More feedback for Google on the new Blogger

Posted on Categories Personal

[Originally posted to the Blogger Pro mailing list]

Not sure if anyone at Google is reading this list but… I am sure there are plenty of code-level improvements underneath and I do appreciate the effort. Still, since there was no public beta test, I will share my constructive feedback here:

  1. What happened to the CTRL+ENTER and CTRL+SH+S keyboard shortcuts? Not everyone likes to shift to the mouse for everything.
  2. What happened to the split frame? Some of us (I) appreciated the ability to read and/or copy and paste from previous posts.
  3. The new success page (“Your blog published successfully.”) is a waste and requires extra effort to begin the next task. I would rather go to the Edit Posts screen with a success message added at the top (or somewhere visible).
  4. The new design is very, um, big. Especially the text. I would just as soon have smaller text and more on the screen.

Props to the team, though, for finally clearing the issue with certain HTML tags (like lists) that caused excessive line feeds.