And for the desktop blog publisher–I agree with Christian. I often write posts when I’m no where near an internet connection, but also I like being able to have a program in the background, easily able to click over to when the urge to write strikes. Most of my posts are in draft form for over two hours, and I nearly never have my browser open for that long. Also, I find that I spend more time on my posts, and double check my grammar and spelling more than I do when I “compose on the fly” in the blog admin menu.

(And besides, my desktop program makes it way easier to add Amazon links, check word count, and post the same post to multiple blogs–if I were so inclined–than if I was working from within a browser menu.)

As for blog publishing apps, well I do like (some of) them. Mainly because it enables me to use a different workflow than using the blog apps interface. I like being able to work offline, if I’m traveling or otherwise without a live connection. Also, there is something to be said to working with an application that has spell checking etc. Firefox has that now though, so that point is moot. Ok, now I’m rambling. See, if I wrote this comment using an editor instead of your comment form, I would probably be more coherent. Or not.