Every one I've tried thus far generated just awful HTML, and I like it when my pages validate. Windows Live Writer was pretty cool (even works with open source WordPress), but still not good enough markup behind the scenes.

I can be a perfectionist about some things... but how can I call myself a web developer when my pages looks like it was coded in FrontPage?

Using (my own hosted) Wordpress, my options seem pretty open; currently, I either post using email, direct from Flickr, from the Wordpress dashboard, and various other ways too; though curiously none of them Google-related, which otherwise rules my life. I mean to get my Wordpress also importing my blog from Virgin Radio's website too. I'd argue the days of just entering a blog from one place is fast disappearing.

I've been using MarsEdit lately, but will probably switch back to Ecto soon.

I would love to blog from ecto, but haven't purchased it yet. I usually blog from the wordpress admin pages, but since I usually use a Mac and Omniweb or Safari, the quick link buttons don't work. It's a pain, but I here that's to be fixed in 2.0.6. ecto might well be an after-Christmas purchase if it isn't given to me.

I just can't run Firefox on my old Powerbook G4 - just too slow. It takes too much of what my little PB has to offer to be my main browser. My wife uses Camino, so I don't (as I don't want to mix bookmarks/open sessions etc)...so I'm left with my Webkit-based Safari or Omniweb. Slightly OT...sorry for the rant.

I've always been pleased with wordpress's interface, but out of curiosity I downloaded Ecto.

Why the heck would you pay for a blogging interface? I don't get it.

I've been extremely happy with performancing for firefox, mostly because having the editor embedded in the browser makes linking, quoting and citing things ridiculously easy. You don't actually say what blogging extensions you've tried, i don't know if you've tried it. It doesn't look like it has nearly as many options as ecto does, but i can't remember ever having thought "gee i wish i could do /that/." Is there anything in particular about ecto that is making you consider buying it?

'Why the heck would you pay for a blogging interface? I don't get it.'

I certainly wouldn't, i'm not much of a software buyer.. because it's like buying air at a supermarket.. (if you dont understand my simile.. you probably aren't a computer nerd..) :P

I've used Performancing on Linux more than a few times because a decent blogging client seems to not exist. I've used jblogeditor and it works pretty well; but I would like to see the new version. On the Windows side, I've been using either performancing or blogjet lately. Blogjet seems pretty easy to master and the setup is pretty easy. In the past, I played with w.bloggar for quite awhile. I don't have extremely complex demands on the client and blogjet seems to do okay.

Oh, this is an MT instance? I didn't even know Movable Type still existed ;)

Been using ecto for a year-plus now (on my (cough) MT blogs). Love it. SharpMT is another fine one (and free), though not quite as feature-rich.

Honestly, though, while ecto isn't *free*, it's so remarkably inexpensive for what it adds to quality-of-life, it's more than worth it.

Using Gnome-Blog here.

I use Emacs with Hobix and my own custom Hobix minor mode that allows me to regenerate the HTML pages when I change something and upload to the server using rsync.

Iuse w.bloggar and used to use BlogJet