Isn't the Beta period supposed to be over?

I'm looking at setting up a group blog with some friends and that has exposed me to new blogger. It is a massive improvement: so much easier, quicker and less fiddly. What on Earth is taking them so long getting it ready for use by active blogs?

It isn't like this blog is particularly huge. I've been going for about six months, not including the break for my Master's dissertation.

I don't really want to pay so I doubt I'll head off to Typepad any time soon, Wordpress looks fishy to me, but others certainly are and if this situation continues much longer I might reconsider; I'm prone to impulse buying. Old blogger is clunky, unreliable and behind the times in terms of features. That I'm being forced to make use of an inferior product because I'm an active and loyal user feels a bit unfair. Ah well.