Trying out WordPress on the iPhone
An update fo a WordPress app for the iPhone was released this week offering the ability to create blog posts directly, without using a web browser. The initial release a couple of weeks ago did not work for me, so I thought I would take this update for a spin.
Aside from acclimatising to typing on the device itself, which takes a little time to discover the technique of not trying to be overly accurate, creating a post is sttaightforfward and the app seems to be logically arranged. I was surprised to see support for adding tags to posts, something that is usually missing from remote blogging clients. No support for custom fields as yet, which is why this post is not accompanied by a signiture image as are other recent entries here.
No wysiwyg editor – to be expected, I suppose – but there is photo integration either via the camera’s saved images, those synced from your computer, or by simply taking a new image from within the WordPress app itself.
The only immediate limitation I see is the inability to insert images into the body of the post, as attached photos seem to be simply added to the end of the text.
Posting the completed entry is a little odd in that one merely changes it’s status from ‘local draft’ to ‘published’. An action that feels rather less satisfying than a single publish button.
It is early days and I expect it to be updated at a reasonably pace,
But as this post suggests, it is definitely a useful and usable blogging tool.
