It happened.
Tumblr Twitterized itself.
And I..... To be honest, I don't hate it. Sure, for many Tumblr users it's a travesty, and I totally recognize and understand the problems with such a drastic change, but to me personally it feels more comfortable, as I came from Twitter, and I've never been too much of a Tumblr user.
I think this fixes a problem Tumblr had - a lack of comfort. Tumblr forced itself to be different, which was nice and made it seem more unique, but on the other hand, I never understood why they kept it for so long.
A centered feed is better for widescreen
The left and the top of the screen are the best places for navigation, they feel so comfortable and they're immediately accessible without any submenus, though I would add an option to switch it to a left-handed mode for the, well, left-handed
Images are now a bit smaller, you see more of the post at a time, scrolling feels more intuitive.
If I were Tumblr, I would've added an option to switch to the previous design and an easy way to switch themes. "Settings -> Dashboard" is not where I'd expect to see the theming/color palette options.
There isn't really a whole lot of bad things to say about the new design because Tumblr is already not what it used to be - there's currently a clear emphasis on sharing rather than on blogging and it's only logical for it to evolve into something more Twitter-esque. Maybe this new layout will make me use it more.
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I’d love to get @photomatt’s thoughts on the latest Breaking News, but I have no idea if he’s a Dropout subscriber.
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