New Blogger: I'm disappointed

Don't get me wrong-- the system itself is awesome. It's everything I expected it to be (especially since I already test-drove it last week). I love the new Ajax template editor, and the labeling feature is definitely useful.

But what gets me is the fact that I didn't really have to wait this long to switch to the beta. I could've switched over long ago. I was waiting patiently for no good reason.

I thought they were systematically converting all accounts, and it was just a matter of time before they got to mine. But as it turns out, not all accounts are created equal. It turns out that accounts with certain features enabled would not be switching over (until later).

In my case, I had some defunct blogs set to FTP-publish mode, and apparently that feature isn't available in beta-Blogger yet. So as soon as I changed the publish mode back to Blogspot-publish, the magical blue beta upgrade box appeared on my Dashboard, and here I am!

I wish they had made that information more accessible... I wouldn't have found it if I hadn't been poking around the Blogger site regularly to try to find out everything I could about the new version.

I'm disappointed because Google is usually so good with providing users with what they need, whether it's useful information or a clean interface to work with. Unless it was a deliberate omission by Google, to prevent having too many beta signups before they were ready to handle the load. But that would be considered evil, wouldn't it? :P

Well, maybe it's not that bad. It's just that having to wait for something sucks. Especially when you know that others are already enjoying said item and their wait is over. Especially when you find out afterwards that you didn't need to wait after all.