My little blogging client which I use to connect with the WordPress API has been updated and is now available in an “Intel” only binary, making is super fast. It now opens in half a bounce in the dock, alike Mail and Safari.

If you are not farmiliar with Ecto, it’s an application which allows you to compose blog posts locally, then save them as drafts to edit later. You can use Ecto while you offline so it’s a great way to store loads of material ready to post when your creative side doesn’t feel like coming outside.

Ecto also features some nice time saving features such as drag and drop image placement and uploading. While your editing your entry simply drag images from your machine into the text area, place them as you like, and when you hit publish the images will be uploaded to your server and placed just as you had them into your blog post.

Ecto 2.4.1 Intel is just a placeholder until the much anticipated Ecto 3 is released.

Check out the Intel build here, and the preview to Ecto 3 over here.