Version 4 of ScribeFire for Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari is now available. This version includes the following changes:

New Features

• Using OAuth authorization for WordPress.com blogs
• Using OAuth authorization for Blogger blogs
• Added support for “Read more” in LiveJournal blog posts
• Private posts in Posterous
• Upload images by copy and paste (Chrome only)

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 4 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 4 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire 4 for Firefox here.

Opera users, you can download ScribeFire 4 for Opera here.

Version 1.9 of ScribeFire for Chrome, Opera, and Safari, and ScribeFire Next for Firefox, is now available. This version includes the following changes:

New Features

• Added a setting page.
• Added ability to publish to multiple blogs at once
• Post templates – save any post as a template for future use.
• “Blog This” now uses a custom template like it did in Firefox.
• Added table management features to the editor.
• Support for Dreamwidth blogs
• Added ability to specify a default link target
• Added option for right-to-left text

Bug Fixes

• When resizing images by manually changing the width or height, the aspect ratio is preserved.

Upcoming Features

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.9 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.9 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.9 for Firefox here.

Opera users, you can download ScribeFire 1.9 for Opera here.

Version 1.8 of ScribeFire for Chrome, Opera, and Safari, and ScribeFire Next for Firefox, is now available. This version includes the following changes:

New Features

• Added support for Markdown in the code editor
• Added ability to edit a blog’s username and password without removing and re-adding the blog.
• Added ability to write and save drafts without setting up any blogs

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug causing buttons to be blank
• Improved support for My.Opera blogs

Upcoming Features

Version 1.9 is expected to have both post templates and auto-saving of post revisions, so if you have an opinion on either of those features, be sure to give your input soon.

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.8 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.8 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.8 for Firefox here.

Opera users, you can download ScribeFire 1.8 for Opera here.

Version 1.7.1 of ScribeFire for Chrome, Opera, and Safari, and ScribeFire Next for Firefox, is now available. This is the first update to ScribeFire that benefits from the new testing framework; this version includes the following changes:

New Features

• Word and character count in the editor status bar

Bug Fixes

• Updated to use Posterous’s new API
• Improved support for all blogging platforms
• Fixed editor flickering problem
• Fixed blog detection on LiveJournal blogs that have Adult Content notices

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.7.1 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.7.1 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.7.1 for Firefox here.

Opera users, you can download ScribeFire 1.7.1 for Opera here.

Version 1.7 of ScribeFire for Chrome, Opera, and Safari, and ScribeFire Next for Firefox, is now available. This version includes the following changes:

New Features

• Added AdBull monetization option for bloggers

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug causing error message to be displayed after successful Posterous post
• Fixed Zemanta Related Articles feature

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.7 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.7 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.7 for Firefox here.

Opera users, you can download ScribeFire 1.7 for Opera here.

Version 1.6 of ScribeFire for Chrome, Opera, and Safari, and ScribeFire Next for Firefox, is now available. This version includes the following changes:

New Features

• Drag-and-drop image uploading in Chrome and Firefox. Just drag and drop one or more images into the editor, and they will upload automatically. (Note: This feature is still a work in progress; please report any bugs you experience with it.)
• Notes will now import from ScribeFire for Firefox into ScribeFire Next.
• Ability to insert related images from Zemanta.
• Import/export feature to help you move your ScribeFire settings between computers.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed image uploading to WordPress in Firefox
• Updated Posterous API functions
• Fixed display of non-ASCII fonts in Firefox.
• Fixed support for new YouTube embed code
• Pressing Return in the the “Add a link” dialog now submits the form and closes the dialog.
• Improved import process of blogs from earlier versions of ScribeFire

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.6 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.6 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.6 for Firefox here.

Opera users, you can download ScribeFire 1.6 for Opera here.

Version 1.5 of ScribeFire Next has been released. This version includes the following changes:

New Features

• Added “Related Articles” feature by Zemanta
• Cleaner two-column layout
• Better localization
• Added support for My.Opera blogs
• Added a warning when you might be losing an unsaved post

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug causing “Publish” button to hang forever
• Fixed buggy behavior of “Blog This” when ScribeFire is already open
• Fixed handling of invalid XML from blog servers
• Better Firefox 4 compatibility
• Fixed LiveJournal authentication issue

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.5 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.5 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.5 for Firefox here.

Opera users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.5 for Opera here.

ScribeFire Next 1.4.0.0 for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox is here.

What’s new in this version?

• Added support for excerpts

•  Cleaned up the date fields for scheduling posts

• ScribeFire now saves drafts locally if the blog doesn’t support saving them on the server; they’re referred to as “Local Drafts”

• Post content is now kept in the editor after publishing a post
• Better handling of invalid responses from blog APIs
• ScribeFire now saves drafts locally if the blog doesn’t support them
• Fixed manual blog setup
• Fixed bug affecting HTML inside PRE tags
• Fix to workaround buggy blog APIs

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.4.0.0 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.4.0.0 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.4.0.0 for Firefox here.

The next version of ScribeFire for Google Chrome and Safari has been released; the equivalent version of ScribeFire Next is also available.

What’s new in this build?

• Fixed bug causing current post to be reset when adding a blog.
• Added [Draft] and [Scheduled] labels to drafts and scheduled posts.
• Added ability to edit blog name and URL.
• Added ‘View blog’ button
• Added better warning when deleting a post
• Fixed bug causing custom fields to be shown when they are not supported
• Added ‘Remove Formatting’ button to the editor.

Google Chrome users, download ScribeFire 1.3.0.0 for Google Chrome here.

Safari users, download ScribeFire 1.3.0.0 for Safari here.

Firefox users, you can download ScribeFire Next 1.3.0.0 for Firefox here.

I’ve just uploaded version 1.1.0.0 of ScribeFire for Chrome and Safari, the first major update to this distribution of ScribeFire since the initial release two months ago.

What’s new?

• The editor is resizable.
• You can customize your post slugs (on supported blogs).
• You can set posts as private (on supported blogs).
• The editor is now powered by TinyMCE, the most usable visual editor out there. (WordPress also uses TinyMCE.)

• You can add multiple authors for a single blog.
• You can add post breaks in WordPress.
• You can make the editor full-screen.

Lots of bugs have been fixed as well. If you’re already using ScribeFire in Chrome or Safari, it should theoretically update automatically, but if it doesn’t or if you just can’t wait, you can install ScribeFire 1.1.0.0 for Google Chrome here or install ScribeFire 1.1.0.0 for Safari here.