UPDATED: Someone else doesn't like Blogger's new GUI

Ed. here. "Ed. is baffled by Blogger's new GUI", WWW 5/9/20, got a surprising number of "hits". Walt didn't think many people would care about my/our problems in putting this blog online. And frankly, I think he was inviting loyal readers to beg him/us not to quit now, after more than nine years. We did get a number of exhortations to carry on up the Khyber, so thanks to those who sent same.

I have discovered that I'm not the only one having trouble adjusting to the change. And it's not just me. Nearly three months ago, Katherine Tyrrell, who uses Blogger to write a blog "for artists and art lovers" called Making A Mark, wrote "Google's NEW Blogger interface does not work properly!", the introduction to which follows.

The tech people at Google may be regretting the notion of revamping Blogger. Below I'm itemising the problems I've encountered. There may be more!

If you are an ordinary reader please excuse the VITRIOL - which is included in the hope that somebody from Google Blogger might read it!!

Below are two main faults
* poorly managed change process
* very poor communication and very poor design
plus a section why the new interface is dysfunctional - which contains
* 10 points explaining what is wrong with the NEW BLOGGER interface

Way back then, Ms Tyrell said, as Walt did just now, "It's a big mistake to change what works." Whether Google listens to anyone is debatable, but in response to complaints from Ms Tyrell and others (we assume), they did hit the pause button on making the new GUI the default. It became such at the beginning of this month, which is what prompted Walt's piece of the 5th.

In response to that piece, Agent 3 drew our attention to a little notice, printed in "mouse type" (it's so small you have to be a mouse to read it), to the effect that we can still use the legacy GUI... for now.... You have to scroll down to the bottom of the user menu to switch back to the old version, and before they let you do that they ask you to confirm that you are indeed a dinosaur who can't adapt to change.

Walt and I do so confirm, and wonder if Ms Tyrell is doing likewise. To her, and to ourselves, we wish many good lucks!

UPDATE ADDED 17/9/20: You won't be surprised to know that within hours of our posting this, Blogger took away the option of reverting to the legacy interface. Lesson: you can't fight city hall... or Google!