Obsesed with looking for a good blogging tool on the web and reading a big list of complaints for the lack of a good tool for mac users, I didn’t realize I had had one for a long time on my computer: Adobe Contribute. Most people talk about Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer and how to run it on a Mac, but forget about this good option that runs natively on it.

Although it lacks all the Windows Live Writer tools for image composition €“ we must accept it has some good ones €“ it is a good tool for blogging and includes features like:

• Easy image insertion from local computer
• Easy video and flash documents insertion
• PDF embedding €“ yep, from the creators
• Automatic Microsoft Office to PDF conversion
• Page preview in browser
• Tables and all their features like cell merging
• Shared assets
• PayPal buttons and actions
• Google search fields
• Draft manipulation
• Control on “post fields” like tags, categories, publication dates, etc.

Its ease of use makes Adobe Contribute a good option for those looking for a blogging tool on the Mac and a good alternative for Windows users.