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May 28, 2005

marsEdit Rocks!

So I paid for marsEdit today. It's really excellent software!

I've found that using a weblogging application - one that allows for you to keep track of several, concurrent drafts on your hard drive, works offline (like, when you're waiting for the bus), offers OS-level niceties like spell-checking, and so on - to be just an excellent experience. Typically, I have managed my blog by authoring in a text file on my hard drive, and then uploading, testing and refining through the browser.

marsEdit allows me to do all that, but in a single, unified interface that's slicker n' anything. Let me give you an example. I try to hyperlink to relevant stuff when I'm writing, and my usual technique for that is to pull up a browser, navigate to the relevant page, copy the link, and then go back to my text file and type in the 'a href' stuff needed to make it work.

With marsEdit, once I've got the URL on my clipboard, all I have to do is highlight the text I want to hyperlink and hit command-option-A. A sheet drops down, pre-filled with the clipboard. Click "OK" and bingo! The hyperlink is ready to rock.

(This sounds like a small thing, and it is. But 'small things' are additive; get enough of them, and you make people smile.)

If you're thinking of getting in to blogging, look for an app like this one that works with your OS of choice. It's a great experience.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at May 28, 2005 3:53 PM. Posted to Apple.

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