Further annoyance... with Bloggerbot (or lack thereof)

OK, so, according to Hello, which now indicates that it has been retired by renaming "Bloggerbot" to "Bloggerbotisdead," Bloggerbot is in fact dead. A semi-official announcement appears in this thread on Google Groups (6th link in list pictured). If you read the thread, you'll see a post from an obviously frustrated user who was trying to get Bloggerbot working, and couldn't. As they point out, the information shown on the page for Hello to this day still touts Bloggerbot as a feature.


Nice.

Also nice, if you search for "bloggerbot" as shown in the top screen cap, you go to a page explaining how Bloggerbot works. Which is extra amusing because it obviously doesn't.

The suggested alternative method is to use Picasa and post your photos through its interface. But as far as I know, there are still issues posting from Picasa, too. There are still items listed in the "knownissues" blog, and I have experienced problems firsthand. (Too lazy to go dig up the whiny entries I made about it, sorry.)

Damn it, get it together, Google peeps!

Until then I guess the best way is to use the stupid web interface.

Today's Giveawayoftheday is a promising alternative that is aware of many different blog tools, including some full-fledged CMS type products. Unfortunately it has issues, at least on my PC, and/or with my Blogger account.