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I think the whole aesthetics would go for the worse:
- That gradient thing is ugly, distracting, and breaks the visual balance.
- The current background color is more classy and subtle, you didn't need to change it. It seems a random 2.0 design, not OUR tumblr.
- If you turn all the blue into grey, the color palette becomes much more somber. Is tumblr somber?
- The text would be way too big. For some of us it hampers reading.
- Your logo is great as it is, who thought it needs to be bigger? The vertical and horizontal visual balance of the header seems broken that way, with that right-handed curve and the options too high.
- Too much rounded corners. You found a nice balance between rounded and non-rounded, don't lose it.
- Why do you want to kil all the good beautiful useful Tumblr icons? Seriously, "Delete" instead of the big X? Are we losing the Customize / Filter / Following visual aids? ...Why?
- Why do you move away private and share? They are conceptually and functionally linked. Also, private looks like a button, but it does nothing. Why not use it to publish from there, by the way? Share should not use the space below, pushing content down, but use the same line, like it currently does.
- Clicking the blog title unintuitively opens the "Create a new tumblelog" option. Creating a new tumblr is not something we do every day; it shouldn't be so prominent. It should do as it currently does: Go to the tumblelog. The arrow is enough to switch tumblelog accounts, although it's confusing to open a dropdown with just one option, and it could be placed elsewhere.
-Those dogears cannot be the best way to show a permalink. A small static arrow in the bottom-right corner of the post may be more clear and less distracting.
- It's good to have Customize linked from Preferences, they are conceptually related.
- Just... just erase that grey bottom-border of dashboard posts, please.
- Watch/hide video works worse in beta, it jumps around its place.
Your current design is universally applauded as the summum of (micro)blogging ellegance; that was something you didn't need to change. It's a lot of effort for a non-request that could upset an unknown number of users. I think what most of us are expecting are ...features.. like, for example:
- Better filter (filter private posts)
- Better rich-text editor (inline -non-pop-up- insert photo/link, the way gmail inserts links; insert a photo and its link in one go, for when you want to do a thumbnail)
- Option for more posts per page, both in tumblelog and dashboard (endless scrolling, maybe?)
- Glad to hear a better customize is on the way. It's really needed.
- Search.
- Schedule posts for later.
- Bigger full-size pics.
- Higher edit-boxes.
- When you are writing a post you should be able to upload pictures on the go. Now I have to post it private, share-select-copy-paste in urlbar, wait, copy pic url or copy image, go to post, paste or insert pic. It's unortodhox tumblrness, I know, but sometimes you want to be able to easily do a classic blog post.
I'm truly grateful for Tumblr, I love it, I love you guys. And it's a no-win situation: You won't throw all that work to the can and keep the current visuals, and I'm problably just being disruptive and annoying. I'm sorry, again.
The new corners are harder to click, the icons make things harder to find and less intuitive, and so on. And the new colors just don't do it. And yes, that shadow is GODAWFUL.
AMEN.
I don't think you're being disruptive. Hearing feedback is what they're asking for, not to be applauded -- which is *part* of feedback.
One thing that was changed is the handling of picture posts... I love how those posts appear in the dashboard currently!
Yay feedback. Keep up the awesome work Tumblr folks. Love the site :)
Two points of my own:
- Ability to have multiple pictures in one Photo post would be fantastic. Right now you have to insert multiple images into a Text post.
- I liked the ability to expand thumbnails, not so much the automatic full photo.
Multiple Photo post is something I would like to see added also.
It's worth repeating, too, that I really respect and appreciate much of the work Tumblr Staff has done; the rhyme and reason of Tumblr's interface have in many ways reinvigorated my interest in bloggery after a couple years of letting it falter. Many of the v4 changes, though, seem either simply cosmetic or just tweaks of earlier groundbreaking development. Think bigger!
First of all, everything is very grainy. The edges of the bubbles and some of the text in general. I don't know if you were trying to give the user pictures and the dashboard bubbles drop shadow, if you are it isn't showing. I think that if you made the drop shadow more defined it would add to the overall appearance.
Another thing that I am seeing mentioned is the gradient on the dashboard. I am have to agree with the people who do not like it. I am very used to tumblr having a trademark of being very, very organized and defined in their layouts. I think if you left the box complete and whole (a.k.a. remove the gradient) it would present users with tumblr's normal organization. I miss the ability to expand photos. The button on the corner of the post that takes you to your tumblelog is too small. I think the cutlink needs to be bigger. And I am wondering why reblogs are now notes.
I really do like how your give more directions throughout the pages. Information about audio uploads and whatnot. The new organization with the bubbles and tabs makes the site easier to navigate and read, minus the graininess.
I think that the CUSTOMIZE THIS TUMBLELOG link could be shortened to customize. Maybe you tried that, but i think it is just a little overkill.
So yes, i go for the current design also.
Just keep it old school, Tumblr Staff
It's funny when the user enters wrong password, there is an emoticon :-( hahaha
oh and big pics in my dashboard = yay!
calling reblogs 'notes' is confusing though...unless you're going to implement some kind of new commenting thing at some point... (yay yay...?)
oh and what's this 'create a new tumblelog' thing - I thought it meant I could have two tumbleblogs with one log-in but then the 'submit' button says 'create group'. so now I don't know what it's for...
oh and the little corner bending over = CUTE!
"Notes" will be part of some bigger stuff we're launching.
http://skylor.tumblr.com
I really hope those are the "functionality" this new interface with enable. :-/
RSS is actually coming. It's not enabled in beta since we didn't want people subscribed to the staging URL.
Customize page is also getting a serious overhaul.
What were you looking for in the Bookmarklet?
I'm kinda working on a tumblr specific editor (simulates the {tags} etc) O:) i'm still looking into the feasibility of such a thing but hopefully I won't have to if the new customize kicks ass.
regarding the bookmarklet I guess the only thing I can think of right now is the inability to upload a picture (and similarly for audio as well).
Since i integrated tags into my tumblelog (http://tumblelog.motivism.com), I started tagging posts more. I know it's asking for too much but I kinda wish I didn't have to click on "advanced" to add the tags :P, also perhaps the tags could be auto populated somehow?
Thanks for replying!
Will we ever be able to see photos with URL sources on the dashboard?
Otherwise, looks great. Keep up the good work.
so far i am liking the new features :)
btw. Can we have a sound alert with every new post, something simple like in msn.
One thing that would be nice is the ability to filter by tag or location.
The only thing I'm still hoping for is some ability to either "fold/hide" or "remove" certain posts from my Dashboard. I find that the more people I follow, the harder it is to weed through it all. If there were some way to (even temporarily) REMOVE another person's post(s) from MY Dashboard, that would be extremely helpful.
But overall, I'm very excited about the new style, and looking forward to the new features. Great job!
I'm not seeing the big change like you made from 2 - 3.
Everything looks great. Keep up the good work :)
The design is nice and clean, thanks for giving us a preview.
All the new is rare in a beginning but with the time will tranformed in great stuff!
I have a question for the Staff, the new update for the code when will available?
Thanks and sorry for my poor english
I really dont like the beta version, sorry !
Also, I follow a lot of photography tumblrs, so it would be awesome to have the current feature of clicking an image to enlarge it instead of having to view the max size on the dashboard because it makes scrolling through new entries very tedious.
I love Tumblr! Keep up the good work! <3 the beta looks!
Thank you thnak you thank you!
What I'm wondering is - have you considered adding a little more freedom to the reblog? Currently when you reblog a text post, for example, you're given the option to reblog it as text, a quote, or a link. If you reblog a link or a quote, though, they remain in the same format, which can sometimes look sloppy for people who read your Tumblr directly and not through the Dashboard. (This is particularly true for reblogged quotes, which also end up looking odd on the Dashboard to boot).
Anyway, do very much appreciate what must have been the enormous amount of work put into this redesign! I'm happy to expand on my question further if its helpful.
Also, the shadow on the tumblr logo is hideous and I'm not a fan of the new colors.
That being said, I do kind of like the new design, it just looks a bit bulky. I also like the option of creating a new tumblog with the same account.
Out of curiosity, is there any chance that you would implement multiple pictures on a single post?
Yes, please! That would be great - right now I'm stuck making text posts and inserting multiple pictures.
and how the pictures are posted as well as the music posts
thank you!
One thing I'm not feeling is the enlarged pics for photo posts in the dashboard. It makes me have to scroll a lot. Also, when other people post things nsfw, I could easily get away with the shrunken image thumbnails. Now I have to look over my shoulder before I refresh my dashboard :-(
The current design is perfect - why mess with it?
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the rest its great
put a calendar search please
2. some pics dont appear as they are
a few changes already mentioned i would really like to see - being able to post multiple pictures in the same post. having the option to repost in another format, like quote to text, or picture to link. and enabling any version of search - time stamp, subject, something.
thanks for a great site and thank you for taking our comments into consideration.
i would however, *really* like the option to change dates of posted items so in the instance of a new account, you can build an small archive without having 20 posts from the same day.
don't change the design though.
AMEN. (2)
i like the old design better, but i could go for honestly either one.
-...but why dont you guys make your own comments set up instead of using another site? it would make it easier to get in contact with ppl instead of using reblogs as a way of commenting
-..and is there any way where you could make it so you can post multiple pics at once..instead of one at a time..it's extremely annoying having to do it one at a time without using the add picture feature in the caption box
and i think that's all i have to say right now..
Otherwise, I am afraid that I prefer the current tumblr, which I love. in the new one, everything seems oversized for no apparent reason (i.e. large images by default is not a good idea). It is difficult to look at a post when you have to keep scrolling up and down (and the only thing that should probably be bigger, the permalink location, is still too small).
I also think that additional customization assistance would be great. Some examples:
- Some filtering and/or search options related to tags.
- The capacity to link tags and themes (i.e. associating a tag with an specific background and/or font).
poder añadir el tema de los comentarios, directamente, desde dashboard
poder hacer posts con banners enlazados
añadir mas posibildades de customizacion
poder modificar el tamaño de las imagenes
mas posibilidades del editor de texto
saludos
bertorella.com
furthermore i would like to see new features.....
I DEFINITELY agree with the people who are suggesting a comment option on the tumblelog, but only if the tumblelog writer has a choice to delete or keep the comment, in case of spamming.
There are actually a lot of good ideas, and work, put into this that I wouldn't doubt all the people who will be willing to use it. It's absolutely amazing. But I, as a traditional person, wouldn't like a change. I know exactly where everything is and how to get there and I wouldn't like to change that.
I'd compare this to the new MySpace homepage; I'm still on the classic version as are a lot of my friends and probably thousands of other people, because it's just a lot easier to keep what has been there for however long.
But I agree with Alber with these points
-Too much rounded corners. You found a nice balance between rounded and non-rounded, don't lose it.
- Why do you want to kil all the good beautiful useful Tumblr icons? Seriously, "Delete" instead of the big X? Are we losing the Customize / Filter / Following visual aids? ...Why?
i luv the design and i like the new link that sends you straight to my tumbleblog.
m looking forward to the upgrade
The subtly, colors, and overall SIMPLICITY is what drew me to Tumblr in the first place. You aren't Facebook and don't need to become Facebook. Their redesign was a mistake. This proposed aesthetic shift is also.
Keep it simple, stupid. I feel like this was a definite mantra during your first design, from everything to the icons, your logo, and the Xs. Don't redesign just to change it up. Add more features, fine.
I've been using this service for only a week. But the difference is, I've REALLY been using it. And don't plan to stop. And it's because of the ease of use, again, the not-flashy-simplistic aesthetic, and your ability to allow your users to be the star here. Keep it that way, and you all will be undoubtedly far more successful.
Also, I noticed that preferences let users pick whether to load full-size pics or small ones. I would say keep that option unchecked by default. It'll save you a lot of "nay-sayer" comments here. Also, the "Open it" link takes time getting used to. I like it when you had the log name as "go to Man Of Mistry". Much easy to read.
Anywho, I like the color scheme, but the design overhaul seems to have gone too far. Dim it down a little. Also, I just noticed the favicon. C'mon, the older one's wayyyy better. You have to agree to that.
Keep up the great work, and put some more dashboard functionality(s).
:photo: :<url>: :title: :tag1, tag2: :msg:
then my post goes in as a Picture post. It can't be THAT hard to do, right? If I don't want to add tags, all I do is :: for tags part. And you can keep the default to Text or whatever you like. What say you?
The current design looks so much better. :/ I like the classy dark colour scheme of the current design. The logo on the beta design also looks highly comedic.
At the moment, I like everything better in the current theme. (Other than the new corner fold hover effect)
I think the text on the dashboard of the new design, in particular, is WAY too large and distracts from one's ability to read it.
Possibly the new design could be available for those who prefer it, and the current one could be an option to keep? I'd be more than fine with that :)
These aren't advanced features, they are basic necessities. Please, quit spending time making it more styled like web2.0 and create some very basic features!
Disappointed. I hope you didn't spend too much time making the login font gigantic.
I think that is more objective.
Aproved!!!!!
In my opinion, I would leave it the way it is.
Keep on keepin' on
I just want to say how much i love tumblr, and that i think the new site looks great (although there was nothing at all wrong with the old one :) ). Just one thing though - i've noticed that when people post moving .gifs on tumblr, they don't move? they don't play at all in the new version, and in the old version they only play on the thumbnailed version. if you click them into full size, they no longer play.
once again, i love the site. keep up the good work!
First i want to say that i already have many blogs but defenetly TUMBLR is my favorite!I love the design of my template and how easy is to post ,the sistem...everything!
I aws looking at the new beta and i already love it too!Off vcourse ,it´s a better tumblr were we can see at the moment the post!
Thank you from Portugal
Graça Paz
I'm fairly new to Tumblr (it was highly recommended to me though ;) ) so bear with me if I miss something.
1) The larger layout I like, it makes viewing pictures easier as they do not need to be clicked on to see clearly, however, I find that they are perhaps too big. Even on my work computer (1280X1024) I sometimes have to do a fair amount of scrolling to see posts in their entirety. I find that the size of pictures when I click on them in the current version is adequate.
2) The larger profile pictures are nice, even if I can now see a flaw in my own.
3) I've noticed the 'Dashboard' link disappears when on the dashboard itself, and even though I know all the keyboard shortcuts, I still click on it to refresh the page.
4) I'm not so sure about the lighter background colour. The loss of contrast between the posts and he background is quite noticeable and I feel it distracts slightly from the posts.
5) There is an edge around the enlarged "Tumblr" logo. I think this makes it look clunky rather than sharp and is a bit overbearing on the page as a whole; as if we needed reminding what site we were on.
6) This is probably the change I dislike most. In posts, instead of saying "X reblogs" it now says "X Notes". I don't think that makes clear what it stands for. People may confuse notes with comments. I would think that that would make reblogging less popular as people are less likely to read what they think are comments.
Just remember: if it ain't broke, don't fix it and like my OS, a rolling update is smoother than leaps and bounds into the unknown. Keep up the excellent work though, I haven't been disappointed yet.
But then again I could be wrong with my opinions.
Love Tumblr.
P/s: I really don't like the new logo of Tubmlr, I like the current logo with a style of Web 2.0 but it's simple & remarquable. The new Logo like the old style of 90's or 80's. Well, I don't know how Tumblr Staff build their brand but the old style is not a new trend in logo design & this style like some logo of music band.
b) I really like the current design much better. It feels much friendlier and easier to use than the beta. Specifically, the way images are displayed as clickable thumbnails in the current design is a main ingredient I found to be missing.
I'll play with it more but eh...stick with the current design in my opinion.
Not a fan of the larger format. Also don't like seeing "imported from twitter" in my stream, or the new font.
Ah, change. *sigh*
I think the new dashboard is awesome. I can see it making a huge difference when managing multiple Tumblelogs.
I first test Cocoloop, then Tumblr. Tumblr is the winner.
Tumblr
* is faster
* has intuitive create/edit/delete image buttons
* more features can be customized
Cocoloop
* when posting music i can look up for songs
* when posting videos i can look up for clips in youtube and capture from camera
I love change and upgrades. I think new themes (and/or options for themes) should be added. That'd be sick.
Thumbs up from nells.
I like the dashboard in its current form. Why would you want to fix something that is not broken?
Here is a suggestion: when accessing a post via its permalink, {TotalPages} is always 1. It's wrong and it should be trivial to fix. Stop wasting your time on useless stuff, please.
current design rocks!
I have a suggestion, or more of like a request. I wish they could put something like, automatic recovery or something like that.
One time I was typing and I already typed so long, as in LONG, when my IE7 hanged up. IT WAS REALLY IRRITATING. It wasn’t saved so it got lost, forever.
### DESIGN :
The new design is beautiful ans simple, like the current one.
However I think that the new design is too rounded. The current version has a better balance betweew rounds and square, please keep it.
The new template looks more professional, but seems a little bit sad. Isn't it ?
I miss the coloured distinction between own and followed posts. This is essential ! Look at this picture, it's not easy to see directly who's who : http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8961/sanstitre...
### ARRANGEMENT :
An important aspect of a "DASHBOARD" is to show the most info you can on a limited space. Everything has been made bigger ? Well... scroll down, scroll scroll...
The same about blogs "followed" : why not create a tab containing incoming posts from followed blogs ? You gain space on the main dashboard page, centralize and sort info, see the essential at a glance, choose to see the rest after that.
Pictures automatically 500px wide : once again, it takes too much space...
### FUNCTIONS :
There are new functions in the v4 or is it just a redesign ?
Drafts, front-end posts sorting...
I think the biggest thing I'd like to see is a search function for the feed.
As for my suggestions, I would love to see the ability to upload more than one photo directly when using the "photo post" function, rather than only uploading the first photo and then having to link to the url's of the remaining pix in the body of the message. Is there a chance you might introduce this?
On a related note, when multiple pix are posted using their url's, dashboard users can't see any of the photos beyond the first one that was directly uploaded. I would love to see this remedied so that our followers can see the full post in dashboard mode. Maybe have small thumbnail versions of the linked pix show up in dashboard mode, so that users know there's something to look at on the tumblelog?
Other than that, I'm good! :-)
As always, the Tumblr crew is doing an awesome job. Thanx for keeping us posted.
I don't particularly find this new design anymore usable and I'm not sure how useful it is to have "create a new tumblog" in my tumblog dropdown menu. Do a lot of people manage multiple tumblogs?
I actually really like the header, just wish the images and elements were smaller until I click on them like the old layout AND my posts stood out more.
Beyond that, nice direction!
"Next pages" should be on the right side and should point to newer posts.
"Previous pages" should be on the left side and should point to older posts.
.>_<.
Do it now or your sexiest tumblogger (me) will leave for Blogger!! Just kidding... I wouldn't do that, I love you too much.
The new design, with text on white, seems harsh by comparison.
The contrast on the old version was better. This new version is still nice no doubt. They both are. However, the new one is maybe a little flat. I know a lot of people are going for a little less flash (at least some designers) but I don't think it's necessary. You can bring on the bling. Professional is good but don't go for boring. Keep up the good work guys. I know your busting your butts.
Seriously, go for function, your current form is dead on!
secondly, add more fuinctionality to the "by" fllter. i'd like to see more options besides just "me" and "everyone" -- ideally this menu would include each tumblog i am following.
thanks.
And sadly...I have to agree. I much prefer the current. The new beta is harder to use and well...uglier. SORRY :)
I have one little bit of feedback that's just nit-picky about UI consistency:
Let's say I go to post a new Photo, then in the Caption section, let's say I select a bit of text and click the "Insert/Edit link" icon. The little popup window that comes up doesn't look or feel like the rest of the site. In fact, the text fields are quite narrow and somewhat hard to click into to focus -- "Link URL" for example. The rest of the site is so big and cute and cartoony, it'd be cool if this little component (which I use so often) were consistent with the rest of the site.
Thanks for listening, I really love Tumblr and I love the new updates that you're previewing here!!
- enabling search
- enabling comments and comment management (without needing to edit the CSS to add in Discus widgets)
- easy way to embed other widgets in a sidebar (again without requiring editing the CSS)
- easy way to embed a blogroll in a sidebar (ditto).
Usability and simplicity are some of the reasons we love Tumblr (see Google too) and that makes it different from other blogging systems. Please, do not change that.
Want to go back to old one.
Sorry!
I do have to comment on 3 things though.
The link placement on the dashboard I really like. The tab you can click to switch to a different dashboard for the other tumblelog. I also like how the avatars on the dashboard are larger and rounded.
And the last thing, I like large font login fields.
I flund trying to type in that small window was distracting and annoying.
My first draft of my blog disappeared, never to be found again because the small window was down near the bottom of my screen and I inadvertanly clicked outside of the little window. A pop out page would work much better, I think.
Also is there any way to cut and paste in your text screen. All I was able to do with the text was to highlight it and delete. Maybe I just don't understand how to use it.
Good luck with the upgrades
Robert
I very like it so much.
Hope Tumblr will be upgrade it soon!
I can't say I'm a huge fan of the rounded corners. They look grainy and unrefined. The idea is sound, but given the overall look and feel of Tumblr I think it detracts from what users are accustomed to.
Something I've learned over time, specifically with information architecture is that it is seldom required to modernize a look. It's often felt that users are in search of something 'fresh' but the truth is that they really aren't. They're in search of something easy, intuitive and encompassing. The addition of a comment box is welcome as may users enjoy giving feedback to other users and authors.
I can't help but agree that the gradient is unwelcome. Not only does it look like a dated idea, but Tumblr was original very basic and bold. Gradients subdue bold colors and distract the eyes from the written content. If you're trying to show off the design, then great, but users are trying to show off the written material. Furthermore, if a user wants gradients, then either upload a template with gradients for a user to choose, but there is always the custom HTML that some of use can do our own thing. In short, one of the things that first attracted me to Tumblr was how basic it felt. With a very basic design I felt that I was afforded the opportunity to customize my tumblog as much or as little as I wanted to. By adding all of these little tweaks youv'e diminished this feeling. Sorry, but that's how I feel.
1 - the rounded corners are a photoshop job gone bad :(
2 - i miss a lot of the color and iconography that helps as navigational devices. for example on the dashboard, delete and edit were easily recognizable as large, distinct shapes. now they are words of similar size and length and i have to read/process a fraction of a second longer. and links when you were creating a post (like "use a URL instead") were turquoise and jumped out easily but now they are greyish and i have to hunt for them a bit longer. Also missing the icons for filter, following, customize...
3 - clearly customize is still in the old style... but you knew that :) and customize could use some attention, it often seems to hang for me when i am previewing.
4 - everything looks ginormeous
5 - not everyone who uses tumblr uses the dashboard as their main point of viewing. as in, i don't follow anyone and i just use it to power my blog. so what i am trying to say here is that by focusing so much on aesthetics on the dashboard (at the expense of usability, too) and not feature upgrades, you are missing a big opportunity. Here are features I would like to see:
--multiple pictures per picture post
--ability for draft posts (right now i just make them private)
--sort the posts in your dashboard by the date you give them, not the date you actually wrote them, so that when you add all your back entries from another blog they don't bubble up to the top on your dashboard
--better tagging, like with categories and sub categories. more features around tagging.
--ability to delay posts, i.e. have them go up at a certain time
--search (okay i saw this is coming)
--better rich text editor
--the ability to upload a custom theme as an html file or something (saving much copy/paste)
i dunno there are probably a ton more features that would be nice and other people have had ideas here too (as i'm sure you do too!) so i'll stop there. my point being that you guys are good aesthetically already because you are a little different... keep your focus on usability and features and i think you will find your efforts are well-rewarded there.
Only add categories and a place for links in the theme.
The rest, please do not touch, is perfect.
-the background gradient has got to go! it's not easy on the eyes
-the bigger text (i.e where the title is listed) is pixelated.
-colors - looks...depressing
-delete/edit button should be the icons
-pictures do not to be big - takes up too much screen real estate
-better filter options
-there seems to be an extra line at the bottom of each rounded square?
-I do like how the various post options are more visually separated in the new design then the previous design.
-Are you gonna add more themes?
fyi - i am lookin at this via ff on my macbook pro
regards,
elperro ;
Currently I don't understand why I should post something after selecting a GROUP. This is so confusing for novices and novices of tumblr (= casual users of other micro blogs)...
And the separation of Text, Link, and Quote is pretty redundant. I can put some link down on Text, and also put some quote on Text.
-please, please please change that awful color. those weird blue fuzzy colors look like they were just thrown together.....they really do not look together. consider changing them.
-the logo is WAYY too big. it just looks like an image that was copied and pasted from google images or something...its so pixellated and fuzzy.....it looks awful to be honest.
-the font. oh dear.....were not blind. we can read it already. i can see making the font a little bigger but...you made it HUGE. and if you're a person that writes a lot on your blog...you can only fit about 3 or 4 on one page because the font is so big. please, please change that.
The beta version is a tad too wordy. As mentioned, why replace the Big X and the Pencil icon with 'Delete' and 'Edit'? The icons are more visually stimulating than text. And why 'Customize this tumblelog' instead of the current 'Customize'? The addition of extra words was unnecessary.
The corners of the bubble boxes in Dashboard is...ugly, may I say so? It sort of have a pixelised feel to it. The current outline of the bubble boxes is clearer, sharper and more refined.
Also, I don't think there is a need to include a 'Open it' link to open our tumblr. Our portrait photo (avatar) already does that job. I think tumblr is supposed to be very streamlined, neat and easy, not cluttered and cumbersome.
On the topic of our portrait photos (or avatars), the current size is really fine. I don't need it to be bigger. In fact, nothing needs to be bigger.
As for new features, what I really would like to see is the addition of Tag Cloud.
I know you guys must have spent lots of time trying to improve the interface and there are others who approve of the new changes, but the new sometimes may not be better than the old. I hope you guys can consider seriously about our suggestions and opinions. Tumblr is great and I hope it can always maintain its greatness. :-)
There you'll find the timezone settings in a dropdown.
Please? Please-please? Here's the spec: http://search.yahoo.com/mrss
Just quickly looking at it from a usability issue here - instead of 'open it" I would have 'view tumblog" or 'view blog' it is what is clear. 'Open it' could be what is 'it'? users should not have to ask a question like that.
What I like about tumblr is it's simpleness. It's very easy to use- I may just stop using my other blogs, I do have a quite a few of them. Anyway, one of my issues with it is who it can be seen by. I either have to show it to everyone or it can only be seen by me. It would be nice if I could only share it with the people following my blog and not the whole world. If there was some sort of "followers" only function, that would be really useful. That's basically my only complaint.
P.S. for some reason it's not letting me login.
Thanks for making the most kick ass blogging tool on the block.
Jason
Also, I still donno how to add the followers list in my tumblr as I can see in many other tumblrs. That's all!
Before, it was a simple matter of pasting into the field; now it's Select All, Backspace, Paste. The http may save a few characters of typing for a small percentile of people who actually do hand-type URLs, but for the rest of us it turns one step into three.
It may seem a bit of a trifling thing to complain about, but to me the entire joy of Tumblr is to be spontaneous... little inconveniences build up eventually, and take away from that joy.
I adore Tumblr, but almost everything about the redesign screams "needlessly complex" to me.
And to go from a huuuuuuge quote font to small seems pretty arbitrary... if you're going to effect change for change sake, it would be nicer to allow us to contyrol something as basic as font size, thanks.
And one of the things I disliked earlier is now worse... there was too much useless white space between photos before but now there's even MORE!?!? What possible good comes from adding more white space between a photo and the caption... d'ya like to make people scoll more for no benefit at all? And the simple default of all-white worked well - if people want more colour (like your greyish), can't they customize it? ... I want simple and clean like you had it, not additional useless complexity where each and every item is place in some arbitrary box, thanks (there's nothing at all wrong with simple).
Same conceptually with the logo, guys - please cut it back; because no one else cares and everyone knows it since we give 'em the x.tumblr.com URL anyway! (Please note what's between x. and .com.)
And where's the text at the top right, which I used as an intro to *everything*???
The two positives are the larger photos - thanks and much needed - and the for'd and back mechanism at page top... but I'm out'a here if the other arbitrary changes are actually going to be implemented... I'll be dancing uselessly around after every mod you guys make, if this is any indication. No thanks.
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Things I like in V4
- colour schemes are friendlier
- organization of followers, helpful details and clean stack ups of users
Things I did not like in V4
- the gradient background, things seems unfinished..
- the lack of difference between my own posts and followed tumblrs
- huge fonts. V3 have worked fine for me. Overly huge fonts looks a bit tacky
- the rounded tab for the title on the right makes it look like there is just a bit too much rounded corners going on.
- changes from using icons to text for edit/delete
- fullsized image on dashboard is a bit of a hassle as I see the dashboard as a tool to skim through reading posts rather than seeing everything full sized.
Anything else I can probably live with (even if I have grown fond of V3).
Maybe a little out of the subject but will TumblR integrate underline and quotes in the defaut text editor ?
Thank you !
personally, i like the new background color- but i had no problems with colors before. the rounded corners are too much- yes, i agree with everyone there.
as for the white backgrounds for everyone's posts in the feed- i don't like that. i like seeing mine in a different color- the original blue.
why didn't you just make it more custom-oriented so people could choose these features?
seriously- don't mess with what works. you don't have to reinvent yourselves. you guys were great!
liked the log in part maybe, it's getting popular to have big input fields
but that organic-vectorish style is too boring
anyway, this is a nice blog, keep on working ;)