Know What Browser Version You Are Using

Last month, Blogger Support announced a dramatic change in their browser support policy.

Starting next month Blogger.com will only support modern browsers.

It is now more important than ever, to be aware of the browser version that you are using.

If you have a problem with Blogger or BlogSpot, maybe involving

The New Blogger GUI (2011).
Publishing or reading comments.
Seeing or Blocking your Followers.

If you've been advised to check your cookie and script filters, and if you can't seem to find a filter setting that fixes your problem, it's possible that you have an out of date browser. Alternately, you may have a new, unsupported browser version.

If you're using Internet Explorer, you may also do well to check your "Compatibility View Settings".

Find out what version you are using. From the browser menu, select "Help", then select "About". And, there it is - either in the window, or in a popup (this will vary by browser).

With Chrome, which has a completely different menu structure, you find the "Customize and control" menu, and select "Settings", then "Help".

When you know the browser version, verify that it's currently supported - and upgrade if necessary. And when you're asked to provide the browser name and precise version, copy and paste the browser name, and complete version number, from the display. Help the Helpers, to Help You.

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Embedded Comments And Main Page View

The option to display comments, embedded below the post, was made a blog option relatively recently. This was a long requested feature - and many bloggers added it to their blogs, as soon as the option was presented to us. Some blog owners like this feature so much, that they request it to be visible when the blog is opened, in main page view. I would like all comments, and the comment form, to be shown underneath the relevant post, automatically, for everyone to read without clicking on the number of comments link. And this is not how embedded comments work.

What's The URL Of My Blog?

We see the plea for help, periodically I need the URL of my blog, so I can give it to my friends. Help! Who's buried in Grant's Tomb, after all? No Chuck, be polite. OK, OK. The title of this blog is "The Real Blogger Status", and the title of this post is "What's The URL Of My Blog?".

With Following, Anonymous Followers Can't Be Blocked

As people become used to Blogger Following as just another tool to connect people, they start to think about the implications . And we see questions like How do I block someone who's been following my blog secretly? I couldn't see her in my Followers list (hence I couldn't use the "Block this user" link), but I have looked at her profile and could see that she's Following my blog. Following, when you look at the bottom line, is no more than a feed subscription and an icon (possibly) displayed on your blog, and linking back to the profile of the Follower in question. If someone Follows your blog anonymously, all that they get is a subscription to the blog feed. If you publish a feed from your blog, and if the feed is open to anybody (which, right now, is the case ), then it's open to everybody. If someone wants to use Following to subscribe to the feed, you can't stop this. You can't block it before, or after, the fact. You can't Block w

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