The
new version of Live Writer has a lot of new features and an improved SDK:
Video and Image Publishing Enhancements
Upload videos to Soapbox
Image cropping and tilting
Additional border styles
Support for LightBox and other image previewing effects (like Slimbox, Smoothbox, and others)
Support for centering images
Editing Enhancements
Auto Linking
Smart quotes/typographic characters
Word count
UI Improvements
Revised main toolbar
Tabs for view switching
Improved category control with search/filtering
Although I am a bit 'old school' due to the fact that I tend to write my blog posts online through the native web interface or offline with the use of Notepad, I have always kept an eye on Live Writer's progress for posting articles. At some point I'd like to write up a Serendipity plug-in for it, but until I can, I will probably stick with my ways. I cannot select multiple categories yet, which is a deal breaker for consistent use. The SDK improvements might make this easier to accomplish soon!
