{"id":475,"date":"2008-02-29T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T19:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/475\/the-broken-web-editor"},"modified":"2008-03-01T13:08:53","modified_gmt":"2008-03-01T17:08:53","slug":"the-broken-web-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/475\/the-broken-web-editor","title":{"rendered":"The Broken Web Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often explain the benefits of MarsEdit<\/a> starting with a premise that editing on the desktop beats editing in a web browser. I believe this to be true even when the playing field is level, and web interfaces are operating at their best. Unfortunately, thanks to a large number of ever-changing browser environments, web interfaces frequently don’t operate at their best. This is part of the nature of that beast. Often, web-based editors provide more frustration than convenience.<\/p>\n

\nRecently there has been an increase of new MarsEdit buyers who cite as their motivation a frustration with the WordPress<\/a> web editor. I respect and admire the WordPress team. In fact, their web interface is among the best out there. But even in the best of circumstances, it’s hard to compete with the usability of a desktop app. And when something goes bad, it becomes downright impossible.\n<\/p>\n

\nCurrently the situation is especially bad for people who use WordPress with Safari. For whatever reason these two pieces of software have fallen slightly out of accord. It’s common to hear tales of people who use Safari for “everything but WordPress.” In short, WordPress has a reputation for messing up or even eliminating parts of your post when using the web-based editor in Safari.<\/strong> I know, because I see the comments of my customers and would-be customers on the web. There is a chorus of confirmation for this problem.\n<\/p>\n

\nI look forward to WordPress and Safari ironing out their differences. I don’t relish earning customers purely out of frustration with the competition. I prefer to attract customers by exceeding baseline functionality than by my competitors failing to meet it. But if you’re tired of doing battle with the WordPress editor in Safari, or any other browser for that matter, it’s a good time to remember that MarsEdit is here for you.\n<\/p>\n

\nI welcome those users who arrive out of desperation, and am hopeful they will find much more than baseline functionality to be delighted with in MarsEdit.\n<\/p>\n

\nUpdate:<\/strong> Lloyd Budd, who is the quality lead for WordPress, has coincidentally written today on the very subject of Safari and WordPress<\/a>. He predicts that major improvements are in store with WordPress 2.5:\n<\/p>\n

“With Safari 3 and WordPress 2.5 you should finally have a great experience if Safari is your preferred browser.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThis is great news for everybody. I think your experience will be greater still<\/em> in MarsEdit, but happy WordPress customers are great for the blogging industry in general.\n<\/p>\n

\nUpdate 2:<\/strong> For some reason this post ended up with comments disabled. I don’t know yet if it’s a bug in MarsEdit, WordPress, or the author. I have enabled them, now. I welcome your opinions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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