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by Ross at 11:27AM (EDT) on April 16, 2004 | Permanent Link

It turns out that the current version of the ecto beta isn't a blogging client, its a Typepad/MovableType client.

I can't use it. :(

I really hope this changes in a future release. A near-future release.

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Re: ecto Beta: Disappointment

by Roger Benningfield on Fri 16 Apr 2004 01:39 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

Ross: I dunno. Yeah, it doesn't work with JournURL any more than with Blogware... but so what? Generic tools will always be generic tools, unable to fully exploit the host environment. If you've got five different blogs on five different platforms, they're fantastic. But that's not how most folks operate.

In contrast, look at some of those amazing little LiveJournal clients that cater specifically to the server's unique capabilities... that's the really good stuff, IMO.

Re: Re: ecto Beta: Disappointment

by Ross on Fri 16 Apr 2004 09:25 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

I hear you, but given that we fully implemented the MT/Metaweblog API (and the Blogger API) ... ecto should work with Blogware.

It really doesn't make sense that it doesn't.

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