline!
Thanks for the British dictionary tip. I hadn’t been too bothered about it, but it is certainly much easier on the eye once it is sorted.