I’m annoyed with iBlog. It’s nice enough, but there are a few problems.
- Development has slowed considerably.
- It uses a proprietary and ugh-ly way to store and refer to other entries.
- With the exception of the iLife applications, getting information into and out of iBlog isn’t very convenient.
- Moblogging is only possible with the addition of a paid service.
I just don’t want to deal with a single license of a proprietary product any more.
Besides the fact that I can update things from a web browser, there are tools that support the WordPress format like ecto and MarsEdit. One cross-platform browser, Flock, is even geared toward updating weblogs, with a built-in editor and a “Blog This” function.
There are likely to be some issues. I think I’ve caught most of them but please do let me know if you find a broken link or an image that doesn’t load.
Is this the return of the blog? I don’t know. We’ll see. There’s no shortage of material, only time. This conversion might make things a little easier.