On the iPad note – if you use tumblr from a computer you may not be aware that mobile tumblr interface is very different and has some features that make it more pleasant to use – notably, it will let you choose which blogs show up on your dash (just click the little + button next to a blog’s name, then choose how many dash updates to show from them)
oooh! this sounds neat. i dont think ive gotten this update yet. what other features make the mobile version of tumblr superior to the desktop version?
I think it depends on what you’re looking for, but just off the top of my head –
- “Dash button” – the button at the top of the dashboard that says “x new posts.” You can press it to only see posts from the past day or the past week or the past month, or the past year, or the past 5 years, etc. etc.
- a different/better reblog UI, which lets you do things like preview a post before reblogging. I’m going to try to get tumblr staff to implement this on the desktop eventually because it feels intuitive to me
- if you have a mobile data connection the mobile app will sync your dashboard and your activity page much more quickly than the desktop app. This doesn’t apply to me because I always have wifi, but I’ve heard a few times that people were really grateful for this feature during quarantine. (Also, it’s nice to be able to see your activity page before your dash update is caught up.)
- in the activity view on the mobile app, you can jump between your friends’ recent activity and your recent activity – you press a button and it jumps you forward to the most recent stuff. This is in addition to the one button to jump back and forth. (I think on desktop you have to scroll through the activity page one page at a time to do this, which is annoying)
- similarly, in the activity page on mobile, you can switch between your own activity and other people’s activity more easily. This is probably the biggest feature I’m missing from the desktop app – I get the impression some people miss it too
- well, mostly just the ability to use tumblr from a mobile device in public without people seeing some of the more NSFW things you might post. That’s still the big one imo







