September 2010
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Issues + Development
Hi All! I’ve received a lot of question about the blank Dashboard screen. It seems that Tumblr’s dashboard API has some issues still and won’t load when the site is under heavy load. You can still load your individual blogs though. Sorry about the inconvenience.
As for new features… everyone’s feedback and suggestions have been great. Towards the end of Sept and...
February 2010
3 posts
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Update: Notifications, larger images, queues,...
Another update to tumblweed!
- Better line break formatting
- You can now add items to your queue
- Dashboard automatically refreshes every 200s (I will keep working on this feature)
- When new posts are found when refreshing your dasboard, you will get a small Growl-like notification. (I need to add a settings panel to turn this off)
- Window location and size now gets saved
- Tumblweed...
New theme...
A modified version of David Kang’s Plaid Theme and the background image is credited to:http://www.flickr.com/photos/chadmagiera/ / CC BY 2.0
Updates: snapshots, dashboard, languages
Hey everyone,
Today I released a new version of Tumblweed. I suggest you update to the newest version!
The Dashboard
Well, Tumblr has finally released their dashboard API, so I implemented it! By default, your Dashboard will be the initial view when you log in using tumblweed. From there, you can select your other blogs just like you were doing before. Let me know if you see any problems. ...
January 2010
8 posts
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4 Free Clients To Conveniently Blog On Tumblr →
Hey we got some new press! Thanks everyone for supporting tumblweed and giving me feedback on the new version. Looks like I need to add a checkbox for twitter support!
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Uploading progress and login screen
I’ve updated the log in screen to more closely resemeble Tumblr’s login screen. I also added a progress screen for feedback during photo uploads because it can take a while sometimes.
Next: Snapshots and styling post forms.
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New tumblweed
Another chapter in tumblweed begins! I have overhauled the architecture of the application and started using PureMVC as a framwork to more easily update and maintain the codebase. But, this is going to require a fresh install of tumblweed.
How to update
The newest version requires a fresh install. You need to uninstall your current version and download the newest version. Sorry :(
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Dashboard?
Once a week I receive a question about the Dashboard in Tumblweed. First, I would LOVE to add the dashboard to Tumblweed, I think it is a great feature and I wish it wasn’t limited to the browser.To my knowledge, Tumblr still hasn’t made the dashboard (specifically, posts of people you follow) available via their API.
If this is a feature you would like Tumblr to add, I highly...
May 2009
1 post
Happy update day!
I suppose an update is long overdue… I’m rebuilding Tumblweed from scratch.
Yeah, kinda a pain in the ass, but its turning out really good. I’m addressing a lot of the usability issues with the current version.
What will be new?
- resizable window
- just 1 window for the application (rather than separate windows for posts)
- simplified and more compact design
Lastly, a...
January 2009
2 posts
A moment in time
It figures that as soon as I release the new design for Tumblweed, Tumblr releases a new (better) design for the main site.. I hope to update to this design soon as well as add a custom resizing. I believe custom resizing has been the #1 request (/complaint) lately.
I’m also looking into some of the Char set issues.
-David
Update
Minor fix of font styling for the dashboard view.
December 2008
2 posts
Ohhhhh, new stuff is coming!
So, it’s been a while since my last update! I’m currently working on a redesign of Tumblweed that will suport the expanded Tumblr API!
New Functionality:
Ability to view all of your public tumblelogs (and all private posts within those tumblelogs).
editing posts
deleting posts
On top of that, the redesign will be very similar to the Tumblr interface. Why? Well it is a great...
September 2008
3 posts
Groups and Future Updates
Groups have now been added to the advanced setting. You can post to all of your Public and Private groups!
Next, I plan to overhaul the design a bit and look into doing edits from within Tumblweed using some of the new features in the Tumblr API.
I will be adding the ability to switch between your Tumblelogs from within Tumblweed.
Please send me feedback and suggestion on the current...
Be Excited
The "list-tumblelogs" action has been added to the Tumblr API. Nice work.
Updates
Last week I released a small update to Tumblweed which fixed a display issue with Quotes and some minor UI changes.
I’ve been working on adding groups aswell, which should be out in a month or so.
In other news, Tumblweed has been added to the Developers page! Thanks for all of the support.
May 2008
3 posts
What's Next
Groups.
Settings Panel to allow for customization (always on top windows, etc..).
Setup the tray icons.
Streamlined installation process for new users.
… did I miss anything?
Update!
A new version of Tumblweed was released last night.
Advanced Options
—Added the advanced options for posts which includes: Privacy, Tags and Date.
—NOTE* Posts set to private will NOT show up in the tumblweed dashboard but they will appear in your Tumblr dashboard.
Photos from clipboard
—You can now created Photo posts directly from the image on your clipboard, great for...
Status!
Good things will be happening for Tumblweed!
This weekend will see the release of some new features:
Creating photo posts from images on your clipboard (I use the Macs apple+ctrl+shift+4 all the time…. I really do)!
Small previews of photos before you upload (especially helpful for clipboard photos and drag/drop).
Advanced Options (including date, tags, and privacy).
More info when...
April 2008
3 posts
Group
…posting will be coming soon.
Upcoming
First, new URL: tumblweed.org. Feel free to add a link on your Tumblelog.
Stuff I want to do in the next month to make Tumblweed more usable.
1. Make use of the clipboard. Meaning, letting people create posts (easily) from images that they have copied to their clipboard.
2. Manage and use multiple accounts at once without logging in and out. So instead of having to manually log on each...
March 2008
10 posts
Filtering dashboard, images, and a new look
The new release is now out! Same deal - if you have Tumblweed installed already you can simply launch it and click the Update button in the lower corner.
Whats New
*Well, this version reveals a new look (which is more in tune with Tumblr).
*I’ve added thumbnails to the feed for Photo posts.
*You can now filter your dashboard (Showing 20 posts - click to change). I had read a request...
Update by Saturday and Bugs
First off, Bugs:
It has been brought to my attention that this new release of Tumblweed has some issues displaying text characters in various different languages (Japanese characters for example). I had changed the font and it had some adverse effects. I will be fixing this in the new release.
It seems that there is a bug trying to drag and drop images that have their extensions in UPPER...
WatchThanks for the video Eric
ideas...
Trying to think of some neat features that I can add to Tumblweed. I was thinking about a simple drawing interface so that people can sketch or doodle things (sometimes words don’t cut it?). Then you could upload that canvas as a photo post to your tumblr with 1 click. HMmmm, could also do webcam photo posts. Would people use it?
Updates and You!
I just released the updated version of Tumblweed. If you had the previous version installed, you can update by launching Tumblweed and clicking ‘Update Available’ in the lower right corner.
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Whats New:
Add descriptions to Link posts.
Preserving line breaks (line breaks will now appear the way they do in the text field).
Added HTML rich text editing (note that the...
Updates
Fixed the downloading issue for Mac users.
Download It!
Use the express install on the right or follow the steps below.
You need 3 things:
1. Flash Player 10 (you probably have this)
2. Adobe AIR 1.5 (you will need this soon enough)
3. Tumblweed client
Feedback - Feedforward
If you are playing with tumblweed in its alpha incarnation - please drop me a line with suggestions! I have a few things in mind myself, but I would like to know what others are thinking.
Drop me a line at: tumblweed.contact@gmail.com
Hooray For Alpha Release
Tumblweed is a desktop client for Tumblr built on Adobe’s Air and Flash.
Alpha Release Features:
1. Create any sort of posts from your desktop (with the exception of Vimeo uploads).
2. View Your Posts on a mini dashboard!
3. Drag and drop photo uploads
4. Progress bars for audio and photo uploads so you don’t have to wonder how long it will take anymore :)
5. Built in...
February 2008
1 post
About Tumblweed
WHAT
Tumblweed is a desktop client for the wonderful Tumblr service which allows users to view posts and create new ones from their desktop. Tumblweed supports most features on Tumblr as well as allowing photos posts from webcams, clipboards, or drag-and-dropping. It works on both Windows and Mac.
HOW
Tumblweed was created with Adobe’s Flash and AIR.
WHO
Tumblweed is developed and...