New Developer Release Available

It's been quiet here over the past several months because we've been working hard on our 1.0 release of the Zoundry Blog Writer. I am happy to announce that a developer release of 1.0 is now available at our forum.

We've been listening to all the great feedback from our users and added a number of requested features, bug fixes, and a lot of work under the hood.

Here are the major new features (more information available at our forum):

• Spell Check. Yes, finally! This is our first version, with more advanced spell checking in the works. It has a simple dialog-based UI that you can run or set to operate automatically before posting.

• XHTML Editor. For our more technically advanced users, we now allow you to edit the XHTML code. Features include HTML tidy, auto completion, and validation.

• Extended Entries. Now you can split your posts in MovableType and WordPress with an introductory section with a link to the rest of the post using the <!-- more --> marker.

• Localization. We have externalized all our user interface messages, captions, and strings to support language translation and localized versions. We do not have any official translations yet but we are working with volunteers to help us with translations. If you are interested in helping, please contact us at contactATzoundryDOTcom.

I invite you to try this version and let us know if you find any bugs or have any suggestions for improvement. We hope to launch 1.0 very soon!

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