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I think they’ve redesigned the layout of Blogger - it certainly looks different than it used to. I logged in yesterday only to discover that the entire format, what I was accustomed to had changed. This seems to be a trend across the board but especially with Facebook.

I know that everyone has all these privacy issues but for crying out loud, why do they keep redesigning everything?

The same thing happens with products, you know. You might like a particular shampoo and use it regularly. Then one day, you go to the store and you can't find it. You search and you search - but it doesn’t seem to be there. Then, you discover that they’ve changed ‘the look’ of the bottle; they’ve ‘improved’ it, making it more current for today’s market. They’ve also managed to put less in the bottle though the price remains the same. You grumble, but you buy it because it’s your fave. A month later, you buy another bottle but now, something has changed with the contents - they’ve added something, or taken something away, or changed the smell. Whatever it is they’ve done, now, it truly is no longer the product that you once were devoted to and would be still were it not for all this fussing.

Of course, it’s all about profit - but it drives me crazy. I first noticed it happening with a container of orange juice. They’d changed the shape of the container to make it ‘more convenient for busy moms’ or some such idiocy. I noticed right away that the container was smaller and because I still had an older one at home, I was able to compare and the difference was significant - but the price remained the same - I’m pretty sure it’s actually gone up by now. This little ‘trick’ has been repeated by all sorts of companies across the board.

But, that’s not really what I’m talking about right now - I’m just noting the difference in the Blogger layout - and it has changed - though I don’t think it will be difficult to grow accustomed to - it’s just that I don’t recall getting an email or anything informing me of this change. Not that it matters - particularly since they’ve not raised the price.

I’m going to have to give it a bit more scrutinizing.

But that can wait till tomorrow.