Google is now posting what it calls “weekly updates” on the development of the new Blogger interface. Thus far there has been one update, for “the week of August 1.” The weeks appear to begin on Saturday at Google, and they are very long weeks.
Important for Blogger users: comments posted to the Blogger Help Community (sic) do not reach Google. The way to make a comment that someone at Google will read is to leave feedback, via the question mark that appears top right in the new Blogger interface. You type in the box that pops up — a box that’s already filled with text about leaving feedback. Delete that text and type away.
I just left some feedback about the prolix code that now surrounds every image in the new interface’s HTML window, which makes changing the height and width of images tedious. And I object to Google’s assumption that a user will want to add a caption to every image.
W.G. Sebald would not be happy with the new Blogger.
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Thursday, August 13, 2020
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I realized yesterday that you can no longer go to directly edit an old post by using the pencil icon... instead it takes you to your entire list of posts, starting with the most recent one. Useless.
You can search for posts I had no idea.
I found the pencil disappearing in the “old” Blogger. The fix, in Safari: go to Safari Preferences, choose the Privacy tab, and uncheck “Prevent cross-site checking.” There may be something similar to do in other browsers.
I somehow get the impression from the operational behaviour of new Blogger, and the tone of the 1 Aug post ( "...transitioning to a new interface can take adjusting to.." is especially concerning as it may indicate a deep problem with usability), that various sorts of testing might have been skimped on. I'm going to try and keep using old Blogger until it stops working.
They’re apparently getting a lot of “feedback.” Sometimes the message says that the old interface will remain as an option, sometimes that everyone will be switched over. Please, let it turn out to be a New Coke effort.
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