Does anyone know of a portable Livejournal client? My blogging software is about the only major hole I have on my USB stick's portable apps setup now - I'm currently using Livejournal For Windows but this one can't be portable because I'm not sure where it's storing the login data for LJ after digging around in the install folder on my desktop machine for it.
It also doesn't help that this app hasn't been updated since 2003, it's a rather decrepit client. 
So, anyone any ideas...?
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What does a client give you that can't be done by the web interface?
If I have a long post to make, I edit it off-line (word processor or text editor) and cut/paste into the web interface.
True I guess, but I prefer doing it with a client simply because it's a case of type entry and hit post - no loading up a browser and navigating to a page or anything.
Sure, you can use a browser if necessary but it's so overkill, really.
What does a client give you that can't be done by the web interface?
Use Semagic to have a feel of what a dedicated client offers you that neither the web interface, a word processor or even blogging plugin for a browser doesn't provide.
first of all, using a browser for blogging is overkill. the web interface is rudimentary. word processors are useful for those who'd use WYSIWYG editors, but then that could be handled by the blogging plugin for the browser which is again an overload. unless you blog everytime you surf, such plugin is an overhead.
Compared to a web interface/word processor workflow, with a blogging client, you need not connect online for a preview. livejournal often outputs raw html code if there is any single tag that's erronous.
a client like semagic has special keyboard shortcuts meant for quick editing. Besides livejournal is a community of blogs, where its possible to have friendlists, custom privacy settings, moods, etc. It makes it easier to re-edit past entries than the web interface. A blogging plugin or the web interface would be dependent more on the internet connection than an offline client. Semagic correctly previews the lj-cut tag that even the website interface doesn't preview properly.
There is a reason why UNIX/Linux are such effective systems following the one app per task principle.
All being said. Semagic is built from ground-up to be Livejournal exclusive and every other client compromises on some aspect of Livejournal's extra features, that lets a blogger have a community of friends and custom privacy filters and all.
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