The new WordPress 2.6 looks promising, but it just doesn’t seem to want to function properly. For one thing, typing up this post from within the app was one of the laggiest experiences I’ve ever had on the 3GS. I had 90 MB of RAM free while typing this post up, but it felt like […]
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Playing with the updated WordPress 2.6 iPhone app…

Oct 2nd 2010 by

this is how the image was actually uploaded (at the "small" size) by the WordPress app

The new WordPress 2.6 looks promising, but it just doesn’t seem to want to function properly. For one thing, typing up this post from within the app was one of the laggiest experiences I’ve ever had on the 3GS. I had 90 MB of RAM free while typing this post up, but it felt like my phone was dying.

Then there’s the fact that it doesn’t seem to believe we post *anything* on JAiB, because I can download any of our most recent posts (Comments and Pages load up just fine, though). In fact, I was able to upload this draft from my iPhone to the site, but wasn’t able to see it again. I had to use the Mac to complete the rest of it.

On the bright side, if it does actually function on your iOS device, the whole app interface seems to have gotten a big usability facelift. The HTML for embedded images actually shows up by default now, so I don’t have to save a draft, set it to pending, and re-edit it just to move one picture to the top of the post. The WordPress mobile client apparently also supports video and auto-saving now, which makes it comparable to the paid Blogpress (which is just a *little* better, for a price).

I’m still waiting for the day that somebody decided to take the iPhone as a serious blogging device, though. It’s been three years now and we still don’t have an amazing blogging app. I know that WordPress is a universal app, though — anybody know if it’s any better on the iPad?

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