In a post from the Blogger Buzz on my blog dashboard, I found the following. It was dated 12/11/06.

Just before the weekend we added the final piece to the transition from old Blogger to the new Blogger in beta: members of team blogs can now switch to the new Blogger. This is the last step before we take the new Blogger out of beta. This all means that we’ll be removing the “beta” from the new Blogger very soon! At that time, we’ll begin the process of requiring that users of old Blogger move to new Blogger.

Now I know a lot of you are going to be up in arms about this required switch. I can even name a couple, but I won’t. I’ve brought this up a few times before, and I guess now is as good a time as any to address it once again.

Beta blogger is NOT evil. It is NOT full of bugs. I have used it almost since I began my blog and have not regretted switching. I know others who have switched and have not regretted it. I do NOT know any anyone, repeat ANYONE, who has switched and wished they hadn’t.

The hardest part about switching is not really that hard at all. Your template will go with you. You can change it if you want. Your link list will go with you, unless you’ve done it in html on your own.

To read the rest of this article, learn how easy the switch is, and chat with others taking part, visit Skittles blog.?

This article was written by Barb, who runs the excellent blog: Skittles Place.