Well, I was finally pushed to do it…send in feedback about Windows Live Writer. One of the earliest features, and one feature that’s available in pretty much every other desktop blogging application, was removed and has caused a mild inconvenience when using WLW to manage a number of blogs.
Here’s the exact message that I sent in:
In the earliest edition of WLW that I tested, it was possible to have a new post immediately started after publication without needing to hit the “New” button. This feature seems to have completely disappeared in the most recent releases.
There are options to view the entry after publication, close the writing window after publication, or open a new window after publication, but none simply to start a new post in the same window immediately after publishing an entry. Why has one of the most logical features, available in every other offline blogging software, been abandoned?
I’m suggesting that you resurrect it. Having to hit the “New” post button after publication is an unnecessary extra step, especially considering that rarely does one need to continue editing a post *after* it’s been published and continually needing to click the “New” button can become tedious, especially if someone is managing multiple blogs and has a number of entries to write.
Now it’s time to wait and see whether I receive a response (it may very well be that I’m overlooking something in the Preferences) or whether they decide to re-incorporate this feature into the software or whether I can find a third party plugin that will do it for me.
I’m also curious to see whether anyone else is perturbed by this inconvenience as well.
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