Google's announcement of new limits to Google Photos does not directly affect Blogger, for most people.
In particular, the new policy does not appear to touch free unlimited photos on Blogger.
But if you regularly insert images from Google Photos, there are a few things you should understand.
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The new Blogger interface has broken some methods of inserting and managing images in blogs.
If you've relied on any of these, things are pretty messed up right now.
While I hope these features are restored, until they are, here are some ideas that may be helpful to those struggling to blog.
As a bonus, one of these is an actual solution, not a mere bandaid.
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July has come and gone, and Google is still refining the new back end for Blogger.
We can still revert back to the "legacy" version, and the online Blogger Help Community is still rife with questions and complaints ranging from the concerned to the indignant.
So what do we know about things at this point?
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Since August 7, Marc Ridey from Google has been posting weekly reports on The New Blogger project in the Blogger Help Community.
These chatty and informative posts shine a light on what is going on behind the scenes with the Blogger developers.
Here are some highlights.
In a season of controversy over the new back end for Blogger, three issues have emerged on the help community as especially problematic:
images, scrolling, and (read on) labels for posts.
Labels, and their ability to sort posts into pages by topic, are a central feature of blogging in general. So, pretty important!
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Google says it is listening to feedback as it continues to develop the next-generation Blogger interface.
In a post pinned to the top of Blogger's online help community yesterday, Googler Marc Ridey replies in part to "very helpful" feedback from users about the new responsive Blogger back-end, addressing some issues relating to importing images and video into blogs.
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In much the same spirit as my recent "photos" report, here is what Blogger users are saying about how the new Posts page lists posts.
The page scrolls all the way until the end, which can take a long time.