Transactions before and after worked well, just wanted to mention that transactions can still fail, despite the notification "Transaction sent".
Also, I didn't know that the TX is being sent client-wise.
Btw, is there a way to send the signed transaction using bitcoin-qt? I've tried sendrawtransaction with the signed raw transaction, but I get 'TX rejected (code -22)'.
Would it speed up confirming the TX, since blockchain.info shows a queue position? Or do they broadcast the transaction straight away?
You could send the (signed) tx directly to the bitcoin network via:
./bitcoind sendrawtransaction 01000....
It will not make any difference, as the queue position that you see, is not internal to blockchain.info, but an estimation of the status of the tx in the bitcoin network (taking into account its inputs complexity and amount of fee).
In future version the send would use masterchain.info directly.