well we had a terrible run guys. just absolutely godawful. the worst anyones ever done it. i forgot where i was going with this
for anyone whos dash hasnt updated yet:
the fact that they did this the day AFTER the @wip inbox closes so people cant give feedback until next week……….
(Full disclosure, I haven’t been hit with the update yet and tend to use Tumblr on a fairly large desktop monitor, so the left-hand side has always been a large swathe of unused space.)
Sincerely, and genuinely without malice, I don’t understand why this is bad. It’s more cluttered visually, I understand that, but it’s more user-friendly, especially for people coming from other websites (Twitter, Reddit, Facebook…). I’m curious why people don’t like it?
So, as my own disclosure, I keep everything on the right side hidden, so it was just blank on either side.
A few thoughts about why people might hate it:
It’s change. It’s change with no warning and only some of us being used as guinea pigs without volunteering. There are people who would love to be in the beta. There used to be(?) a toggle box for it! Set a beta group and get actual feedback.
Completely fucked with our muscle memory.
I think this is breaking some things people were able to hide before, and they’re being hit with old and new changes at once.
It’s so blatantly a twitter clone- the user group people wanted the least back on tumblr. And a site people actively (rightfully) have a lot of hate for.
All of the left side is now VERY in your face, were before it was just up top, out of the way. It makes it feel very invasive.
It is a lot on my tablet/laptop screen.
OH GODS THE SIDE BLOG PAGE IT BURNS US
It’s just… so much at once.
Absolute visual overload.
I’m reblogging yours since it’s the most concise and also sums up what everyone else is saying.
I understand now! Thank you. I agree with some of what you’re saying, but I’m waiting to see what it’s like when I get my hands on it.
