

Fix scaling of categories dropdown and options dialog.Updates are now installed through the Store rather than a built-in background updater. Made available via Open Live Writer at the Windows Store.Added support for categories when working with Blogger.This feature is not available on Windows 7. Added spell checking through the built-in spell checking functionality of Windows 8 and later.Old version, no longer maintained: 0.6.0.0
FREE WRITER 2016 UPDATE
Minor update that addresses the bugs introduced in previous update.Old version, no longer maintained: 0.5.1.4 This release provided some bug fixes and enhancements to the Blogger support based on feedback.

Old version, no longer maintained: 0.5.1.3
FREE WRITER 2016 FULL
A downloadable preview version of the application was offered the same day alongside the full source code on GitHub. The announcement notes that the original Windows Live Writer 2012 application will remain a property of Microsoft and will continue to be offered as part of Windows Essentials while Open Live Writer will be developed independently as a separate project as part of. On December 9, 2015, Scott Hanselman announced the forking of Microsoft's Windows Live Writer as an open-source project called Open Live Writer. NET Foundation announced an open-source fork of Windows Live Writer. Nearly a year later, it appeared that open-sourcing the program was approved by Microsoft. On June 12, 2014, Scott Hanselman announced the idea of making Windows Live Writer open-source.
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After the release of Windows 8, Microsoft encouraged the team responsible for the software to focus on Metro-style apps, and the last major version of Windows Live Writer was released in 2012.

The Onfolio Writer team worked together with the Windows Live Spaces team to release Windows Live Writer. Open Live Writer is a fork of Windows Live Writer, which is based on Onfolio Writer, a product Microsoft obtained from the acquisition of Onfolio in 2006. The application's source code is available on GitHub under the MIT License. Open Live Writer features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with, WordPress (hosted), and Blogger, with support for more platforms planned. It is a fork of Windows Live Writer 2012 by Microsoft. Open Live Writer (also known as OLW) is a free and open-source desktop blogging application released by.
