Ecto vs. MarsEdit

13 Dec 2006

Yesterday I took the plunge and purchased NetNewsWire to manage my newsfeeds. I like the program the best out of all the ones available on the Mac because it synchronizes with Newsgator online so I can read my feeds on my home PC without the program.

After I purchased the program, I decided that an investment in a blog editor would be a good decision. The two most popular choices on the Mac are Ecto and MarsEdit. I have since tried both and prefer the layout of Ecto, which was recommended to me by Om Malik. I ran into one snag, which was that WordPress does not currently conform to the Movable Type XML-RPC spec correctly, so I’m using the MetaWeblog API instead. However, for my needs it works fine.

In the end, I’m going to use ecto until something new arrives. Ecto 3 is currently in the works and it sounds like it’s going to be very impressive.

3 comments

Jon (21 Dec 2006)

I used to use NetNewsWire. Now I use Vienna – just as good, and free.

bruno Afonso (22 Jan 2007)

Yep.. Vienna rocks…

Michael Steinbaugh (22 Jan 2007)

I tried Vienna but I prefer the integration of NetNewsWire and MarsEdit. It makes adding new asides to my site a whole lot easier.