I’m just using the new Live Writer (516) to write this entry. Its far superior to the last version and I think I am going to use it for a while until I find a flaw. There’s new updates for Messenger (8.5) and Mail. I’m not entirely struck on the mail client, I think Microsoft’s strategy doesn’t add up here. I don’t think we should have separate mail clients, just one based on the main Outlook codebase with plug-ins for various functions like Exchange, nntp and RSS. Full Outlook nntp handling is just atrocious and a merging of Outlook, Outlook Express and Live Mail would be a huge benefit if it could bring together their individual strengths and leave behind the weaknesses.
I also think its a bit presumptuous that the installer tries to get you to change your web home page and search engine to Live as its first step, I think that could confuse a lot of people.
Anyway I like Live Writer, so far ….
