windows live writer 2009: release candidate

There’s a new build of Windows Live Writer available now from Microsoft.  This version includes a very nifty tagging system as shown in the screenshot on the right. It works really well with BlogEngine.Net, but you need to have the latest build installed in order to see this functionality. One thing I have noticed is that I finally have the complete set of tags available to me from Live Writer.  Before now, when I clicked on the “Tag” button I was seeing only the tags that had passed the minimum post threshold specified for display in the blog.  So, if you can’t see it in the tag list on the left then I can’t see it in the software.  Its a minor irritation that requires me to open the blog in order to post to it, which is of course what this software is trying to get you away from. Now I can at least view them by typing the first few letters of the word.  Its not perfect, but its certainly getting there.  So, bitching about BlogEngine.Net aside, lets get back to Live Writer.

Other improvements are the ability to upload an entire Windows Live Photo album.  I’ve not used Live Photos much, as it has one major disadvantage.  There’s a cap on the limit you can upload in a month.  I reached it after having uploaded some photos and immediately stopped using the service. I honestly couldn’t be arsed fucking around with something that is so limited.  I would pay for extra space and an unlimited upload quote, but it wasn’t available.  Flickr however is available, and right now too.  I am in the process of uploading all my photos there, but it is very slow.  I have about thirty gigabytes in roughly ten thousand photos that I want to store there, and I’ll organise and share some of them as soon as they are all uploaded.

Windows Live Writer 2009: Release Candidate - Windows Live