tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post5972626818864615121..comments2024-03-11T02:35:50.848-05:00Comments on grand stream dreams: Windows Live Writer (beta) 2.0: Improved but Still ImprovableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-18247389141372821402007-06-03T08:26:00.000-05:002007-06-03T08:26:00.000-05:00Claus -Now that my attention's been called to it, ...Claus -<BR/><BR/>Now that my attention's been called to it, I AM seeing the flashing you're talking about. When I tested last night, it was on a blank post. But this morning, working on the TechBlog linkpost, I noticed it more when I had more links & text in the compose window. It doesn't do it much, if at all, when there's nothing in the window. Fill it up, and it does. It's a minor annoyance, though.<BR/><BR/>The Link Glossary is a stupid name. It really is a repository. MS should have used a more intuitive name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-2561962846398452352007-06-02T23:12:00.000-05:002007-06-02T23:12:00.000-05:00Hi guys!Thanks for the great tips.I haven't had a ...Hi guys!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great tips.<BR/><BR/>I haven't had a chance yet to try WLW out on the XP laptop or the Vista laptop around here. I'm eager to see how the performance compares.<BR/><BR/>I didn't consider the flashing being possibly related to the graphics card. That might be the case. I'll see if I can tweak the settings. I didn't have that issue under the previous WLW version...but maybe this version's theming is causing more push on the my graphics card.<BR/><BR/>Good identification on the "Link Glossary" Dwight! Silly me was blasting along thinking that was a place to store...well...traditional glossary items...not so much as a common link store. Very cool indeed!<BR/><BR/>You are correct about the placement of the drag/drop running. Unfortunately I seem to almost always be trying to add the link at the bottom of the post where I am typing my content. Maybe I need to add a bunch of returns at the very bottom while composing to give me more "landing room" for the links while "drafting."<BR/><BR/>I've been playing with the template plugin you suggested as well as one that inserts symbols. It doesn't have all the ones I'd like, but I should be able to add the few more I regularly use via the insert text plugin. Pretty clever indeed. It's growing on me very fast!<BR/><BR/>Jim...I think so. In making that post I got stuck with a really weird line of line-breakage. I had a sentence that broke 3/4 of the way across the page and it just refused to join up no matter how much backspacing I did. I eventually just inserted before the last word on that line and inserted my copied sentence fragment from below...then cleaned it up again. It doesn't happen often however and I suspect it is worse when I copy/paste blocks of text from Firefox without first making sure I copied them as plain text. Or I copy them within WLW and then forget to right-click and "Paste Special..." them back in without formatting. Both methods make sure I shed any hidden HTML code before adding it into the post.<BR/><BR/>All in all this is a very nice upgrade. I can't wait to see how it continues to develop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-57293681758296204242007-06-02T21:55:00.000-05:002007-06-02T21:55:00.000-05:00Does it still generate crappy HTML? I haven't trie...Does it still generate crappy HTML? I haven't tried the new version yet, but the old one had an awful habit of sticking non-breaking spaces into the oddest places, for no apparent reason. It really screwed up the wrapping sometimes.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918948327971980617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-9888220502928976732007-06-02T20:54:00.000-05:002007-06-02T20:54:00.000-05:00Claus,I'm not seeing the flashing you're talking a...Claus,<BR/><BR/>I'm not seeing the flashing you're talking about; that may be a video card/driver/OS issue. I'm using an ATI Radeon X1900 card, latest drivers (May 31). I'm also using Vista. No flashing.<BR/><BR/>You CAN store URLs for use later. In the Insert Link dialog, check the Add to Link Glossary box. Then, when you want to use the same link later, you can click on the Link dropdown in that dialog, then choose Link Glossary. It will allow you to pick from a list that inserts both the URL *and* its associated text. Very cool.<BR/><BR/>The insert point running away from you when you try to drag a link seems to happen only in certain locations... near the top or bottom of the window. If you can center the location before you drag, you won't see that happen.<BR/><BR/>Try out the <A HREF="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=9c8097b3-05f5-4e50-a968-dec6da6aea72&bt=9&pl=8" REL="nofollow">Insert Text Template plugin</A> that's available to create pre-crafted HTML you can quickly insert. I use this to do my linkposts, generating 10 bullets with just the right spacing with a couple of click. In fact, explore all the plugins. Some of them may fix some of your other issues.<BR/><BR/>Dwight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com