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Ecto for Windows launches, BoingBoing
now a 100% Ecto bl0g!

Ecto for Windows launches, BoingBoing
now a 100% Ecto bl0g! 04/14/2004 12:49 AM
The popular blogging-aid software Ecto -- once only offered for Mac -- is now available for Windows users. With today's launch of Ecto for Windows, BoingBoing officially becomes an all-ecto blog! My BoingBoing co-editors all use it to make blogging with Movable Type more friendly and efficient. I'm the only PC-afflicted blogger in the bunch. TypePad, MovableType, Nucleus, and Blogger users: rejoice. Ecto co-creator Adriaan Tijsseling says:

Joi and me are very happy to announce the release of a beta of a Windows port of ecto, thanks to a unique collaboration with Alex Hung. It is our hope that with this collaboration the ease of use and features of ecto will now be available to the Windows users. The beta trial will last one month, during which we hope to find bugs and improve on the product with the help of user feedback. Any information about this beta will be on the ecto for Windows webpage as Alex will be the main responsible person for this Windows version.

Link

Is ecto available for the PC?

Is ecto available for the PC? 08/27/2004 01:47 PM

Great news - but I believe it's irrelevant for me and 98% of the world:

Roland Tanglao congratulates Adriaan Tijsseling (I do too!)

Go Adriaan go! In 2004, I don't know why this is so difficult, I mean how old is Dreamweaver? Anyways, I am glad ecto is raising the bar finally in blog writing software.

From ecto blog: Can you spell 'WYSIWYAG'?:

QUOTE

This is a draft in Rich Text editing mode. One can switch from Rich to HTML and back indefinitely. In the Rich Text mode, a series of buttons will appear to easily allow setting the various font and paragraph peculiarities (alignment, indentation, cursive, bold, underline, strike-through, font-color, background color, font face). The buttons are modelled after Panther's neat Font panel, which obviously also has effect here. Don't mind the gray background color, that's fully customizable. By default background is white and foreground is black.

Note the highlighted square in the corner of the attached image. It's the resize knob to give users basic control over the size of the image. To control more options, double-clicking the attachment will reveal the attachment settings sheet.

There's not really much to it, I guess, but it should make writing blog entries a bit more easier, especially for those who don't care or know much about HTML.

UNQUOTE

[Roland Tanglao blog]

ecto 2

ecto 2 08/17/2004 04:46 PM

Congrats Adriaan!

ecto 1.1.8

ecto 1.1.8 08/10/2004 11:18 PM
A next generation blogging desktop client.

Ecto

Ecto 02/10/2004 02:53 AM
So, I finally bit the bullet and paid for Ecto, the most excellent upgrade to Adriaan Tijsseling's Kung Log. No longer donationware (which I expect most people donated--I admit, alas, that I didn't) but payware with a two-week trial period. And I have to say... this is darned sweet. Being able to manage multiple blogs at once (with the odd blip here and there--drafts don't store which account they were associated with so far as I can see) is really nice, especially now that we're looking at using Movable Type as an in-house project support tool. Using MT certainly beats...

ecto goes wysiawyg

ecto goes wysiawyg 08/27/2004 01:34 PM

ecto, the blogging client developed by Adriaan at my company Kula has just released the beta of the next version which has "What You See Is Almost What You Get" (wysiawyg). This means that you can now do things like drag, drop, resize images into posts. You can also create links, change font information and lots of other stuff without looking at or dealing with html. (More info on the ecto blog.) ecto 2.0 has a bunch of other cool features. Adriaan says it should be ready for general release of the OS X version in about two weeks. Until then... gloat.. gloat...

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"ecto - dev bl0g"

"ecto - dev bl0g" 04/15/2004 02:33 AM

ecto 1.1.5 and Synergy

ecto 1.1.5 and Synergy 05/23/2004 03:05 PM
ecto 1.1.5 has been released to the wild and contains two great additions. The bigger of the two is that it has interoperability with the...

ecto - dev bl0g

ecto - dev bl0g 04/16/2004 06:11 AM
ecto - Windows Version released .. the ecto for Windows page .. Ecto

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Update: Ecto 1.1.5

Update: Ecto 1.1.5 05/24/2004 10:52 AM
The desktop weblogging client adds basic AppleScript support, interaction with the upcoming NetNewsWire 2.0, live filtering in the entries and drafts list, and other changes.

Giving Ecto a try

Giving Ecto a try 02/10/2004 02:44 AM

Just downloaded Ado's update to Kung-Log, called Ecto. Seems to have a nice and easy set up, and the posting interface appears pretty clean. Automatic spell-checking is there as well, which is a nice feature too. If only it wasn't only available for this lousy Mac hardware. I've said it before and I'll say it again: If IBM and Apple teamed up and released OSX on a Thinkpad T40, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

Anyway, that's not Ecto's fault. Kudos to Adriaan on a job well done.

Ecto 2.2 with Tag support!

Ecto 2.2 with Tag support! 02/01/2005 08:50 PM
Adriaan has released Ecto 2.2, and it has built-in support for Technorati tags! Cool. All of you Mac OSX bloggers, you definitely should go and give Ecto a try. Very nice. Tags: ecto, technoratitags, technorati, cooltools...

Ecto beta is out

Ecto beta is out 01/09/2004 10:12 PM

Ecto, the OS X blogging client by Adriaan (disclosure: Adriaan works for me) is out for beta testing. Check it out.

ecto 1.0 released

ecto 1.0 released 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
ecto 1.0 has been released. Congratulations to Adriaan!

test from ecto

test from ecto 02/01/2005 08:41 PM
this is a test from ecto, the latest beta version.

Beta: Ecto 0.2.1

Beta: Ecto 0.2.1 01/19/2004 12:52 PM
The weblog software adds basic, intermediate, and advanced modes for different types of users, support for more weblog systems, and other changes.

ecto for Windows

ecto for Windows 04/15/2004 05:09 AM

Alex Hung has joined forces with us to make a Windows version of Adriaan's OS X blogging client ecto based on his original client, TypeWriter. Check out the ecto for Windows page for details on the beta test.

Ecto 2 beta

Ecto 2 beta 09/09/2004 08:59 AM
Cory Doctorow: All four Boing Boing editors use Ecto, a blogging sool, to post and manage our material here. Today, a public beta of Ecto 2 launches, a major update that I'm excited as hell to get my hands on.

The basic idea behind ecto's WYSIAWYG is to offer users the ability to compose entries without having to bother with HTML tags. Since most blog entries are not complete web sites, composition of entries only allows font and paragraph changes, indentation (read "blockquote"), and obviously images (video and audio should follow shortly). Regarding image authoring I had two ways of implementing support for it. I tried the extreme version involving containers and layouts but that produced quite a bit of headache and would slow down typesetting too much. Considering that Tiger's WebKit will allow editing, I chose the easier route. Images can still be positioned and resized in place, but text flow is not what you will see. That's one reason for the 'A' in WYSIAWYG... 'almost' (If your entry fails to post, read "Got" instead of "Get"...).

Link (via Ben Hammersley)

Doing a demo of ecto and bl0gging

Doing a demo of ecto and bl0gging 03/14/2005 05:35 PM
Right now I'm in my office showing a bunch of smart folks what blogging is all about....

ecto Makes Me Happy Again

ecto Makes Me Happy Again 03/14/2005 05:09 PM

Adriaan changed ecto so that it works with Drupal's input filters better, and after finally getting around to downloading and testing it I must say, it works like a charm. The caveat being you have to name your input filter either "Textile" or "Markdown" and if you do something like chain the filters in Drupal so that both work in one filter then it obviously won't know, etc. But for sites like this where I've named the filter after what it is, it's golden.

So, thank you, Adriaan.

And for Mr. Walker's statements about the blogapi.module I'll happily start filing bug reports on it as I figure out what's wrong. It wouldn't take much effort at all to get this working properly and then, well, sheer bliss when it does.

Ecto has upload video dialog

Ecto has upload video dialog 06/09/2004 05:54 AM
Blogging tool supports movie uploads.

A weblogging tool, Ecto, has a new feature: Movie upload. It offers users an option to indicate how an uploaded movie is used in the weblog (blog) entry. There are two options: Ecto creates a link to the movie inside your blog entry. The second option: the movie is then inserted right into your blog entry. [Roland Tanglao's Weblog]

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Congrats to Adriaan - this seems hot!

Now we gotta get it available on a PC!

NoteTaker, Ecto and TypePad taste good
together

NoteTaker, Ecto and TypePad taste good
together 06/05/2004 03:58 AM

A post about using NoteTaker, Ecto and TypePad together. Can't wait to try it.

ANN: FeedDemon 1.5 RC2

ANN: FeedDemon 1.5 RC2 02/01/2005 08:43 PM

FeedDemon 1.5 RC2 is now available. Be sure to check out the releas e notes to find out what's new. As always, RC2 should be installed directly on top of your existing version.

If you run into any problems using this pre-release, please let me know by posting in the FeedDem on 1.5 Beta Forum.

FeedDemon 1.0 RC2

FeedDemon 1.0 RC2 05/07/2004 08:41 PM

FeedDemon 1.10 RC2 is now available from the FeedDemon beta site. As with all version 1.10 pre-releases, RC2 is only available to those who have purchased version 1.0.

RC2 fixes a number of bugs, including several related to Atom newsfeeds. For complete details on what's new, please check out the relea se notes.

Note: Because my new web-based forums are still being tested, it's probably better if everyone continues to post comments about v1.10 in the newsgroups. But if you'd prefer to post in the forums and understand that your messages may be deleted once the forums go live, please feel free to use the FeedDemon 1.10 Beta forum. I'll reply to messages in either location.

ANN: FeedDemon 1.5 RC3

ANN: FeedDemon 1.5 RC3 02/01/2005 08:42 PM

FeedDemon 1.5 RC3 is now available. The release notes are here.

If all goes well, this will be the last release before the final one. As always, if you run into any problems using this pre-release, please let me know by posting in the FeedDemon 1.5 Beta Forum.

FeedDemon 1.10 RC4

FeedDemon 1.10 RC4 05/21/2004 08:36 AM

FeedDemon 1.10 RC4 is now available to registered users.

• Added: Generic "Date" column to news item list, which contains pubDate if it exists, received date otherwise. This new column isthe only date column shown by default - both the "received" and "published" columns are hidden. This also affects the default sorting and grouping (both are now set to the generic date), which may change how you're used to seeing news items sorted.
• Changed: The default newspaper filter is now "Unread News" instead of "Today's News"
• Changed: The default value for automatically marking items as read has changed from five seconds to three seconds
• Changed: The cleanup wizard now remembers your selections
• Changed: Double-clicking a news item navigates the news item's link if the item newspaper is showing, otherwise it re-displays the news item newspaper (change in RC3's behavior)
• Fixed: FeedDemon now correctly handles xml:base in Atom entries and passes all the link tests at http://diveintomark.org/tmp/tests/wellformed/base/links-in-content.xml and http://diveintomark.org/tmp/tests/wellformed/base/links.xml
• Fi xed: "Previous unread channel" shortcut skips topmost channel

When you're ready to download RC4, stop by the FeedDemon beta site.

FeedDemon: What's in a Name?

FeedDemon: What's in a Name? 06/05/2005 11:08 PM

Every now and then I'll receive an email from someone stating that they really like FeedDemon, but they won't buy it because of the word "demon" in its name. The majority of these comments come from reasonable, sincere people whose beliefs cause them to be turned off by the demon imagery, and while my personal beliefs don't include angels or demons, I do take these comments seriously and I certainly don't want my choice of name to be a stumbling block.

For the record, the name "FeedDemon" originated as a play on the phrase "speed demon," simply because I worked so hard to make sure FeedDemon was faster than the competition. Of course, the FeedDemon logo does include a demonic-looking hand catching a fireball, but I never even considered that it would offend people, any more than I would think the logo for Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners would cause controversy.

I hesitated to make this post because any mention of religion usually brings out the wackos on both sides (believers and non-believers alike), but I am curious whether many people feel this way. If you're among those who can't comment about religion without being intolerant to those who believe differently, this isn't the place for you to vent. But if you have a respectful comment, I'd love to hear it regardless of whether I agree.

FeedDemon 1.10 RC5

FeedDemon 1.10 RC5 05/31/2004 12:35 PM

Okay, I lied about RC4 being the last FeedDemon 1.10 pre-release :) Out of necessity, I'm making one last pre-release available. RC5 contains a number of fixes related to how Japanese characters are displayed, and it also includes a new "Web Search" feature along with support for IE's form auto-completion.

• RC5 release notes (please read!)
• RC5 download link (2.03MB)

If you encounter a bug in RC5, let me know by posting in the FeedDemon Support Forum. Please include 1.10RC5 in the subject line of any message you post about this pre-release.

Note: Translators, I apologize for yet another change, but there are two new strings in this release. If you'd prefer not to send me new FDLANGs, please feel free to simply email me the translations for the strings shown below.

<const name="S_StatusPopupKilled" value="Popups were blocked on this page. Press &quot;Ctrl&quot; when clicking to allow popups."/>
<const name="S_SearchWeb" value="Search Web"/>

ANN: FeedDemon 1.10

ANN: FeedDemon 1.10 06/07/2004 05:42 AM

I'm pleased to announce the final release of FeedDemon 1.10. Among the highlights in this new release are:

• Support for Atom feeds
• A new integrated web search
• The ability to search previously downloaded feed items
• Improved browser features such as popup blocking and form auto-completion
• Enhanced grouping and styling of feed items

In addition to these "big" new features, version 1.10 offers a lot of smaller tweaks that really boost FeedDemon's usability. A complete list of what's new can be found in the release notes, but be sure to watch the FeedDemon Tips blog over the next week since we'll be highlighting a number of new features that you might overlook.

If you already own FeedDemon 1.0, the upgrade to version 1.10 is free - just download the new trial version and install it on top of the previous version, and you're set to go. Your serial number, channel subscriptions and other information will all be retained.

My thanks and appreciation go to everyone who not only tested FeedDemon, but also stuck with me during that nasty little episode with the neck surgery. A couple months back I had no idea when I'd be able to get FeedDemon 1.10 out the door, so I'm really glad to announce that it's done :)

PS: If you have any questions about the new release, please visit the web-based forums for help. I'll also be updating the FeedDemon FAQ over the next few days to address common questions about 1.10.

"RSS 101" Screencast with FeedDemon

"RSS 101" Screencast with FeedDemon 03/14/2005 06:24 PM

A lex Barnett has put together an RSS "how-to" screencast which features FeedDemon. Nice work, Alex!

FeedDemon and Atom

FeedDemon and Atom 01/16/2004 11:01 AM
Nick Bradbury, FeedDemon developer, has posted his thoughts on the subject of Atom and valid XML: “FeedDemon will also support Atom, but if an Atom feed isn’t well-formed XML, FeedDemon will display an error rather than try to parse it.”

This reminds me of another point—NetNewsWire’s error-reporting user interface isn’t that good. I plan to improve it, to make errors more obvious. I’m also considering a preference where you could tell the RSS parser to require valid XML.

FeedDemon compliment

FeedDemon compliment 12/17/2004 06:38 PM

Andy Jarrett considers FeedDemon the best online discovery of 2004. Thanks, Andy :)

XP SP2 and TopStyle, FeedDemon

XP SP2 and TopStyle, FeedDemon 08/12/2004 04:40 PM

Last night I created a VMware< /a> virtual machine for the new Windows XP SP2 in order to test both TopStyle and FeedDemon with it, and I'm relieved to report that they both work fine.

I'm not so relieved, however, to report that installing SP2 on my development machine didn't go so well. After installing SP2, rebooting then logging in, I was greeted with a blank desktop (no taskbar, no icons, no nothing). Lucikly, I was able to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to get to task manager and launch apps from there, but after troubleshooting for a few hours I gave up and simply uninstalled SP2. If you're planning to install SP2, I hope you have better luck than I did!

FeedDemon 1.10 Beta 2

FeedDemon 1.10 Beta 2 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

FeedDemon 1.10 Beta 2 is now available to registered customers. As with beta 1, beta 2 will not work on your computer unless you've purchased FeedDemon 1.0.

Details on changes in beta 2 may be found in the release notes:

http:/ /www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/readme/readme110b2.asp

The direct download link for beta 2 is below:

http://ww w.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/beta/fd110beta2.exe (2.29MB)

Just install this directly on top of the previous version and your existing settings will be retained.

If you have any comments about the beta or run into any problems with it, please let me know by posting a bug report in the new feeddemon.beta.110< /a> newsgroup, and be sure to include "Beta 2" in the subject line of your message.

Enjoy :)

FeedDemon partners with Moreover

FeedDemon partners with Moreover 09/21/2004 02:39 PM

From the press release:

"Moreover Technologies, the premier provider of aggregated online current awareness and business information, today announced that Bradbury Software will integrate Moreover RSS (Rich Site Summary) news feeds and news search within its FeedDemon RSS reader application."

FeedDemon 1.10 Beta 2a

FeedDemon 1.10 Beta 2a 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

FeedDemon 1.10 Beta 2a is now available to registered customers. This is a minor update of beta 2 which fixes an annoying problem with the address bar, and adds two new features:

* Desktop alert can now be moved by dragging its title bar
* Supprt for back/forward mouse buttons

The release notes are here:

http: //www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/readme/readme110b2a.asp

And the download is here:

http://w ww.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/beta/fd110beta2a.exe

As with previous betas, beta 2a will not work on your computer unless you've purchased FeedDemon 1.0.

FeedDemon Tips

FeedDemon Tips 05/18/2004 05:54 AM

Now that the TopStyle Tips blog is off and running, I'd like to announce FeedDemon Tips. This new blog will be regularly updated with helpful tips and tricks for FeedDemon users. Authors include myself and these FeedDemon power-users:

• Radek Gontarek
• Oskar van Rijswijk
• Matt Zur

If you'd like to be a FeedDemon tips author, just use my contact form to let me know. You don't have to be a prolific poster to be an author - just a few tips a month will suffice.

To visit FeedDemon tips, point your browser to:

http://nick.typepad.com/ feeddemontips/

PS: Don't forget to subscribe to the FeedDemon tips RSS feed :)

FeedDemon, RSS and cookies

FeedDemon, RSS and cookies 08/18/2004 10:25 AM

I've recently had a a few people ask whether FeedDemon supports the use of cookies, and the answer is, "yes, it does."

The most obvious use of this is to require a login before returning any information, and I've seen this done by several feeds already. Unfortunately, some of them redirect to an HTML page when the login cookie isn't found, which obviously won't work since FeedDemon is trying to download RSS, not HTML. So, if you use cookie-based authentication, don't redirect to an HTML page - instead, dynamically create an RSS <item> which includes a link to the login page.

ANN: FeedDemon 1.5 Beta 4

ANN: FeedDemon 1.5 Beta 4 12/22/2004 01:35 AM

FeedDemon 1.5 Beta 4 is now available. Before installing it, you might want to check out the release notes to find out what's new. As with previous beta releases, beta 4 should be installed directly on top of your existing version.

If you run into any problems using the beta, please let me know by posting in the FeedDem on 1.5 Beta Forum.

Enjoy :)

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