A second noteworthy update on Blogger was released - future posting for all accounts, not just for people opting to use Blogger in Draft.  This feature has been released after a month of testing by users using the Blogger “Beta” environment.  

To take advantage of the feature, follow these simple steps:

1. Sign in to your account and enter into a post.
2. Click the ‘Post Options’ toggle to show the “Post date and time” fields.
3. Type a date and time that’s in the future.
4. Hit the “Publish” button, and the post will become “scheduled”, and will be published when the date has been reached.

When a service comes out of “beta” mode, it typically means that the version has been tested and will work properly for most users.  This new feature is a great addition to Blogger.  As an avid WordPress users, this is a necessary feature for extending the possibilities of blogging when you are unable to blog at certain periods of time.

For more details about posting with this new feature, read the Blogger Buzz Blog.

Blogger rolled out a series of new features and bug fixes which should address some issues that users had.  The post may contain updates that were already released, however were not publicly announced.

Today’s Fixes:

• The “Add another image” link in the image upload box now works even if you haven’t filled in a URL.
• The labels field in the post editor autocompletes more predictably when one label starts with the same words as another.
• URLs in the Name / URL part of the comment form are now validated.
• Header fixes for the 897 and 565 templates.
• The draft / published / scheduled filters on the Edit Posts list now work reliably in Internet Explorer.
• Videos uploaded through Sony Ericsson phones now appear as enclosures in the blog’s Atom and RSS feeds, so they can be retrieved with a video podcast client.
• Miscellaneous typos and translations corrected.

Other Recent Changes:

• New blogs have OpenID commenting enabled by default.
• XFN rel="me" links between blogs and profiles.
• Adding more than 5 poll choices now works in Internet Explorer.
• The search box on the Edit Posts page is now available in all supported languages.
• The “www” redirect option is now available for custom domains that end in “.co.uk.”
• New “Related Resources” box on the Dashboard links to AdSense, Google Reader, and Picasa Web Albums.

[via Blogger Buzz]