Tumblr v5 Released

http://staff.tumblr.com/post/70947479/introducing-tumblr-v5

by beaudeal • 18 years ago

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Tumblr is a great example of a startup which follows the 'tribes' principle by Seth Godin. They came up with an idea, began with the product, and let the tribe dictate where it goes next.

It's expanded to much more than a overly simple blogging interface, now it's a full fledged blog app. V5 looks amazing and the video demo does it great justice.

delano• 18 years ago

Leading-edge "tribes" is also the best of cultural New York.

onk• 18 years ago

I expected this: http://tumbler.sourceforge.net/

latortuga• 18 years ago

Can someone summarize the video for those of us without speakers and/or at work?

unalone10• 18 years ago

Wider interface, more methods of exploring things - map, trendfollowing - more emphasis on your multiple blogs, directory of things you liked, sitewide search, "theme garden" for everybody to upload themes.

mhp• 18 years ago

Tumblr is sick, unreal and sexy as hell.

kennyroo• 18 years ago

Thx. That made me laugh. :) He clearly needs to tone down the bravado a bit in the voiceover, but I admit that it does look slick.

unalone10• 18 years ago

I already ranted about this on my tumblelog: I'm not at all a fan of this release. Ugly, cluttered design, new features that aren't entirely necessary, and a lot of wasted space. I joined Tumblr for its simplicity, for how every feature added something. Most of this stuff is redundant crap.

EDIT: the rant is at http://unalone.tumblr.com/post/70951166/is-it-just-me-or-is-...

fallentimes2• 18 years ago

So like Posterous, but the opposite?

unalone10• 18 years ago

What do you mean?

I still prefer Tumblr to Posterous. Themes are big. The user interface is big. Posterous has neither, and it suffers for it.

It's more that Tumblr's not perfect anymore. With v4, I couldn't think of anything I wanted added. It could have stayed like that for a decade and I'd still use it. It was fast, concise, beautiful, uncluttered. v5 is a step back. It adds clutter where there was none before.

I'm hoping it's temporary, because Tumblr's staff is incredible and they listen to users. (I hope more than just me complains about this.) But for now, it's pretty irritating, which is to say less than perfect. It's still the best on the market.

iamdave• 18 years ago

Cluttered?????

unalone10• 18 years ago

...yeah?

jskopek• 18 years ago

The new features look great, but I'm surprised no one has discussed that screencast. That was the slickest and sexiest product demonstration I've ever seen; I watched the entire thing, and I dont even own a tumblog

marbletiles5• 18 years ago

I can't see it because I don't have flash on this machine, but am opposed in general to screencasts, videos and co. Unless you actually have a spectacle to show, just tell me wtf is new, please.

I can read a paragraph of text before the loading icon on yr goddamn video has even begun to spin.

unalone10• 18 years ago

Well, Tumblr v5 launched, so you could just go on the site and see what's new. I did that before watching the vidcast.

But a launch should be about spectacle. It's completely fine to have fun if you're not getting in people's ways.

unalone10• 18 years ago

Yeah. David gave a great presentation, and it was animated something incredible.

It pales before Charles Forman's presentation from Iminlikewithyou, though: he's part of the NY Tumblr crowd. This was easily the most over-the-top thing I've ever seen, and it's hilarious:

http://www.vimeo.com/1925542

danw• 18 years ago

Speaking of slick product presentations, try watching this one by a former YC company http://blog.iminlikewithyou.com/post/53933144/my-presentatio...

lfittl• 18 years ago

Sexy video, and the fact that they mostly iterated on their previous features is probably a good choice.

This is going to be an interesting year for tumble & microblogs, can't wait to see what's next :)

paul7986• 18 years ago

Do any start-ups here power their (startup) blog using Tumblr?

If so why did you choose Tumblr over creating your own; easier to create/maintain, better SEO, additional way to promote your work.... ?

Tumblr v5 Released

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