MarsEdit

MarsEdit was originally developed by Brent Simmons{{cite web |last1=Simmons |first1=Brent |title=inessential: MarsEdit 1.0 ships! |url=https://inessential.com/2004/12/10/marsedit_1_0_ships |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=inessential.com}} as a component of NetNewsWire, a popular news aggregator for Mac OS X, which, in the 1.0 series, included a simple weblog editor. During the development of NetNewsWire 2.0, the developers decided to move the blog editor functionality to a new application.{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Peter |title=Ranchero offers MarsEdit, NetNewsWire 2.0 beta |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/172474/ranchero.html |website=Macworld |access-date=29 May 2022}}{{Additional citation needed|date=February 2023}}

With the acquisition of NetNewsWire by NewsGator in 2005, the future of MarsEdit was uncertain for a time. Simmons considered abandoning the app, or open-sourcing it to let other developers work on it, but after a "strong reaction from users", he announced at the October 2005 DrunkenBlog conference that development would continue.{{Cite web |last=Ecker |first=Clint |date=2005-10-23 |title=MarsEdit to continue development |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2005/10/1600/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}} On November 4 of 2005, he revealed that MarsEdit development would be continued by Gus Mueller of Flying Meat.{{Cite web |last=Ecker |first=Clint |date=2005-11-05 |title=Gus Mueller to develop MarsEdit |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2005/11/1728/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}} In February 2007, MarsEdit was purchased by Red Sweater Software, and development was taken over by Red Sweater's owner, Daniel Jalkut.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jonny |date=February 23, 2007 |title=MarsEdit blogging software in new hands |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/669108/marsedit-blogging-software-in-new-hands.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Macworld |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Peter |date=February 21, 2007 |title=MarsEdit blogging software changes hands |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/183644/marsedit-2.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Macworld |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Red Sweater Acquires MarsEdit Blogging Software |url=https://redsweater.com//press/MarsEditAcquisition.html |website=redsweater.com |access-date=29 May 2022}}

Support for the popular Tumblr blog service was added to MarsEdit 2.3 after Jalkut worked with Tumblr developer Marco Arment.{{Cite web |last=Chartier |first=David |date=2009-03-26 |title=MarsEdit 2.3 ties the knot with Tumblr support |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/marsedit-23-ties-the-knot-with-tumblr-support/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Chartier |first=David |date=2008-10-22 |title=Tumblr coming to MarsEdit thanks to (what else?) a blog post |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2008/10/tumblr-coming-to-marsedit-thanks-to-what-else-a-blog-post/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}

In 2010, an iOS version was planned,{{Cite web |title=MarsEdit se prépare à iOS et au Mac App Store |url=https://www.macg.co/2010/10/marsedit-se-pr%C3%A9pare-%C3%A0-ios-et-au-mac-app-store-36375 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=MacGeneration |language=fr}} but was not released.

In 2018, MarsEdit creator Daniel Jalkut co-formed a group called the "Developer Union" protesting Apple's developer policies.{{Cite magazine |last=Goode |first=Lauren |title=Fed Up With Apple's Policies, App Developers Form a 'Union' |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/apple-app-developers-union/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |issn=1059-1028}} He had previously complained about the Mac App Store taking away developers' control over their app sales.{{Cite web |title=Developer: "Losing Control of Our Destiny to Apple" |url=https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/developer_losing_control_of_our_destiny_to_apple |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=The Mac Observer |language=en-US}}

MarsEdit joined the Setapp subscription package in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Le service Setapp s'enrichit de MarsEdit, Yoink et Luminar Flex |url=https://www.macg.co/logiciels/2019/05/le-service-setapp-senrichit-de-marsedit-yoink-et-luminar-flex-106209 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=MacGeneration |date=17 May 2019 |language=fr}}

Reviews of initial versions of MarsEdit were positive, but pointed out bugs.{{Cite web |title=MarsEdit 1.1 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/179300/marsedit11-2.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Macworld |language=en}} Version 2 received a 4 out of 5 star review by Macworld magazine,{{Cite web |title=MarsEdit 2 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/188521/marsedit2.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Macworld |language=en}} while Ars Technica's David Chartier said it lacked ecto's support for Amazon affiliate links and the built-in Mac OS X Media Browser.{{Cite web |last=Chartier |first=David |date=2007-09-04 |title=MarsEdit 2.0 lands with new UI, Flickr integration, and more |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/09/marsedit-2-0-lands-with-new-ui-flickr-integration-and-more/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}} In 2007, Engadget's Scott McNulty called it "fantastic" in comparison to Blogger's web interface,{{Cite web |title=MarsEdit 2.0 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2007-09-04-marsedit-2-0.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}} and Ars Technica's Jacqui Cheng described it as a "popular blogging tool among Mac users".{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Jacqui |date=2007-08-24 |title=MarsEdit 2 coming soon, upgrade policy announced (Updated) |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/08/marsedit-2-coming-soon-upgrade-policy-announced/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}} Scott Gilbertson noted that the app was popular among "a number of" writers for Wired magazine.{{Cite magazine |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |title=MarsEdit 2.0 Adds Flickr Support |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/09/marsedit-2dot0-adds-flickr-support/ |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028 |access-date=2023-01-05}} Weighing the need for MarsEdit compared to using Tumblr's web interface, Christina Warren said that the lower risk of data loss (through saved drafts) and the ease of writing long posts made the app "superior".{{Cite web |title=Mars Edit 2.3 adds Tumblr support |url=https://www.engadget.com/2009-03-26-mars-edit-2-3-adds-tumblr-support.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}} Macworld praised the new WYSIWYG features version 3.1, but noted that there was missing documentation for self-hosted Movable Type blogs.{{Cite web |title=MarsEdit 3.1 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/207542/marsedit3.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Macworld |language=en}} In 2018, Macworld gave version 4.1 their Editor's Choice award, and rated it 4.5 out of 5 stars;{{Cite web |last=Fleishman |first=Glenn |date=February 13, 2018 |title=MarsEdit 4 review: Content-creation tool for websites lets you focus on the important things |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/230960/marsedit-4-review.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Macworld |language=en}} AppleInsider was also positive.{{Cite web |title=Hands on: Writing blogs on the Mac with the new MarsEdit 4 |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/07/hands-on-writing-blogs-on-the-mac-with-the-new-marsedit-4 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=AppleInsider |date=7 March 2018 |language=en}} In December 2022, Apple blogger John Gruber called it "essential for [his] work".{{Cite web |last=Gruber |first=John |author-link=John Gruber |title=MarsEdit 5.0 |url=https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/12/07/marsedit-5 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Daring Fireball |language=en}}

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• [http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/ MarsEdit web site]

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