Lately I have been looking for the best way to publish new posts. I have tried out several desktop apps for blog posting such as BlogJet and WB Editor. Both apps have decent interfaces, work well with DasBlog, and are convenient to use. The main reason I wanted to use a desktop blog publishing tool was for convenience reasons. The easier it is to post, the more I will post. The problem with both apps though is that they don't handle code copied and pasted from Visual Studio very well, which is of course necessary. The built in post page for DasBlog uses FreeTextBox which works great for handling code in IE. So I've decided to go with the built in posting page for publishing all of my posts. To get the convenience factor that I got with a desktop app I have created a shortcut to Internet Explorer which passes in the URL of the EditEntry.aspx page for my blog. I can then put this shortcut wherever I want; I use Y'z Dock for launching apps, so I put the shortcut there. I also set my blog to auto login in IE. Now all I have to do to create a new post is launch the shortcut and it will take me directly to the posting page in IE.

If you know of another good blog publishing desktop app, or how to get a better experience with inserting code in BlogJet or WB Editor, let me know!