Sometimes They Come Back
It’s been a while since there was an update to BloGTK. During the last period of development for BloGTK there were so many frustrations and so little time that I had to give up.
Flash forward to a few weeks ago when I’m putting together my new Ubuntu box—I notice that there’s a Python library for Blogger’s GData system installed. And it even has a nice system for interfacing with Blogger. When I last did work on BloGTK 3 years ago, I had a lot of the app built. Maybe it was time to take another shot?
This entry is being created in BloGTK 2.0. The build is nowhere near complete, but there has been enough progress that it’s safe to announce its existence to the world.
BloGTK 2.0 will add some great new features like:
- A completely revamped interface designed for multiple blogs
- A new editor, with integrated spellcheck, HTML syntax highlighting, and undo/redo.
- Support for multiple categories.
- Full support for Blogger
- Autodiscovery of weblog settings (if your blog template supports it
- And much more…
There is no release date for BloGTK 2.0, as it all depends on finding programming time in my busy schedule. However, this time the technical hurdles have been surpassed and it is possible to deliver the kind of program that users have been asking for.
There will be much more coming as development continues on the next generation of BloGTK.
July 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
w00t! Every time I think about doing my own (as a first programming project, no less), I’m humbled at the idea of tackling all the issues. So, I’ll continue to write, and hope for the best.
I think, three years hence, with WP 2.6 just released, you’ll have even greater demand for this than before. Thanks for the effort.
Daniel