First Blog EDU 585

First Blog Experience EDU 585

My personal experience creating a blog through www.blogger.com wasn't easy at all. I was trying to create a new blog in blogger.com through Google Chrome and it wouldn't let me. I was getting so frustrated that I decided to take a break and resume the following day. I am so glad I did since I was able to use internet Explorer and it finally worked. However, I tried to save my drafts through Blogger but it wouldn’t save anything! So I decided to save my draft in Google Docs. I don’t know if others had the same issues as me. In my opinion, it isn’t user friendly at all. I don’t like being this negative about it but I think Google Sites is easier and user friendlier than Blogger.

On the other hand, I really liked how I can add an image from a website (a unique resource locator) and it would automatically create a hyperlink so that people can click on that image and see exactly where it came from. Nevertheless, I know I run a risk of that image not being there later on so I would probably be cautious on doing that. In addition, I also run the risk of that image not being safe to use in my blog. This whole process makes me realize how awesome Google is since Google automatically lets users utilize images that are considered to be safe from the web to be used publicly. As a result, it helps my students and I to safely use images on our sites, doc, sheets, etc. I am sorry if I being too negative but I hope that Blogger will make their website a little more user friendlier for everyone.

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