I already ranted about this on my tumblelog: I'm not at all a fan of this release. Ugly, cluttered design, new features that aren't entirely necessary, and a lot of wasted space. I joined Tumblr for its simplicity, for how every feature added something. Most of this stuff is redundant crap.
I still prefer Tumblr to Posterous. Themes are big. The user interface is big. Posterous has neither, and it suffers for it.
It's more that Tumblr's not perfect anymore. With v4, I couldn't think of anything I wanted added. It could have stayed like that for a decade and I'd still use it. It was fast, concise, beautiful, uncluttered. v5 is a step back. It adds clutter where there was none before.
I'm hoping it's temporary, because Tumblr's staff is incredible and they listen to users. (I hope more than just me complains about this.) But for now, it's pretty irritating, which is to say less than perfect. It's still the best on the market.
Thanks for the clarification. I guess I was wondering if the adding of new features & function took away from the simplicity. I think thats the challenge for both Posterous and Tumblr: satisfying existing users while still making the end product dead simple for new users (e.g. my parents).
I think Posterous is actually pretty good with adding features so far. Last I checked it was still dead simple. So's Tumblr, I guess, but now it FEELS more cluttered. Like it's doing more than it ought to. Even though it's still point-n-click, the page is more distracting.
EDIT: the rant is at http://unalone.tumblr.com/post/70951166/is-it-just-me-or-is-...