ScribeFire

I did a series of posts a couple of months ago about the more popular Blog editors. I basically focused on the traditional editors; those for windows or mac. I’m big on tradition. One thing that I’m not big on is the cloud. The dreaded cloud. Warning! ScribeFire operates in the cloud.

Details of the editor are kinda sparse on the website …… like real sparse …… like non-existent. They do have some resources on the website like a support forum and other odds and ends. You can find some really bad videos on the software over at Youtube; I opted for the live “Team CoCo Cam” instead.

ScribeFire is a an Addon for Firefox that provides blog authors with a quick and easy way to publish information on their blog using their browser. Beyond being fast and easy to use, Chrisopher Finke, the person who developed the software, says that the major advantages of ScribeFire include the ability to “drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing, take notes, and post to your blog“. ScribeFire was originally named “Performancing for Firefox,” after the blogging community it was created for.

Be default, ScribeFire uses a split screen window within Firefox to open full posting control of your blog. Borrowing significantly from WordPress, ScribeFire doesn’t re-invent blog posting, it simply makes it slightly faster. Rather than visit the administration area of your blog and edit a post, a ScribeFire user is only required to press the F8 key on his or her keyboard to start a new post.

The most significant competition for ScribeFire is the free downloadable windows based application Windows Live Writer. Similar to ScribeFire, Windows Live Writer gives blog authors the ability to create blog posts in an offline environment rather than the standard web-based alternatives that exist by default.