Ecto vs. MarsEdit

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.

Published on December 13, 2006 11:40 AM PST (1 year, 8 months ago).

3 comments

Jon (1 year, 8 months ago): I used to use NetNewsWire. Now I use Vienna - just as good, and free.
bruno Afonso (1 year, 7 months ago): Yep.. Vienna rocks…
Mike Steinbaugh (1 year, 7 months ago): I tried Vienna but I prefer the integration of NetNewsWire and MarsEdit. It makes adding new asides to my site a whole lot easier.

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