I work on a number of different PCs throughout any given week so it’s nice to be able to jot down a post in an offline client and always have the same settings with me… regardless of which machine I’m on. The following three clients can be easily installed on a flash drive or in a synchronized folder somewhere on your computer:
- Zoundry Raven – having recently gone open-source, Zoundry Raven is definitely the more mature and feature-rich of the three apps mentioned here. Like any good blogging client worth its salt, it supports multiple profiles, WYSIWYG editing, FTP as well as Picasa/Image Shack integration and more. ZR also supports custom fields… that one’s a biggie for you advanced WordPress users.
- w.bloggar – Like the Raven above, w.bloggar offers pretty much all of the blogging features you’d come to expect but in a (semi) less attractive package. (How superficial of us.) Still, it works quite well and should meet most all of your blogging needs. [via FreshFreeStuff.net]
- Firefox with ScribeFire – Sure, it’s an extension, not an application, but don’t let the fact that it’s dependent upon Portable Firefox sway you away from ScribeFire. It’s not quite as heavy on features as either Zoundry Raven or w.bloggar but it’s got a great interface and offers everything you need to get a quick post on your site… and the fact that it’s integrated into a web browser is both a blessing and a curse.
I’ve stumbled across a couple of other blogging clients that can act as portable applications like the ones above, the most notable of which being a portable version of Windows Live Writer, but it takes a bit of work to get them that way and I’ve found that once an update gets published by the author, your portable version goes kaput.
Know of any others we’re leaving out? Give us and our readers a shout in the comments.
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