Blogger updates the blogger bar
Unlike many of the blogs you read - this one is Google Blogger.com blog. Heh. :) This means I have to have the Blogger bar at the top. Google builds in a search box, a next blog button and a spam report function.
Here's a sample of the old styles
Google's given the bar a much needed refresh. The Blogger brand has been dropped a notch (does the end game involve merging Blogger with Google Sites?) and the "Follow" option has been added.
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/_0mSxUthxKGI/Su3W33ONt_I/AAAAAAAABfU/FCGvpLugBA4/s400/blogger_bar_new.jpg)
I've not found "Follow" helpful at all. In fact it tends to double load Google Reader in a most unhelpful way.
I hope this is just part one of the Blogger bar refresh. If only Google would build Google Friend Connect into it and then I'd actually quite like it.
Here's a sample of the old styles
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0mSxUthxKGI/Su3WEgeUQGI/AAAAAAAABfM/UtaqPDXJC8s/s400/blogger_bar_old.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0mSxUthxKGI/Su3W33ONt_I/AAAAAAAABfU/FCGvpLugBA4/s400/blogger_bar_new.jpg)
I've not found "Follow" helpful at all. In fact it tends to double load Google Reader in a most unhelpful way.
I hope this is just part one of the Blogger bar refresh. If only Google would build Google Friend Connect into it and then I'd actually quite like it.