Why updates have come to a sudden stop

I see with its newer release of Picasa, Google has worked overtime to upgrade the level of suck beyond anyone's expectations. Something as seemingly simple as posting pictures to a blog has never been such a headache... It turns out in the past I used a closely-related program named "Hello" (yes, try searching for it) which could rapid-fire pictures along with quickly typed descriptions to Blogger with no problem. Apparently that process is now dead (and has been for a while).

This sums it up quite well, but I want to reiterate the important excerpts about how Picasa (with BlogThis) differs from Hello (with Bloggerbot):

• The "BlogThis!" window takes up the whole screen, which make it difficult to produce the blog post, which often requires you to consult other windows to collect or check on information as you write.
• Bloggerbot does not limit the number of photos in a blog post, whereas BlogThis! can only cope with 4
• The BlogThis! window is very slow to appear, so you have to sit around and wait for many seconds before you can start your blog post.

From reading it, you may not get the full impression of how inefficient the process actually is. Think of it like the difference between typing and hitting enter to Instant-Message someone as opposed to starting your email client, filling in the relevant info, and sending a message of equal length to the same person. Now multiply that annoyance by every message you wish to send... the horror.

What the hell kind of arbitrary limitation is 4 pictures, anyhow?
I'll be looking for a better solution to this.