If blogging is your passion, then the FireFox + ScribeFire duo is an excellent platform to further your pursuits. ScribeFire 1.4.5 is the latest update to the FireFox add-on that can be used to “remotely” post to your WordPress, Blogger or Windows Live blog while sitting on another web site. It is a call-on-demand tool that remains hidden under a small icon on the FireFox status bar. Unless you know where to look, you’ld pass it up thinking it was a status icon.  But, when you press the button, blogging gets a whole lot easier.

Once you’ve set up your blogs (ScribeFire can handle multiple blogs and has an automated blog setup feature) making a post is as simple as clicking your blog’s link, entering your title, typing your post, then hitting “publish.”  That’s all there is to it.

ScribeFire automatically pulls in your latest posts, the current blog’s category list, and all the “pages” (static pages) from your blog.  You have the option of creating a new post, editing an existing post,  creating a new static page, or editing an existing page.

If you decide to edit an existing page, ScribeFire puts a “Publish as Edit” button at the bottom.  A nice (and smart feature) that will help keep you from “blog confusion” is the “Publish Button.”  When you create a new post, the text on the publish button says “Publish to “YourBlogsName.com”" so you can see where the post is going.  (As you work with ScribeFire and do more of posting without being anywhere near your blog, you’ll appreciate this feature.

Version 1.4.5 added a drop-down font list, support for Wordpress’ “< ! - more - >” tag, and a confirmation dialog before deleting a note.

Screenshot of ScribeFire in action.