Microwave Biscuit

Offline Blog Tools in Linux

Posted in Linux by microwavebiscuit on February 19th, 2007

As you can probably tell based on the test posts below, I am testing out 3 different options for Offline Blog Tools. Why 3? Well, Synaptic only seemed to list 3 when I searched it so while there may be other tools available (please leave comments!) I have installed 3 and here are my immediate thoughts:

  • First Up is Gnome-Blog which sits in the taskbar as an applet.
    • Features:
      • Sits in the taskbar -great for quick posts
      • I was able to immediately connect to this blog. Didn’t need to read a help file/man page or google search
    • Drawbacks
      • Doesn’t seem very full featured
      • Formatting appears limited to Bold and Italic
  • Next is BloGTK 1.1
    • Features:
      • Most features readily available
      • Major format choices support
      • Ability to insert links, images
    • Drawbacks:
      • Not as straightforward to connect to WordPress -need to use Movable Type API
      • After creating my test post with it, the test post is still in the window even after publishing.
      • Spell Check doesn’t appear to be automatic
  • Last up is Drivel
    • Features:
      • Great name - that’s worth a lot
      • Gets the most recent posts to the blog
      • After posting sets up a new blank window for another post
      • Spell check as you type
    • Drawbacks:
      • No toolbar that I can find - everything is in a menu
      • Had to read the help to configure - plus, the help wasn’t complete so I had to go to the developer’s website and read through archived posts to figure out how to make it work.

So, now I guess I need a verdict. My verdict is: Needs more testing. Sorry for the lack of conclusion but I think I need to play with all three a bit more. I’m leaning towards BloGTK and I think it would be the winner if it “reset” after posting so that I could create a new entry. Perhaps it’s user error so far.

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  1. Follow up on offline blog tools « Microwave Biscuit said, on February 24th, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    [...] up on offline blog tools Earlier I wrote a post on offline blog tools and did a comparison of 3 different programs that I found in my repositories. My general feeling [...]

  2. Drivel Sources « Microwave Biscuit said, on February 25th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

    [...] Over the past few days I’ve been posting on using Drivel and other offline blog tools see here and here and I commented that there were a few things missing from Drivel that I would like. Last [...]

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