45 days later: iPad apps
- Tumblr website - Close to great on the iPad. With a few adjustments, it would replace the official app (which they don’t have an iPad version of).
Strangely enough, I felt the same way for the first few weeks. The Dashboard works very well on iPad. I was so impressed with it that I was toying with the idea of no iPad app at all.
But then it hit me. In my mind, Tumblr iPhone app (as well as all the mobile apps we develop for Tumblr) can be split into 2 functions: composition and consumption.
Composition is all about efficient, powerful content creation. Access to the photo library and hardware. Large fields and full API support for advanced options. Editing. Etc.
Consumption has traditionally been about displaying the Dashboard and swimming in the media stream that comes with it.
What we’ve all learned over the past 6 weeks is that the iPad is well suited for consumption experiences. Remember, Tumblr isn’t just a blogging engine. It’s a media platform.
The Dashboard has been the only way we’ve been able to enjoy Tumblr media up to this point. I think I’d like to change that.
Source: mrgan
