Comments on: Back to Ecto

By: Ihnatko

Ihnatko — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:28:01 +0000

I’m using the beta. It really ought to be just a two-step process, shouldn’t it?

1) Pick a photo. I should be able to pick one from my photo libraries, the standard file browser, or my Flickr stream.

2) One panel of options that determine how the image appears. Size, thumbnail, padding, ALT, etc.

Click “Upload” and youre golden. But otherwise, I’m likin’ Ecto 3.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:05:47 +0000

Andy- Are you using Ecto 2 or the still-in-beta Ecto 3? I’ve found that Ecto 3 has made of lot of the more “hidden” features more transparent although still not as dead-on simple as they could be. I’ve never tried MarsEdit but since I’ve already plunked down the $20 for Ecto, that’s what I’m sticking with. (And it’s ok, I capitalize it too.)

By: Ihnatko

Ihnatko — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:32:00 +0000

@Tom – Actually, I edited that original Ecto post after playing with the app some more. It does allow you to resize images — it even lets you upload arbitrary images — but those tools are nowhere near where I would have expected them to be.

And now it appears that the folks behind Ecto also make a neat Flickr tool which does a number of cool things…including allowing you to embed Flickr content into an Ecto post. I’m likin’ this app a lot. I just hope it doesn’t break my poor little marzipan heart some day…

By: Tom Reeves

Tom Reeves — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:24:04 +0000

ecto failed the required ‘carriage return’ test for me. So I still use MarsEdit, pining for the amazon and itunes tools in ecto.

My main recommendation to use Preview to resize your images before upload. My column width on my blog is 380 px, so I use 200 px images right-justified. I just save my chosen image to my desktop, resize in Preview (where I can crop and instant alpha, too if I want), then use MarsEdit’s functional media button. It’s a nice button.

You probably already know all of this and wrote a book or something about it. Still, I thought I’d offer one person’s work habit. I did try hard with the theme on your blog. My blog, http://www.pwnship.com, is built on the free neoclassical theme. That was much easier to edit using CSSEdit.