I have a bad feeling about Blogger Beta. I migrated to the Beta version the day they announced it. Some say I am very foolhardy. There are so many unresolved issues, but me, being the itchy old monkey couldn’t care less. What can possibly happen, I thought. Worst scenario will be loosing my Blogs and I couldn’t care less about that. They are not exactly top blogs, if you know what I mean. I can start another one almost immediately.

Blogging wise, I find this Beta version no much different. If I did not convert to their default templates, everything is almost the same except that i can sign in with my Blogger’s account or I can choose to sign in with my Googles account. However recently, they merged the 2 accounts together and now I can only sign in with my Googles account. It’s okay by me, but another thing came up. I can’t comment on Blogger Blogs that haven’t migrated to the Beta version if the blogger has set their options not to allow anonymous comments. So to all of you who don’t see me commenting like I use to in your blogs, sorry. I can’t if you don’t allow anonymous comments. 

Blogger Beta allows easy modifications to the blog if only you use their default templates. Colours and fonts can be changed with a click of the mouse. Very nice feature for a novice blogger. Buthen, they didn’t or haven’t add in the Change Header Image feature which I think is a very much sought after feature.

With all these user friendly features, I should like it more than before right? I don’t. Why? Because I have a suspicious mind. I think when the final version comes out, Blogger will probably:

  • Only allow ads in the sidebars. They have allowed users to edit the codes. I am no good in codes, but from what I make out of it, I think they only let us access the style sheet codes. I might be wrong, but when I try to add in additional ads, it never appears. Maybe they haven’t resolve it. It’s still in Beta form, bear in mind.
  • They will add in their own adds in the Main pages. Hey, it’s big money for them and Blogspot has been free all this while.
Don’t know what will happen to all those blogs using the non default templates, but Google has experts dealing with this and I am sure they will think of something. Of course, sooner or later, people will start designing templates along the new codes.   
I’m only guessing. Maybe I eat full already got nothing better to think and write. In the meantime, I am going to save up some of my more memorable postings and sent an enquiry to Bryan.