Those busy beavers at Blogger never rest! And, one is tempted to add, unfortunately.
This week's change involves the batch controls, with special implications for
managing labels.
Update: Looks as though this has not been pushed out on all
channels yet.
So to avoid any further confusion beyond what I've already created, I am
hiding the post for now.
So, first of all, the batch controls have been hidden behind a "manage" link
(not shown) at right above the list of posts on your dashboard.
Operating on multiple posts
What are batch controls? They allow you to perform operations on
multiple posts: select, post, revert to draft, apply labels, and delete.
Previously these appeared in an orange bar across the top. They were
activated by selecting multiple posts.
Now, though, the post-selection check box is behind the "manage" link.
This is
another extra click, but not such a big deal. However, the control to filter posts by
labels is now also removed.
Filtering is useful in managing labels and can also help to locate
posts.
Managing labels
Good news: you can still filter by label.
Bad news: You have to type "label:labelname" into the search
field at the top of your posts page. More typing!
Note to the hand surgeons of the world:
You can afford that yacht now.
Not sure how to reconcile the more-typing part with the blog-from-your
phone part. Maybe a fix is in the works for that.
As before, "apply labels" also removes labels, if all the posts
you have selected already have the label applied.
Mine is not to reason why. I hope this helps someone.
All of these changes are towards mobile usability and give no thought towards conventional desktop-based usability. (Think TAP instead of CLICK). It is awkward at the point-and-click level.
ReplyDeletejusTodd, I may be guilty of spreading confusion here, as the change does not seem to be pushed out everyplace.
DeleteThis is actually less usable for mobile. But maybe it's a false alarm—let's hope so!