Last week the Windows Live Writer Team released the new Windows Live Writer CTP. The most important improvement, the new SDK 1.1. The new SDK gives the developer the instrument to create a new sort of plug-in. I’m calling them self-running plug-in because they run in the background. After you have set them up, everything [...]

In the Technical Preview of Live Writer a new SDK is also included.
The new SDK isn’t a release, it’s a Technical Preview like the new Live Writer an therefore it’s not intended for production use. That’s why Live Gallery doesn’t accept plugins based on the SDK 1.1 Technical Preview. It’s also possible that the Developer [...]

The new Technical Preview of the Windows Live Writer 2008 is available. Besides new several new functions and improves in the user interface there is an new Windows Live Writer API (Version 1.1). The CTP is intended for developers rather than consumers, but the new functions are great and even if I am not a [...]

The Final Version of the Windows Live Writer (Version 1) is out. There is not an official download, but the guys from LiveSide and Mess.be find this little trick to get the version previously. You have to start the Windows Live Installer in you language (I try it with the Italian one and it works) [...]

Podcast with Scott Lovegrove, MVP Windows Live Messenger, discussing with Craig Murphy on one of the key topics of the MIX07: Windows Live Services especially Windows Live Writer.

We have received a lot of great feedback since our last release and have done our best to respond in this with this update.  This is the last beta before our final release so please give Beta 3 a run and keep the feedback coming in!

Some highlights of this release:

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LiveSide and Techcrunch, referring to the New York Times, announce that Microsoft is planning to release the new version of the Windows Live Installer this week.

This week, it plans to turn that strategy upside down, making available free software that connects its Windows operating system to software services delivered on the Internet, a practice increasingly [...]

The Live Writer Team announce that they will change the location of the Windows Live Writer install files. There will be even a change in the registry settings. These changes could cause problems to some plugins.
more details on the Live Writer Team Blog