Google and Blogger can kiss my ass

Google / Blogger finally forced me to switch to the "new version", which involved setting up a Google Account. Fine, except it won't take my password. I have to choose a new one every time I try to log into my account. Plus, I can't see the letters for word verification, not to mention there is no button for signing in. This is just pure incompetence. None of this showed up in testing?

Can't see all the letters, no sign-in button...

I was amused at first. Then frustrated, and now I'm closing in on bitter hatred -- considering I will use none of the features offered by the "new version". The last time something in my life malfunctioned this badly, I broke it with a hammer (no joke, it was a telephone).

So how's your day going?

UPDATE: There's no image visible for word verification. I can't publish once I get inside Blogger. It's time to consider Typepad or another competitor. Maybe a free service is useless.