Microsoft has released a first public beta of a new blog-authoring tool, Windows Live Writer, and made it available for download starting on Aug. 13.
According to J.J. Allaire, the architect of the tool, Windows Live Writer is the evolution of Onfolio Writer, a tool developed by his former company Onfolio, which Microsoft acquired in March 2006.
Allaire shared details about the Windows Live Writer release on the newly minted Windows Live Writer team blog. He also spoke with the independent Web site, LiveSide.Net, which recorded Allaire’s remarks in the form of a podcast.
Live Writer is designed to be a WYSIWYG editing tool, downloading the style sheet behind users’ blogs so that users are able to see exactly what posts will look like on their pages before they are published. And via plug-ins built with the Live Writer software development kit, users will be able to add photos, screen shots, maps, video and other kinds of content to their blogs using Live Writer, Allaire said during the LiveSide podcast.
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