Blogger iOS App Rant

After downloading the Blogger iOS App onto my iPhone 4S to allow me to write Buzz Nations Articles while I've not got access to my Laptop I felt I had to vent my dismay the UI and Keyboard still the pre-iOS 7 style, and with iOS 8 out I'm surprised that one of Googles own Apps hasn't been updated for iOS 7+.

 With iOS 8 being out for a little over a month and receiving two minor updates and a major update getting released on Monday I'm a little surprised to find that it's still not received an update since its last update in June of last year and it still has got

Pre-iOS 7 UI Style of the Blogger App

Pre-iOS 7 Keyboard Style of the Blogger App

With how long iOS 7 and it's flat UI and Keyboard Style has been out, & iOS 8 being out for just over a month I'm surprised that a big Developer hasn't updated their App to the iOS 7 Style, and this makes me a little worried that come Wednesday that I'll possibly have trouble with it with features such as third-party Keyboards.

At least the Keyboard is now the new style iOS 8 Keyboard and not the pre iOS 7 one that was the default one when using iOS 7, so it looks like Apple have removed anything that allowed developers to access the older style Keyboard in iOS 8 & third-party Keyboards work fine, it's just a shame that Google hasn't updated Blogger to make use of the new flat design that started with iOS 7 and continues into iOS 7.

Rant over

Roland