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MarsEdit 1.1 is available
Just three weeks after the release of MarsEdit 1.1fc1 (an coincidentally during MWSF), MarsEdit 1.1 has made its way out into the wild. MarsEdit is a weblog editor that works with a number of systems, like Movable Type, Radio UserLand, TypePad, WordPress and more. Changes in 1.1 include: Suppor for Technorati tags Edit by date Brand new keyboard shortcuts (cool) You can now download more than 30 posts at a time, lifting a previous limitation There's more, of course, and you can get the full feature list here. This version is also a universal binary, as well as a free upgrade for all registered owners of MarsEdit 1.x. A single license will cost you $24.95US. MarsEdit requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or greater, and is Tiger compatible.
Favorite Blog client
The Apple Blog wants to know what your favorite blog client is. I have made no effort to hide the fact that I enjoy using MarsEdit for a number of reasons. It is fast, the UI is well thought out, and it just gets out of your way.Ecto, for my money, has a tendency to over power you with the number of windows and choices that you have. MarsEdit gives you less in the way of options, but I think that actually makes the product much more usable. What do you use to blog?
20% discount on Ecto
There's plenty of us here at TUAW who are big Ecto fans for our personal blogging needs, so I thought any of you TUAW readers nodding your heads in agreement might want to know that Ecto is going on sale. Between Dec. 23-26, the developers of Ecto are offering a whopping 20% discount off the regular price of a mere $17.95. All you need to do for the discount is check out their announcement post between the sale dates and click on the big ol' discount badge image that's included. This should take you straight to their store where you can place Ecto in your shopping cart, and you should find that the discount code of “CHRISTMAS2005” has already been applied. That's all there is to it.If you're unfamiliar with Ecto, check out our previous posts on this fantastic, full-featured blogging app or just head straight to the horse's mouth. For a quick run-down: Ecto is a robust blogging client with support for boatloads of blog systems. I think one of the app's main shining strengths is its customizability and media functionality. Ecto can pull images from iPhoto, song titles from iTunes, and you can easily enter affiliate information for link and revenue programs like Amazon's Associates system. Definitely go check it out if you've been looking for a better way to blog.
