Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Boy ain't I clever.

It has been a frustrating last few days.

I've been having to post anonymously on some of my faviorite blogs because of some assinine changes made to blogger beta.

Now I can't even do that. I'm trying to support the blogger community by participating in and conversing with good blogs and bloggers.

When trying to post something with my login and password I get a screen that reads:

Sorry! Blogger Beta users cannot post on non-beta blogs. Then it erases my post completely instead of letting copy me and paste it for later use.

Here is a hint blogger people: Don't make changes that frustrate and diminish our ability to communicate.

I made a stop gap solution since there is no ETA for blogspot/beta-bloggers recto-craniotomy.

I just made a new blog with a direct link to this one.

This allows me to post anywhere I want under the old blogger login system and if someone wants to come visit my blog they just need one extra click.

My great uncle Frank used to call it Afro-engineering. For a long time I really didn't know what that meant but I'll make a leap of faith and imagine you get the idea.

Don't know how many of you other folks are experiencing the limbo-purgatory of being between versions but you may give my idea a try.

Hell, I don't even know if its my idea but pass it on if you feel the need.




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5 Comments:

At September 6, 2006 at 8:08 PM , Anonymous Abejarron Caotico said...

But... but... the other thingy worked! I just left a comment on my mom's blog using the method you told me about before: select "other", type in your name and blog address. I don't know for a fact that it posted, because she has to approve comments before they show up, but it told me it had been sent to her. No error message at all. I realize you have to expect bugs in any new system... and perhaps especially when it's a free service... but I suspect they're spending a lot of time trying to fix things that weren't broke.

 
At September 6, 2006 at 8:51 PM , Anonymous Hammer said...

I think if some folks turn off anonymous posting that might cause one problem but I am no longer given the option to post as
"other".

 
At September 7, 2006 at 3:49 AM , Anonymous AlanDP said...

That's just stupid on Blogger's part. I guess they assumed no one would try to run a real blog with their beta system.

 
At September 7, 2006 at 6:34 AM , Anonymous Walrilla said...

Hammer, go with Haloscan. It's a much better commenting system than the native Blogger thing. I know that doesn't help with other people's blogs, but, hey, whatta ya expect for free advice? B-)>

 
At September 10, 2006 at 5:38 AM , Anonymous sushi-junkie said...

man.. what is wrong with this thing.. my comments all resulted in errors..

 

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