if there’s anyone following me who is using desktop tumblr this way please do yourself a favor and get xkit rewritten (installation links and instructions for chrome and firefox in link) and this script that returns the UI to the old one (installation instructions also in link), along with ublock origin or some other adblocker. I still like using tumblr, but I forget that I have been using it with extension scripts installed for the past almost-decade for extremely obvious quality of life improvements because the site barely works unmodified (seriously, how has xkit’s one-click reblog not been implemented yet)
i have been seeing some staff responding to responses to layout change as if it’s solely people digging in their heels about something they’re used to being ~different now~, but I seriously do not understand how this is acceptable from a ux or accesibility standpoint