Performancing for Firefox Blog Editor
Tired of logging into your blog website every time you want to make a post?
Doesn’t it suck to flip back and forth between the site your writing about and your blog editor?
With Performancing for Firefox (soon to be ScribeFire) you can have a built-in blog editor directly into your Firefox web browser.
Here is a screenshot. It is easier to show you then to describe it with words.
The top half of my browser window displays the ScribeFire website. I have PFF open and it is displayed in the bottom half of the screen. You can see that I have begun writing this post.
Setting up PFF for you blog is easy. Settings included the type of blog (WordPress, MT, etc.), the URL for your blog’s API and your username and password. Once setup, PFF will display all available categories from your blog as well as a history of your prior posts. The editor window is similar to most blogging platforms. You have the choice of either WYSIWYG or source code mode. All the typical formatting buttons are included as well.
Publishing to you blog occurs at the push of a button. You can set publishing options to either publish live or publish as draft.
It really is as simple as it sounds.
Why use PFF?
First, is efficiency. Because of the nature of my topic, I am always looking at a browser window when I write. I either have to flip back and forth between a website and my blog admin screen or arrange my text editor in such a way so that I can see browser window alongside it. With PFF, I can easily view both the browser and the editor.
Second, easier to write spur of the moment posts. A lot of times I put off writing something off the cuff because I don’t want to login to my site. Open PFF with a click and you can be writing the very next second. Even if you are not comfortable posting live from PFF you can always post to draft and login later to do more editing.
The Future of PFF
While PFF is supposed to become ScribeFire, I do have to wonder what will eventually happen. Performancing was recently bought by SplashMedia and that purchase only includes the assets of the Performancing website and community as well as Performancing Metrics. I do hope that PFF (ScribeFire) continues to have a lifeline.
Posted by Paul Flyer on Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 in Blogging, Firefox
