Windows live writer test
Just today October 30 2007 I found out Microsoft was looking for testers for Windows Live writer. So like I have done for the past 20 years or so I offered up my hand and got right into testing for them. As such I am testing Windows Live writer out right now by writing this post.
I just tried to paste in a screen shot as I have done in the past with word however it won’t let me. So I will try to sneak it in another way just to show you the cool interface.
1 thing I found so far I don’t like is that WLW puts in thumbs for images which are not valid code. I try to stick to valid if I can to help out as many people as possible.
I will try to keep you all updated about how and what other info I find useful as often as possible. One cool thing I found so far is you can do your posts up offline and have them ready to post at your desired time. Also includes tags and integrates with wordpress or a number of other blog platforms. This will make my blogging a whole lot easier being that I run about 10 or so blogs.
Another few neat things are you can manage your blogs from one location and add more than one blog as with Microsoft’s other software web expression, Frontpage or the like.
I am going to sign off on this post for now but keep your eyes peeled for more to come in the following days.
Unfortunately this post was delayed 2 days at posting due to the fact I found a bug in WLW. I quickly sent an email to Joe, both of us were confused about the problem. He asked if I would mind a desktop connection to see what was happening, So he hooked up to my system through the very useful desktop connection and was still baffled. He checked the registry and everything just about going through the command prompt seemed to fix it. We did not realise this until after Joe stayed up until almost 11 PM helping me out. Due to the cost of the service Joe was on he disconnected from the remote desktop connection service Microsoft uses whilst I was downloading the SDK dot net 2 version, during which he stayed online and waited for me. We then met up again through Windows messenger and found the problem was solved.
I have never met Joe nor any of the staff at Microsoft however if you ever want a reference about the way Microsoft is just remember this story. And Joe I will give you a great reference any DAY… Mr Gates you should be proud of Joe Cheng and your choice of staff in this HIGHLY dedicated professional. THANK YOU AGAIN JOE you have made me really happy.
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