Android users now have another reason to rejoice as WordPress has launched its latest version for the rapidly evolving OS. WordPress 2.0 for Android has been improved for performance, reliability, compatibility and convenience. Here we discuss some of the major improvements introduced with this release:
1. Dashboard UI
The new Dashboard UI gives you one tap access to any of the contents of your blog. Using your Dashboard, you can switch through multiple types of media including texts, graphics, flash or links with easier interface to manipulate and customize your blog.
2. Quick Action Bar
With the improved Action bar, it’s possible to switch through more than one blogs you host. Updating older posts is easy while it takes just one click to refreshing. Navigating through the most used options is also made easier under this improvement.
3. Improved Posting
The formatting toolbar is now placed just above the keyboard to avail access to the most formatting tools you need while blogging. Bold, italic, underline or strikethrough are easier to find you never have to go to some menu and scroll for options. You can place hyperlinks, images and imported content from another blog to your posts more comfortably.
4. Enhanced Media Support
Adding media content to your blog was never easier before, wherever you like it on the screen. It also includes option to edit the captions and title with a single click. Modifying the size of images is handy as you need them to be cropped, aligned and well placed. It’s also beneficial to be viewed optimally on various mobile devices at the user end.
5. Geotagging
It is now possible to mark on where you wrote the blog. With the built in support for the GPS enabled devices, you can now Geo-tag the posts you write, being capable to be viewed with most popular mapping services such as Google maps and foursquare.
6. Tablet Ready
WordPress for Android v2.0 is effectively optimized for the tablet users. On an Android enabled tablet, you can now see a scrolling list on the left navigating to the posts you created recently. Widescreen and landscape views are now supported with this version, and not to forget the total compatibility with the high resolution displays.
Apart from all the advantages we mentioned above, there are some of the negative points associated with this release as we have listed below:
1. Issues with smaller displays
Users with a smaller screen have reported problems with this version as it has a compact view for controls and smaller icons on menus, however using a digital pen or a stylus may do the aid in most cases.
2. No auto save
Users with connectivity issues or older device; who do not have the ‘keep-alive’ feature on their device, suffer from this problem intensively.
3. Size limiter
For writers or news person who likes to have their posts long, the feature is viewed as a crisis as it makes loss of data and time, being no support for auto save for some devices make it very annoying.
All in all, the WordPress for Android 2.0 is the update you must have on your device. With the convenient interface, focusing on your content is easier. If your love is blogging, you’ll love it even more.
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About the author: Ellen is a blogger by profession. She loves to write on technology and gadgets. She can’t live without her mobile phone. Beside this she is fond of portable printers. She recently completed an article on HTC Jetstream.
