There once was a time of chaos, when darkness reigned and mist covered the vision of Herbert Lui’s glasses. He was forced to constantly be connected to the Internet in order to have a chance to write on his blog to communicate with his faithful readers. Friends, such a time is now over. Herbert Lui has discovered the joys of Windows Live Writer.

To be perfectly honest, these desktop blog-editors have been around for a long time. Desktop blog-editors have many pro’s – you don’t need a wireless connection to write text on your blog (it gets published once you establish a connection to the Internet), plus you can save a local copy of the text to your hard drive for backup purposes. One very popular one for both Mac and Windows would be Ecto, which is recommended by many including the Problogger Darren Rowse. However, I’m definitely aware of how programs look much better on Mac than on Windows when available for both, and upon reading comparisons of Ecto and Windows Live Writer, I decided to go with the latter. It is a decision I do not regret.

On a recent trip to Connecticut, I was fortunate enough to be staying in a hotel with Internet (also with my relatives that had wi-fi, a recent upgrade that they made which I was very grateful for). However, on one isolated occasion, I lost connection with the Internet for some unknown reason and my post was only half-complete when it last auto-saved. You could say I was pretty darn mad, because it was a waste of my time and energy. With a desktop blog-editor (such as Windows Live Writer), you need not worry about this.

Windows Live Writer is great! Although I’m not always the biggest Microsoft advocate, I have to say that Windows Live Writer is a great piece of software. It fits in with the Windows Live theme very well, and its taken into consideration many essential functions that I felt would’ve been easy to forget. It does all this while making it very easy to navigate, and as a first-time user I’ve already successfully written a post (and saved a local draft).

If you’re a hardcore blogger, I suggest you download a desktop blog-editor. I realize that there are more elite ones that you could pay for, but why pay the premium before knowing what you get with a free version? Try out Ecto or Windows Live Messenger (personally recommended by the great Herbert Lui) and I’m sure you won’t regret it. I even figured out how to post an image.