![]() ![]() Doesn’t re-cycle images so after a few goes at publishing this article it left me with lots of identical images (9 to be precise) in my WordPress media folder.Īfter reading the blog at ‘Desk’ especially the bug reports ‘’ it seems that desk has some problems that are being worked on.Very hard (impossible) to place a photo where you want it.‘Read more’ tag didn’t work consistently.Updating an existing post led to formatting problems especially with headings.Not stable enough to trust – I felt the need to check my blog to make sure it looks like it’s meant to after each post.WYSIWYG – Give’s you a good idea of what the final blog post will look like (when it works).WRONG! It’s better than the other offerings but not reliable enough to use. Surely if it’s on the Apple App stoire it should work. So I became desperate and decided to give ‘Desk’ a go. When I finished I couldn’t even quit the app! Massive Fail Desk: $29 FAIL Gave up after 20 min of trying and many google searches revealing others had similar problems. I couldn’t get past ‘incorrect Username or password’ problem. But after using it I can now see why it has bad reviews. Macjournal has lovely website, I’m not sure why I didn’t try this earlier. Couldn’t set it up, had a problem with ‘Access Points.’ When I did finally set it up I couldn’t even work out how to edit a post. If I get desperate… I’ll come back and give it a try! Ecto: FAILĪ little lower in the reviews, and their website looks a mess, but now I turned to Ecto. Sadly there’s no demo version, and I’m not game to spend $29 on an app given the other apps trialled so far were so were so bad. Desk: No Trial Versionĭesk had some great reviews and a fantastic website. It doesn’t have the easy-to-use Apple feel. Worked OK but I spent too much time working out how to edit things. When you drag in an image into blogo you can’t see the image in the article, you just see a logo showing there’s an image there.The preview didn’t work, it had lots of mistakes.Blogo crashed losing my first post before I even posted it! FAIL. I used it for about 10 minutes and here’s what I didn’t like: Over the past few weeks I have trialled various pieces of blog writing software and here’s what I found.īased on various reviews the first software I tried was Blogo. WordPress is a little bit clunky and so there have been several attempts to write software that will simplify the blogging process and automatically upload your post to WordPress. is run by a piece of software called WordPress. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.You can imagine with a blog like this one that as an author I want a way to write new posts that is both easy and fast. StoryMill, Contour, and Mariner Paperless are pending registration. Mariner Write, Mariner, WinJournal, Montage and Desktop Poet are registered trademarks of Mariner Software, Inc. For more information, visit the Mariner Software web site at. With customers worldwide, Mariner Software is committed to delivering the highest quality software, with an emphasis on total customer satisfaction. Mariner Software, Inc., developers of the industry-recognized products, MacJournal, Mariner Write, Mariner Calc, Montage, WinJournal, StoryMill, Desktop Poet, MacGourmet Deluxe, Contour, and Mariner Paperless, has established itself as one of the most diverse leaders in consumer, business, and educational writing and creativity markets for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. MacJournal 3.2.1 can be purchased online at or through various retailers such as: The Apple Store, CompUSA, or Fry’s Electronics. MacJournal 4.0 will require Mac OS 10.3 or above and is fully accessible. ![]() Support for other language versions is expected in the near future. MacJournal 3.x customers will be able to upgrade for $14.95. The shipping version of MacJournal 4.0 will be offered in numerous languages and will sell for $39.95US. “With the addition of significant blogging support, as well as audio recording and podcasting functionality, MacJournal 4 integrates the latest innovative technologies while still maintaining its simplicity.” “MacJournal 4 is a feature compilation of what our customers told us they want in their journaling software,” said Michael Wray, President of Mariner Software. Advanced blogging features (Atom support) The product will be available in beta form from the Mariner Software web site sometime in January.Ī partial list of new features in MacJournal 4.0 includes: ![]() Version 4 introduces several feature additions, as well as many bug fixes. The software is expected to ship in March. ![]() San Francisco, CA – Janu-Mariner Software announced today at the Macworld Expo that its popular journaling and blogging application, MacJournal, has reached the late development stage of version 4.0. ![]()
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