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Punk ([personal profile] runpunkrun) wrote in [site community profile] dw_biz 2010-03-29 09:37 pm (UTC)

Yay! I've been hoping Dreamwidth would develop its own desktop client. I've been using Semagic for years now and I'm currently sticking with version 1.7.0.9U and really happy with it, though I imagine Dreamwidth will eventually come up with awesome things that Semagic won't support.

Things I like in a desktop client:

*Ability to save drafts with actual file names, not just as "draft"
*html mode that shows raw code
*formatting buttons that make quick work of HTML markup and site-specific code
*user-defined macros
*spellcheck
*having menus with all my icons, tags, moods, etc.
*quick link button that turns URL on clipboard into HTML-formatted link
*ability to view and modify filters
*ability to post to communities
*ability to crosspost to LJ

I like a lot of control over the applications I use (customization is key!), and I prefer them to have a small footprint. Basically for this I want a simple program that lets me compose posts, save them, post them, Oh! and edit them after I've posted.

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