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 developer but I couldn’t resist installing the new version. My opinion: I love it! There are not big changes which make the program heavier but only little changes which are very useful and intelligent.

What is new in the Windows Live Writer 2008 Technical Preview 06/2008?

• Improved category management: The categories are instant searchable (Microsoft Windows Vista)
• Image cropping
• Word count
• Image alignment: Images can be centered and not only text
• Typografic replacement
• Automatic glossary linking
• Improved User interface
• Soapbox Video Upload
• Improved image publishing
• Lightbox support (lightbox plugin necessary in the blog)
• New image border
• Image tilting
• GIF support
• Check for Updates /Notification
• Writer SDK 1.1 (Scott Lovegrove post an article about the new SDK on Live-Side.net)

Send Feedback

The following resources are available to you for providing feedback to the Writer team:

• For feedback about the Technical Preview, please use our Windows Live Writer (Beta) Forum.
• For feedback about the SDK, please use our Windows Live Writer Developer Forums.

via Live-Side.net and WriterZone