One bright morning (a morning that started out with the sun singing happy energizing songs and blowing air kisses to neighborhood bunnies gallivanting by), I had the misfortune of noticing a new teeny-tiny microscopic itty-bitty box next to where I sign in for Blogger. The box said helpfully, “Try New Blogger now?”
I was suddenly Alice in Wonderland in Pandora’s Box. Hmmm. New Blogger, what is that? Would I like to try it? If I try it and don’t like it, surely I can go back to the way things were, right?
Webster’s dictionary
defines try as “To taste, sample, or otherwise test in order to determine
strength, effect, worth, or desirability.”
I like Webster’s. Webster’s is
good at clarifying things for me.
When I go to the mall, I try things on. I might try on a pair of $500 Manolo
Blahniks, but I never actually buy them.
I might try on a sweater that is two sizes too small, but then I hang its
stretched out fibers back up on the hanger and scurry out of the changing room
without making eye contact with the salesgirl.
Even Baskin-Robbins doesn’t force me to buy a pint of Chunky-Banana-Brownie-Mint-Rainbow-Madness after I innocently try a taster spoon of it and spit it
out.
New Blogger has a different philosophy than those places. New Blogger
operates on one principle and one principle only: commitment.
I clicked on
“Try New Blogger now?” and was instantaneously transported to the jarring continent
of New Blogger, a continent that did not come with a map, passport stamp, nor free bag of
stale pretzels.
“Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!” the computer cackled, “You will never get out of this place alive!”
I desperately searched for some sort of button, an escape hatch if you will, that would lead me back to the comfy safe worn-in fuzzy slippers world of Old Blogger. I’m sorry, Old Blogger! I wasn’t having an affair with New Blogger! I only let New Blogger buy me that one drink, and then I gave New Blogger my phone number, but it was for business reasons! We never even kissed, I promise!
“Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!” the computer cackled, “You will never get out of this place alive!”
I desperately searched for some sort of button, an escape hatch if you will, that would lead me back to the comfy safe worn-in fuzzy slippers world of Old Blogger. I’m sorry, Old Blogger! I wasn’t having an affair with New Blogger! I only let New Blogger buy me that one drink, and then I gave New Blogger my phone number, but it was for business reasons! We never even kissed, I promise!
My two years
of devotion to Old Blogger evaporated in that one millisecond when my hand
guided the mouse up to that innocuous little box and right-clicked on it.
Did I say it
was like Pandora’s Box? I meant Dante’s Inferno
and the nine circles of Hell. Using New
Blogger is like going to sleep as one person and waking up as someone else in an entirely different country and not speaking a word of their language and not recognizing
the unattractive person lying in bed asleep next to you.
Only it is more disconcerting than that.
What was on
the right is on the left. What was up
top is gone. The font is different. Blank lines appear in the middle of your text for no reason. The screen you think you should click on
takes you to the wrong place. I wander
the convoluted underground subway system of New Blogger without the local currency, crying.
In a fit of desperation,
I Google “How to get rid of New Blogger,” but almost every single response of
the 47,600,00 (I guess I am not the only person this has happened to) involves
re-writing HTML code and getting a Master’s degree in Computer Science. I don’t have that kind of time.
Dante’s 9th
Circle of Hell is betrayal. The 8th
is fraud. I am tempted to open up my
window and push the computer out. But that
would be the 7th Circle of Hell:
violence. (The 6th
Circle is alcohol, but it might be permissible given the circumstances.)
In the end, I resign myself to my fate: I am married to New Blogger with no chance of divorce or parole. Until one day, five years from now, I will notice another little box beckoning, “Try New IMPROVED Blogger?”
In the end, I resign myself to my fate: I am married to New Blogger with no chance of divorce or parole. Until one day, five years from now, I will notice another little box beckoning, “Try New IMPROVED Blogger?”
MOV
Personally, I like New Blogger and have been using it for months... but here you go! =)
ReplyDeleteoh, ellen, just when i was starting to really like you....
DeleteI did that, I got old Blogger back but I don't remember how, as soon as I go to sleep I will remember and I will try to wake up and tell you.
ReplyDeleteif you are still asleep, no worries, lily told me! thanks!! :)
DeleteMOV, I too hate the New Blogger, it is U.G.L.Y.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly, you need to click on the 'Blogger Options' button at the top right corner of the dashboard. It's the gear icon.
Click on the 'Old Blogger Interface' button from the list and it should automatically take you back to the old one.
Hope this helps.
oh, lily, I stopped reading and did this right this second and it WORKED!!!!!!!!!! You are my hero!!!!! I love you, thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!
Delete*cries* happy ending
xxxxxxxxxooooooooooo
MOV
Ha ha ha! No problem MOV, I'm glad I could help! :)
DeleteYou had a choice? I just woke up one day and---boom goes the dynamite---it was there. I have adjusted to it, but it took me a few weeks. I still get confused sometimes. The LEAST they could have done was offered some instructions in Chinese or something.
ReplyDeleteI think you will get used to it. Just takes time. I'm getting there...
tracie, gotta admit I'm a wimp. Lily told me how to go back, and I am back to Old Blogger (Old Faithful is more like it.......)
DeleteOkay--go to your dashboard. Up in the top right hand corner is something that looks like a gear. Click it. It will give you the option to go back to the old blogger interface. Voila! (I went back because I couldn't get the new blogger at school. And how will I check 1,372 times a day if I can't get it at school?)
ReplyDeletethis is why you are a teacher. because you are smart.
DeleteI'm such a noob I never experienced the old blogger. I think that's probably a good thing if I'd be missing it so much. But to turn off the auto-verification thing, I found that if you go to Settings, and the cog-like symbol on the top-right, there is an option to 'Use Old Blogger Interface' - if that helps.
ReplyDeleteShould have refreshed the page, really. What Kirby said.
Deletethanks! my readers are magical wizards!!!
DeleteI had switched several months ago, but they still had some broken piece, so I had switched back to the old system. BUT then last night when I tried to add a blog to my reading list suddenly a new crappy interface shows up that didn't work properly on my iPad. It would not accept a paste of information. After trying to perform the step about seven or eight times it finally worked, but it was ugly.
ReplyDelete*gets hives just from reading this*
DeleteI hate change. Actually I don't but that's another story. But I hate sites that force us into change after we get comfy with one way. FB and Blogger seem to be the worst culprits. Could be more, but as I am such an un-techy person, I have no idea. I've seen that button. I've refused that button. Until I get forced into it.
ReplyDeleteheather, REFUSE THE BUTTON!!!!!!!!!
DeleteI did the same...another "WTF" moment in my life. But like many here, I clicked on some button and was instantaneously transported back to my old blogger dash board. I wish life was that easy...i.e. just clicking a button to do things over in life lolllll....imagine the possibilities, ok, I'm rambling again the coffee is taking affect.....
ReplyDeleteoh, the Do-Over. Yes! Let's see, any time I have ever been at a party and inadvertently said the wrong thing to the wrong person, yes, I would love to press the magic do-over or go-back button!!!!!!!
Deleteok...maybe I did go back in time. I just noticed my post time is 04:46 when it's really 6:46...hmmmm...
ReplyDeletethat explains why it looks like so many of my readers are logging in in the middle of the night.....
DeleteI loved this. And I'm glad you got old blogger back. I love old blogger. Old blogger rocks. As does this post.
ReplyDeletethanks for saying this post rocks. it is one of those pieces that wrote itself, barely changed a word in my after-edit process. love that kind of writing.
Deletestrangely, this post is making me want to go find the button and click to try out the new blogger so i can see what everyone's talking about. i like the new fb even though everyone seemed to hate it for a while. maybe i'd like this too.
ReplyDeletehowever, i'm very happy that you have intelligent readers who can direct you into the version where you can to be. yay for smart people!
don't do it!!!!!!!!! sherilin, nooooo!!!
DeleteI prefer the old blogger too. I'd tell you how to get it back, but I actually read the other comments this time, so I know that you already did!
ReplyDeletesee, 'cause you're a teacher. teacher = smart
DeleteI LOVE new blogger, and have been using it as soon as it was available, it actually does a lot more then the old one. And eventually they are going to phase out the old one completely so you won't have a choice, may as well grt used to it now.
ReplyDeleteThis will be ike when Facebook changes the template, 3456 bring back the old one groups start up, then 6 months later when they change it again those same people want the old/new hated-at-first one back.
Honestly, if you gave yourself a few weeks and actually played around to familiarise yourself with it, I bet you would see how much better it really is.
.....now everyones gonna shoot me down
1. are you insane?
Delete2. the thing that bothers me the most is that New Blogger would insert these blank lines everywhere messing up my
spacing.
That was totally
starting to bug
me.
I agree with dirtycowgirl, the new blogger is actualyl really clean and organized. I used the old Blogger for years and I really do like the new interface. It loads faster too, which is wonderful for my levels of impatience :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a shock though, for sure. It takes time to get used to, and I would recommend trying it out again when you *know* you're just trying it. It gets stressful in the scenario you described, and that's not a fun way to learn something new.
you are right, it is NOT a fun way to learn something new, being thrown into it. Here-- learn how to swim!
Deletelol I am fortunate to only know old blogger for a short time before new blogger came out, so I have more emotional commitment to new blogger...now if NEWER blogger comes out, I'm screwed.
ReplyDeleteha!
DeleteWait, what? There's a new Blogger?
ReplyDeleteand this is why I love you..........
DeleteHi, I'm back! Sorry about the Blogger issues, but sounds like you were able to go "retro" and have your life back. :-)
ReplyDeleteyay, couse! how was the va-cay? so envious, I want a vacation.
Deleteand yes, I'm retro. I'm so far ahead I'm actually behind! (another t-shirt slogan.........)
There is one interesting thing with the new blogger having been there twice now. You get thousands of visitors on the visitor counters. I don't know why because it should be the same as the old blogger. But no it spins like a top
ReplyDeleteooh, spins like a top. that sounds like exercise. exercise = bad
DeleteUgh, I am so with you on this. Making my own post on the issue this week.
ReplyDeletebut now you can go back like everyone told me how to do! can't wait to read your post on it. :)
DeleteHelp is here!
ReplyDeletehttp://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-blogger-interface-problems.html
By the way Google dumped Friend Connect back in November...
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how to post or edit. I can't resize photos to my specifications anymore, and what the edit mode shows is nothing like the way it really ends up as. Do I really have to use html every single time I want to make an alteration that would have taken me seconds the day before? This is terrible! How can I move my blog to a better service?
ReplyDelete