Review of WordPress iPhone app
In: Top iPhone Apps
14 Sep 2009| I was so excited when they told me that WordPress now has an app for its bloggers. Finally, all that loyalty to WordPress paid off- now I could blog right from my iPhone! I downloaded the app- it’s simple and has the same interface as the web version. Good thing is that as soon as you log into your account, the app asks you the number of posts you’d want to see per page. It’s always a good idea to give users personalization to their apps according to what they want to view/use frequently.
Under the Posts category the drafts and published posts have no visual distinction. It would have been nice if there were some color scheme to distinguish the two. The reading screen is just half the page, the editor for typing is simple and it provides the HTML view only. If you want to insert a link, as soon as you start typing “www”, a screen pops up asking if you want to create a link; you can fill in the link and the hypertext and create and insert your link. Now that’s stylish. But, as I said earlier- the link will show as HTML code. One of features on the app lets you add a picture to a post from either your library or taking a picture real time. The idea is great except for the 3 times the app almost froze on me after I took a picture and tried to use it. After this, it was a deep dive into the rabbit hole- the screen often kept freezing and it became quite annoying after the 5th time. Also, I couldn’t find a way to delete my posts which means that either it’s not available (which is bad) or it’s just very hard to find it (which is worse). Overall the app is a 5 out of 10 just because of its performance and lack of some really obvious functionality. I hope this app gets better because it sure would make it easier for bloggers to post via their iPhones. |
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