The New Blogger

When I logged into blogger today I was asked if I wanted to upgrade to the new version. I have read that the new version was built on Google's well known architecture so I decided to go ahead and upgrade. I wanted to check out any new features they may have added as well. I guess my blog is somewhat large because after waiting a few minutes for the upgrade to complete, I got a message saying that they would send me an email when they finished the upgrade process. One interesting note is that before I was allowed to upgrade I had to supply a valid GMail account to use for future logins...hmmm.

After 20 mins or so I finally got the email and was able to login to the beta of blogger. I love the new spell checker and the improved speed. Seems like there are a few bugs with "Delete Post" and the preview pane, but overall it seems pretty stable. The speed at which blogs are posted is very fast so I'm sure they worked primarily on speed and scaling in this version.