Now that typing problem is mostly resolved, I've moved my attention to finding a good offline blogging software.
So far I've identified MarsEdit and etco.
MarsEdit:
PROs:
- Built-in Flickr support
- Clean interface
- LJ support without any fuss
- Lots of users and easy to find help/forum
CONs:
- No WYSIWSG
- Expensive @ almost $30
- Tagging seems to be not working
Ecto:
PROS:
- Less expensive (~$17)
- WYSIWYG
- Tagging works out of the box
CONs:
- LJ support broken out of the box, requires some tweaking but it'd work
- Problem editing published posts on LJ
- Interface is a bit more cluttered than MarsEdit
- Support forum a bit messier since it was recently acquired by another company
- WYSIWYG produces unexpected outputs at times (for example.. crazy spacing between bulleted items)
I can't quite make the call just yet, but any of these two beats using the blog site online editor