Hiya-

TOOOOTALLY agree with ya on that one. I'm no AOl user but I have been 'blogging since right about the same time as the people at Pyra Labs were scratching their heads & trying to launch Blogger. (back when there was no such term as a 'blog' and I thought of my site as an online 'though index or journal) I struggled with a Manila site hosted at weblogs.com from 1999 to 2001, where I found it was difficult, (at best) to integrate my fabulously designed templates into their 'You must have the {NavLinks} placed somewhere on your template' kinda crap. Let's just say it was hard to be unique.

So I moved to Blogger. That was a short-lived nightmare. My posts became farther and fewer between because I was afraid of what was going to happen to my newest entry. I just could NOT publish when I darn well pleased and was not about to fork over fifty bucks for a Pro version I hadn't tried yet, let alone witnessed any positive testimonials for. Their support base was obviously outdated (some FAQ's and answers from back to 2000), plus they got rid of the user-to-user support wherein for most cases, when I had a problem, I could find the solution there! So I've switched over to MT. Piece of cake. Well-written documentation? You betcha. I'm now enjoying the ease of publishing stuff new & old, some which used to crash my browser to bits, and so far, so good.

I'm now at http://www.dayleeblog.com. Your post helped me to at last decide to switch, btw...I happened by here (and some other sites) a week ago looking for more user comments on MT.

Thanks

beej