Blogger editor wont load - spinning issue

Grr frustration city.
Last night I tried to edit my blog on my net book (Windows 7) and the editor would not load. I was already feeling stresses / anoyed so I did not think straight and figured it was a problem with the netbook which was running rediculously slow anyway. So I downloaded a new version of firefox. Uninstalled the old version, deleted the entries under program files and installed the new version. No different.

Today I boot my laptop (XP) and the problem is there too. Then booted the virtual machine and ran firefox inside the VM (XP). Problem there too. Tried ie several times too.

Seach on google shows that people have been experiencing this for ages. So it sounds to me like the underlying cause has not been addressed. There are various blogs that suggest clearing caches etc.

Anyway, tried upating fireox to the latest - 4.01
Updated adobe flash to the latest.
Problem still there

http://knownissues.blogspot.com/search/label/outstanding
We're aware of the issue preventing the post editor from loading for some users. Our team is investigating this right now and we hope to have this sorted out as soon as possible.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

— latest update on Monday, May 09, 2011

Lets hope they fix it.
In the mean time, I have switched to the "old editor"
This is done by:-
Go to dashboard
Down under the blog name it says
New Post – Edit Posts – Comments – Settings – Design – Monetize – Stats
Choose Settings
Scroll down and under "Global Settings"
Find Select post editor.
Choose "Old editor"
Click save setting.
Throw salt, touch wood, cross legs, fingers etc.
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11-MAY-2011 The new editor is working again.
 http://knownissues.blogspot.com/search/label/fixed
We're aware of the issue preventing the post editor from loading for some users. Our team is investigating this right now and we hope to have this sorted out as soon as possible.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

Update: 5/10  This is fixed and the post editor should load without issue now.

— latest update on Monday, May 09, 2011