I was running into all kinds of trouble with Blogger the last few months. It wouldn't let me comment on certain kinds of comment pages.
Even though I knew I was signed in, the options at the top of my blog that should show wouldn't appear. I also couldn't go to a direct edit from my blog page.
The weird thing is when I use Art's laptop with the OLD Explorer (I don't know which one it is) everything works just fine. It's the new one that causes me all the grief.
And then Cloudia mentioned the Firefox browser a while ago. I'm still partial to Explorer, even the new one because I find it easier to enlarge fonts and I know where everything is... sort of. I had to do a search to find out how to enlarge web pages on Firefox. (You use the Ctrl key with the + or - button.) Waaaaait a minute.... I see the Zoom Out - and Zoom In + button on the left of my Firefox screen. Was that always there? Sheesh!
However, doing comments on blogs and working on my own is easier with Firefox. Somehow, it appears to be more compatible with Blogger.
Even though I knew I was signed in, the options at the top of my blog that should show wouldn't appear. I also couldn't go to a direct edit from my blog page.
The weird thing is when I use Art's laptop with the OLD Explorer (I don't know which one it is) everything works just fine. It's the new one that causes me all the grief.
And then Cloudia mentioned the Firefox browser a while ago. I'm still partial to Explorer, even the new one because I find it easier to enlarge fonts and I know where everything is... sort of. I had to do a search to find out how to enlarge web pages on Firefox. (You use the Ctrl key with the + or - button.) Waaaaait a minute.... I see the Zoom Out - and Zoom In + button on the left of my Firefox screen. Was that always there? Sheesh!
However, doing comments on blogs and working on my own is easier with Firefox. Somehow, it appears to be more compatible with Blogger.
Remember that half the time I don't know what I'm doing on the web and I still don't understand half the functions on Blogger. I'm using the new post editor and it's maybe better, but I'm not positive yet. It's got new features but I'll have to get used to it. There's so much to learn and I'm not a good technology learner.
On the other hand... maybe this is good for my brain. It's certainly taxing what little gray matter I have left.
Oh... and the other thing I like about Firefox. When I make comments on other people's blogs, it does a spell check automatically. Not so with Explorer. How cool is that?!
POSTSCRIPT 1: OK... I spoke too soon. Now my sidebar is acting goofy even on Firefox. Sheesh!
POSTSCRIPT 2: I just found a blog called Beautifully Invisible when I visited Nan at Letters from a Hill Farm. Beautifully Invisible is a new blogger who is keeping her identity anonymous. However, you do see very quickly that she is technologically advanced. She gives a very detailed and illustrated HOW-TO on switching from Blogspot to Wordpress. I found it very interesting. It still sounds a bit spooky for me and so far... Firefox is working adequately, but if you'd like to try moving, this was very helpful.
Oh... and the other thing I like about Firefox. When I make comments on other people's blogs, it does a spell check automatically. Not so with Explorer. How cool is that?!
POSTSCRIPT 1: OK... I spoke too soon. Now my sidebar is acting goofy even on Firefox. Sheesh!
POSTSCRIPT 2: I just found a blog called Beautifully Invisible when I visited Nan at Letters from a Hill Farm. Beautifully Invisible is a new blogger who is keeping her identity anonymous. However, you do see very quickly that she is technologically advanced. She gives a very detailed and illustrated HOW-TO on switching from Blogspot to Wordpress. I found it very interesting. It still sounds a bit spooky for me and so far... Firefox is working adequately, but if you'd like to try moving, this was very helpful.
