Blogger finally gets an update and stops being neglected. Here
are the new features of Blogger Beta, a new blogging
platform:
Dynamic pages
Access control
Labels
Layouts
More Feeds
Cleaner dashboard
Migration to Google Accounts
The new Blogger version will be available as invitation-only for
the moment. "The Blogger in beta program is going to start out
small, so only a low percentage of people who log in to Blogger
will see the option to switch over. If you're one of them, you'll
see a blue box in the sidebar of your dashboard highlighting the
new Blogger in beta."
If you want to test the new Blogger by creating a new blog you can
do that at beta.blogger.com.
Here's a test
blog created with the new platform and a
tour that shows
the new features.
I must say it's much faster to publish posts and upload pictures.
Blogger also looks much better and it's more responsive. Although
the advantages of the dynamic pages are obvious, it will be
interesting to see if they will handle the traffic the same as the
static pages. There's one area where I don't see improvements: the
comment form is still on a separate page. All in all, the much
expected Blogger update is one of the biggest Google news of the
year.
The
Jump