Windows Live Writer |
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Stable release | 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) / July 6, 2011 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Blog software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://writer.live.com |
Windows Live Writer, developed by Microsoft, is a desktop blog-publishing application that is part of the Windows Live range of products. It features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint blogs, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, Telligent Community, PBlogs.gr, JournalHome, the MetaWeblog API, the Movable Type API, Blogengine, Squarespace and all blogs that support RSD (Really Simple Discoverability).
Windows Live Writer introduces the Provider Customization API that enables both rich customization of Windows Live Writer's behavior as well as the opportunity to add new functionality to the product. Currently Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, and TypePad have all taken advantage of this API to expose additional service-specific features within Windows Live Writer.
Windows Live Writer is currently available in 48 different languages.
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Windows Live Writer is based on Onfolio Writer [1], a product Microsoft obtained from Microsoft's acquisition of Onfolio. The final release of version 2008 was released on November 6, 2007. There are numerous changes from previous builds that are obvious on first run in this version, including:
Windows Live Writer version 2009 was released on December 15, 2008 as part of the Windows Live Essentials suite. On June 24, 2010, a beta version of Windows Live Writer "Wave 4" was released to the public, featuring the new Ribbon user interface. On September 30, 2010 the final version of Windows Live Writer 2011 was released.
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