Bloggers new look

It has been a long time since I had logged into my blogger profile and it is today that I have noticed that blogger had changed its look and feel. It seems great to use, but people with a slower internet connections would have to wait for a few seconds or even a few minutes for the interface to load. If this had a HTML view just as gmail had, they would feel a little relaxed.
There a few new settings such as location that is available at the sidebar of the posting page. We will have to see if these new changes bring blogger back up to its feet or make it a good competitor of wordpress.