Tumblweed

What's Next

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:32:53 -0700

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!

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:28:00 -0700

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 snapshots and presenting content in the context in which it was found :)
—To make this process a little less confusing (I hope), I’ve added a simple preview for photos and update the photo form. If you have suggestions for improving the form or still find it confusing, just let me know.

Updating
—Whenever there is an update available, you will now receive a simple notice when launching tumblweed. This will hopefully make it more obvious that there is an update (it is suggested that you always update)! You won’t see this until the next release.

Enjoy and report any bugs!

Status!

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:15:00 -0700

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 the new version goes live!

best,
David

Group

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:06:40 -0700

…posting will be coming soon.

Upcoming

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:13:51 -0700

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 time, users will be auto logged in and allowed to have a list of accounts.

…and a few other cool things ;)

Updates Fixed some window management and placement issues...

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:09:26 -0700

Updates
Fixed some window management and placement issues (thanks Javier)
Add Photo URL and Click Throughs

Snapshots (requires a webcam)
A streamlined way to upload photos to Tumblr from your webcam.
Simple photo booth style picture with 3 second countdown.

Enjoy and report any bugs
Download

Filtering dashboard, images, and a new look

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:40:28 -0700

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 on someones Tumblr to add an “Older Posts” button. Well this is about it, you can see up to 50 posts from any category.

*Fixed (I think!) the language issues. If you are still having problems viewing or entering posts, please let me know.

Next
I want to add the Webcam posts, which I think would be a great addition to our Tumblelogs. I need to fine tune the dashboard and design a bit more. Add the “Scribble” posts which would let you draw something and then post it.

Throw me some suggestions if things aren’t working for you or if you have a cool idea for something on Tumblweed… or you can make up your own reason.

best,
david

New Look

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:17:14 -0700

New Look

Update by Saturday and Bugs

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:08:21 -0700

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 CASE (JPG instead of jpg). This will be fixed in the next release.

What to expect in the new release:

The next release (due by Saturday) will mostly be design. The goal will be to mostly mimic the layout of Tumblr more closely so that people are instantly familiar with the Tumblweed.

The dashboard will be its own persistent window. The “create a post” pages will now open in their own windows. This will allow people to work on multiple posts at the same time or view their dashboard while they write a post.

….and a few other goodies.

-David

Thanks for the video Eric

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:34:48 -0700

Thanks for the video Eric

ideas...

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:33:03 -0700

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?

Updated Screens

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:21:25 -0700

Updated Screens

Updates and You!

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:08:32 -0700

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.

—

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 tumblweed dashboard won’t show strike through but they are there).

Visually cleaned up the dashboard a bit.

Added 2 links to every dashboard post: the perma link and edit link (note that you must be cookied on tumblr for the edit link to work). You must mouse over a post to see these links.

Fixed an issue with creating Chat posts where the conversation lines were not being parsed correctly.

Add a new icon (Thanks Guillermo!)

—

That is about it. Feel free to throw me more suggestions and link to this Tumblelog. Big thanks to everyone who found bugs or just said thanks, I appreciate it.

tumbl on,
David

Updates

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:51:06 -0700

Fixed the downloading issue for Mac users.

Download It!

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:46:00 -0800

Use the express install on the right or follow the steps below.

You need 3 things:

1. Flash Player 9 (you probably have this)

2. Adobe AIR 1.0 (you will need this soon enough)

3. Tumblweed client

Feedback - Feedforward

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:19:49 -0800

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

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:12:55 -0800

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 updating so you can get new versions of the software as Tumblr builds out their API (hint hint Tumblr).

…. pretty sparse, I know. But it could be the foundation for some cool stuff.

Screenshots - don’t worry this is just the alpha release!

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:08:06 -0800

Screenshots - don’t worry this is just the alpha release!

About Tumblweed

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:03:00 -0800

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 maintained by David Merino. You can send me questions and comments at: david (at) tumblweed (dot) org