So, I am reading about the difficulty the Macsters are having utilizing the Blogger ware. It brings to the fore one of the on-going difficulties of most things technical...that is proprietary ownership. As long as there are Macs and Non-macs, there will be software confusion. Blogger, bless there little pea-pickin' hearts, has at least made an attempt to bring the Mac-happy family into the Blogger fold. There are some Mac users who have found work arounds to the programming difficulties of this wonderful blogging tool. But for some, that is either too much work or beyond the skill lever, or maybe just more than they want to put up with.

Unfortunately as you can see from this search link, there is not much that can be done about it. One option might be to go to a paid "Ecto Blog" account, which gladly accomodates Mac users. There may even be others that Mac users are aware of, but for some reason, don't talk much about. It even crossed my mind, that Mac users may have decided that "blogging" isn't all it is cracked up to be, and have given up even looking for the software. I am also wondering if open-source PC based software is a better answer than looking for server side software...

If I were a software publisher or an advertiser who uses blogging as an advertising vehicle, I would at least want to assess the potential for blogging by Mac users. Perhaps as a group, Mac users don't ordinarily read blogs or maybe they just dont care to blog at all.

In the end, it is going to be interesting to find out what the Mac users finally settle on.

One last thought before bed. I am a real beleiver in collaborative intelligence...with this many minds (all the folks in the Weblogging Yahoo Group), I suspect that answers will be revealed that individual Mac users hadn't thought about (and the Microsoft folks didn't even know there WAS a problem). So hang in there tonight, Macsters...tomorrow may arrive with a new program to match your machine...or maybe not.

elderbob
Monday, January 17, 2005 at 10:46 PM