Live

Now available for download.

Official announcement: Windows Live Writer Technical Preview

And for developers: Windows Live Writer Technical Preview SDK

We’re calling this a Technical Preview release because the primary reason for it is to gather feedback on some enhancements to the SDK we’ve made. (The Tech Preview is available in English only, but don’t worry, the other languages will be back later in the release cycle.)

This preview contains new features and significant bug fixes.

There is a drawback in that I can’t incorporate two of my most frequently used WordPress plugins or this theme’s custom field.
Which means instead of publishing straight to blog I posted the draft to edit online.

One can make feature requests at the New Beta forum

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Ed Bott broke the news that Sysinternals Live is now open to the public.

The new service enables you to execute the most recent version of any Sysinternals tool directly from an Internet-connected PC, without having to hunt for the executable file and manually download it first.

What a treat for Sysinternals utilities fans.

Microsoft bought the company and its library in 2006. Sysinternals co-founder Mark Russinovich is now a Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services Division at Microsoft.

Sysinternals Forum
Sysinternals home page

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I tried this program awhile back when it was first released and didn’t much care for it at the time. However Writer has greatly improved and I see it being very useful for blogging on the fly.

To be continued, edited and updated as I try it out.

Update:The ability to see exactly how your post will look before you publish it is great, with four viewing or editing modes. Normal, Web Layout, Web Preview and HTML Code.
WLW now supports XHTML. With Live Writer open> Weblog> Edit Weblog Settings> Advanced> Markup Type.

12-12-07. Windows Live Writer was updated to version number 12.0.1367.1128.

This update is being distributed via Microsoft Update, so if you have chosen to have important updates automatically installed, you should receive this update automatically. If you aren’t automatically getting updates, you can open Windows Update, check for updates, and the update will appear in the list of available updates.

Writer Zone

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Windows Vista Team Blog:

Today the Windows Live team announces the final release of the Windows Live suite of applications and web services designed to enhance the Windows user experience. Consumers can now download the full Windows Live suite at once or pick and choose their favorite apps and services.

Why Windows Live on this blog? Simply put, the two product platforms are now linked more than ever before.

PressPass:

Q&A: Chris Jones, corporate vice president, Windows Live Experience Program Management, discusses how Windows Live will help consumers more easily and safely communicate and share online.

Windows Live

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