Functioning ScribeFire

The purpose of most Mozilla Firefox add-on’s is to make things easy and functional for most non tech-savvy individuals. The ScribeFire add-on is as easy as their other applications. The best thing about using this add-on is that I don’t have to register for any account or subscription–it is a simple add and download.

To get started, visit ScribeFire.com and simply click on download now. Once the download is complete, a little yellow paper icon will appear on the bottom left corner of the browser. Click the icon and you will see the application pop-up onto your browser. Like I mentioned, there is no registration process. However, when first using this application, you have to put in the information of your blog (username, password and blog site). This will locate all the information from your blog and load it into the ScribeFire application.

Once everything is loaded, the beauty of ScribFire will appear. On the right tabs, you will see the list of your entries including other useful tools. On the main screen on the right of the tabs, is the area where you can blog. Just like Firefox, this application works as tabs, which makes it convenient to save notes and entries you wish to write about when you’re browsing.

To start an entry, click on the icon to the top left corner as shown below. Here you will see the tab shown below with a title as “blank” to rename this, simply click on title field of the entry and name it. After naming this, you can simply start writing your entry in the field below.

The best thing that makes ScribeFire unique is that you can drag text and pictures into your entry field. There is no need to click from tab to tab or using copy and paste, the application reads the pictures and text immediately. If you want to save and continue writing later, you can just Save as Note and it will be saved on your tool bar on the right. If you want to publish this, you can simply click Publish blog name

ScribeFire will save your entries in the Notes section for you to be able to work with after. There is also the Posts tab in which you can view all the posts you’ve posted on your blog. Depending on your action, ScribeFire will save that action in their organized Entries tab.

The simple part of the entry process is done, to add more sass to your blog, ScribeFire provides a wide variety of tools to make your blogging experience easier such as a YouTube button and Flikr button to directly link you to embed images and videos. What makes this even better is that if you are logged on to your Blog site, ScribeFire automatically installs a toolbar on top of your browser to add Flikr, YouTube, Upload an Image, add a link and/or add a quote automatically.

Beyond the entry tools, there are tools in which you can share your entries or store them for later reference. The Save as Note button is a quick way to save your entries, but ScribeFire also has the option of bookmarking the page through del.icio.us as shown here. You can also share the entries with other services such as Facebook, Fark and Newsvine. This makes blogging more convenient and organized so you can’t lose the information you want to write about. Through ScribeFire, you can mark tags, notes and descriptions for your entry on del.icio.us instantaneously. On the Pagetools tab, you can find information about the website you’re looking at. Here they will give you the basic information about the site and what Technorati can provide for the website.

Overall, ScribeFire makes blogging an experience that is community based. Everything is convenient and like most bloggers, ScribeFire is connected all other social bookmarking sites that can help you promote your blog along with sharing it with your network.