WARNING: Firefox ScribeFire Plugin Makes Blogging Easy
Firefox ScribeFire Plugin for Remote Blogging
So, if this works I'll have published a new post to guvnr.com, remotely, using Firefox's ScribeFire add-on.
So, hey.
Definitely use that more.
Update: So I've been playing with the Firefox ScribeFire plugin and I'm a bit disappointed but, having said that, most bloggers will love it, so here are a few notes.
Short & sweet ScribeFire review
Sure, it connects easily enough, and is great for adding a post on the fly. But, with no html editing possibly with ScribeFire, in the browser, I'm finding myself going back to the blog anyway to fine-tune the styling.
And, while it looks great to be able to access and edit any of your blog content form the browser window - and it's heaps quicker to navigate and save than with the WordPress engine - the downside is that when you get back to WordPress, if your editing is set to an html view, then you'll find all of your previously beautifully laid-out code, now pulverised into a heap, slowing down future edits.
Short & sweet ScribeFire verdict
If you are happy with the rich text editor, and most folks edit their WordPress blogs with a rich text editor anyway, then this is a must-have plugin. A huge time-saver over the hulking WordPress engine.
If, like me, you edit your blog in html, then the Firefox ScribeFire plugin is useful, espcially for new posts written on the fly and tidied up later, but to be used with care, so as to keep your code ordered.
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aridMT December 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am
I use Deepest Sender, works for me
lazynitwit January 6th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/scribefire-deepest-sender-firefox-blog-addons/
the_guv January 7th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
@ aridMT & lazynitwit. Never heard of Deepest Sender. I hear WP 2.7 will have a similar built-in facility, so you can blog from your browser. It'd be a simple bookmark, so that's one less firefox addon. Will keep you posted. The only thing I don't like about ScribeFire is that you can't properly format your new post, so have to edit in WP anyway. Great for drafts though.
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