Twitter Gets a Facelift

Twitter has decided to give its site a facelift by making its home page more user-friendly and easier to navigate. This photo on the left shows exactly what the new Twitter will look like once you log on. They decided to make it a split screen so don't have to navigate away from your live Twitter feed. Also, you will no longer have to click "more" at the end of your feed in order to see more tweets. Instead, it will just be a rolling feed of tweets that is constantly updated and never ending. You just scroll down as long as you like through your Twitter feed. 

The right side of the home page will be blank until you click on a tweet, link, mention, hashtag, photo or video off of your Twitter feed. The right side then magnifies the content you had clicked on from the left side. You will be able to scroll down the right side as well and see related tweets to the content you are viewing. Another cool feature is the "mini profiles." Instead of getting taken immediately to someone's profile when you click on their name, you are shown a small box with their number of followers, following, posts and their profile sentence with the option to view their full profile.

Now you're probably wondering where your "toolbar" went... Don't worry, Twitter did not get rid of it! It is now located along the top of your home page, making the page more streamlined. Also, the "search box" is moved to the top as well. And don't fret, Twitter isn't changing everyone's account overnight like Facebook does. It has started this week and will be spreading to users over the next few weeks. You do not have to use the new Twitter and will be given the option to go back to the old Twitter if you prefer. They will not have this option forever, only until everyone is familiar with the New Twitter and then it will become the only version. 

I believe this is very smart of Twitter because it will keep users happy since this new version is not forced upon them. I am very excited about this feature because it will be easier to view photo's and video's which I never would click on since it opened a new web page. Overall, I think Twitter is moving in the right direction with its new version for our extremely fast-paced society. Good job Twitter!

Funny story, just as I went to post this blog, Twitter asked me if I would like to try the new version... Of course!