Tumblr revamps New and Popular post pages

Download Squad  Sep 15 09

Filed under: Blogging, Web services, web 2.0, Microblogging

I've made no secret of my love for super-simply blogging platform Tumblr in the past here at Download Squad, so you can imagine the dilemma I faced upon hearing that Tumblr launched a few (ahem) realtime features today to allow users to discover all-new content on the service. As always, the Tumblr Wire page is slickly designed and live-updating as more content comes in - though if you're looking for a slightly more moderated stream of content, the lower half of the page continues to show the week's top posts. Tumblr say they're also going to be making a few design changes over the coming weeks which may leave some items 'out of place before everything is done', and the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice today's launch of a slightly sharper Dashboard design. Full story...