MarsEditIcon128.jpgAlright so this is basically just a freestyle post, no frills. It's 1:30AM Friday night and I'm struggling with a conundrum. I really want to start managing my blog on my Macbook in OS X, but I can't find a good freeware blogging solution let alone one that compares to Live Writer.

The thing I like the most about Live Writer (and I know I've said this before...) is that it shows a preview of the page in the editor the way it will look on the blog once it's posted. That's a really nice feature. MarsEdit seems to sort of do the same, it tries its best, but it doesn't really look like my blog in the editor. So far it's easy to use though, so we'll see.

So like I said this is just a one-off post testing out MarsEdit. I'm also considering trying out Ecto. The problem with both of these applications? They're certainly not freeware. I suppose that's just how it goes though. If nothing else I'll get the most out of this trial while it lasts and then move over to Ecto - that should cover about a month's worth of blogging, right?