Just a thought.

I’ve tried it on my iBook as well as the iMac — no luck. So it’s not a hardware issue.

I wonder whether it’s a problem with OSX. But why offer a Mac version if it won’t work. Grrrr!

Perhaps I should just try harder with TypePad’s editor

It’s a mystery. I’ll struggle on and keep you informed.

What other WYSIWYG editors do you recommend? I’d thought about ecto, but your people here don’t seem to rate it.

I could try Contribute, but it’s a bit pricey.

Have you tried using others?

I downloaded what must be the most recent version of Qumana, launched it and sent the automatic set-up wizard to my blog at janehowitt.typepad.com

I got the message about looking for the blog, please wait — so I did. But nothing happened. Just a blue ball going round and round and round. I couldn’t cancel and I couldn’t quit, so I had to force quit.

And that’s as far as I get each time.

Now, I eventually got an email from Fred at Qumana, and he said that he could find my blog on his machine, and he’s baffled.

I’m taking my iMac into the Apple Store on Sunday as it seems to be running slow and the AirPort Extreme card isn’t working, so I’ll ask them if they’ve got any ideas.

Frankly, it’s either proof positive that technology hates me, or my iMac is haunted.

Any ideas?

I’ve been round in so many circles I’m getting dizzy. And although I’ve contacted Qumana through the contact form, they haven’t got back to me

So I don’t know what to do.

I want to use a WYSIWYG editor, don’t think TypePad’s is all that great… But what to do?

Any suggestions

Qumana maybe Java based, it maybe a little slow, but for an average blogger (at least with Wordpress) it gets the job done.

I’m not saying Qumana is the best, but for an average blogger like me, its sufficient. A good, cocoa based blogging software is very much welcome.

The lack of blogging tools on the Mac is shameful, if you ask me. A platform that focuses on content creation and doesn’t have a single decent blogging app is sad – and don’t anyone EVEN bring up iCrap… I mean iWeb.

However, unless there’s a way I didn’t know of (I tried MarsEdit for a post or two), it’s not very beginner friendly, being that you’ve got to know some HTML before you can really use list, bullet points.

So I guess both softwares has its ups and downs

Quama didn’t work for me too well either btw.

ecto on the other hand is also not on my “favorites” list right now. There are many documented problems with ecto when used with the latest Wordpress. With very little exception, the author of ecto simply blames Wordpress – frustrating! I could point to the tons of posts in their support forums, but they all got deleted when the forum software got upgraded.

In any case, Qumana is pretty decent for the average blogger. I just wish he would make it a real application instead of Java.