Choosing an offline publishing tool for this blog wasn’t as simple as I had assumed. The choices seem adequate enough upon first glance, however there are a few personal requirements that substantially reduced those choices.

The offline publishing tool for KeelingDesign.com must…

1. work with Drupal
2. offer Category selection
3. be Mac OSX compatible

With the requirements above, my options were essentially reduced to 3 contenders:

1. MarsEdit
2. Ecto (Mac)
3. Qumana

I must admit that I never really tested Ecto, because I never made it past the clunky setup wizard which in my experience wasn’t very user friendly. Next up was MarsEdit.

MarsEdit initially excited me, because it features a nice slick Mac application UI. The only problem was, I couldn't configure categories so that they actually worked properly. That was a real disappointment.

Then finally I gave Qumana a try. It's slower and less slick than MarsEdit but it offers better options and usability. To that end, I managed to get my categories configured properly!

So that’s ultimately how I came to choose Qumana as the offline publishing tool for KeelingDesign.com