I’ve been using Zoundry as a blog writer client last few years. It’s free and works better than most of standalone clients I’ve tried. Just downloaded the beta version of Windows Live Writer tonite and I’m impressed. Some of the things I like include:

  1. WYSIWYG mode applies styles straight from the blog CSS. I’ve never seen this implemented on other clients I tried.
  2. Images in a post are even automatically uploaded (including auto-thumbnails).
  3. Inserting a map is a cinch (Microsoft map of course)!
  4. Templates

Pretty sweet…