One of the biggest headaches for a new blogger is figuring out how to be productive without sitting in a chair more than eight hours a day. The most popular blogging platforms, including Blogger and WordPress, use a control panel that includes a WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) editor, but it’s slow, and hard to work with. A much better alternative is to use Desktop Blogging Client software. These are programs you install on your desktop/home/office computer and blog remotely. You prepare the post with your software, then submit it to the blog from your desktop to the remote server.
The Nerd has prepared a list of the top 20 Desktop Blog Client software here. The Nerd’s two free favorites are Post2Blog, which is great, but is no longer developed or supported, and Windows Live Writer, which makes use of some great plugins to extend its functionality. Special mention goes to Microsoft Word 2007, which did not make the list, but is still a great Desktop Blog editor alternative. Click here to read more about using Word 2007 to blog.
BlogJet
Platform: Windows only
Price: Free trial / €29.95
Supports: WordPress, TypePad, Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Live Spaces, Blogware, BlogHarbor, Squarespace, Drupal, Community Server, etc.
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Deepest Sender
Platform: Firefox, SeaMoney, XULRunner
Price: Free
Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress, MSN Live Spaces, meta Weblog
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Flock Browser
Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
Price: Free
Supports: Blogger, Blogsome, LiveJournal, WordPress, Xanga, Moveable Type
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Windows Live Writer
Platform: Windows (XP or Vista)
Price: Free
Supports: Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress Type
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Ecto
Platform: Windows, Mac
Price: Free Trial / $17.95
Supports: Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more
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Bleezer
Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
Price: Free
Supports: Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more
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BlogTK
Platform: Linux
Price: Free
Supports: Blogger, Movable Type, WordPress
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Drivel Journal Editor
Platform: Linux
Price: Free
Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, WordPress, Drupal
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Gnome Blog
Platform: Linux
Price: Free
Supports: Blogger, Advogato, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, Pyblosxom
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Newz Crawler (RSS/Atom Feed Reader and Blog Client)
Platform: Windows
Price: Free Trial / $24.95
Supports: Blogger, Metaweblog, MovableType or LiveJournal API supporting website
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Performancing ScribeFire
Platform: Firefox
Price: Free
Supports: WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, TypePad, LiveJournal, Windows Live Spaces and more.
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MarsEdit
Platform: Mac
Price: Free Trial / $29.95
Supports: WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, LiveJournal, Drupal, and Vox and more.
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ThingamaBlog
Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
Price: Free
Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, WordPress, Drupal
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w.Bloggar
Platform: Firefox, Internet Explorer
Price: Free
Supports:WordPress, MovableType, TypePad, Drupal, b2evolution, Nucleus CMS, Squarespace, Community Server, BlogEngine.NET
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RocketPost2
Platform: Windows
Price: Free Trial / $49
Supports:Blogger, Movable Type, WordPress, TypePad, MSN Spaces, BlogHarbor, Drupal, dasBlog, .Text and SquareSpace
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BlogDesk
Platform: Windows
Price: Free
Supports:WordPress, MovableType, Drupal, Serendipity and ExpressionEngine
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Post2Blog
Platform: Windows
Price: Free Trial / $14.95
Supports:WordPress, MovableType, Blogger, Tyepad
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Qumana
Platform: Windows, Mac
Price: Free Trial / $14.95
Supports:Angelfire, Blogger/Blogspot, BlogHarbor, Blogware, Bryght, DiaryLand, Drupal, LiveJournal, MovableType, MSN Spaces, Tripod, TypePad, Roller, SquareSpace, WordPress.com, WordPress.org
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Zoundry Raven
Platform: Windows
Price: Free
Supports:Blogger, Movable Type & TypePad, Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, and more
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WB Editor
Platform: Windows
Price: Free Trial / $29.99
Supports:WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Spaces, Drupal
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