Twitter’s New Redesign

Jul 17 2008 Comments

I just logged into Twitter and after sending a direct message from the Twitter homepage my screen showed this:

    

new twitter theme

At first I thought Firefox was going haywire on me. However, this is not the case. It seems Twitter is testing a new theme design and one that I’m not quite sure how I feel about.
    

What’s New

  • Tabs are now to the right of the screen
  • You can see the number of direct messages you have (not sure if that was there before)
  • Time stamps and “from” stamp are in italics
  • Latest tweet has been pushed under the "message box
  • Reply and Favorite shortcuts now appear as you hover over a message
  • If someone sent a message via text, the txt link takes you to the Official Twitter Commands page
  • The previous update also does the same for Twhirl, Twitterrific, and Twittelator. Meaning it takes you to their respective homepages
  • The search box was also moved (Thanks Orli!)

Not a huge or even drastic change, but a surprising one nonetheless. What do you think of the rearrangement?
    

UPDATE

It seems they’ve reverted back. To quote Chrissie Brodigan:

Chrissie Brodiganchrissieb ROFL – opps, apparently someone pushed the wrong button. FAIL! half a minute ago from web.


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  • Simple and Cool !!
  • Looks pretty. Lot better then the old design.
  • I like it! Very simple but effective in the same time.
  • I think the rearrangement is better than before, and people more like the simple design.
  • Twitter is going better and better. I love the simple design.
  • I really should spend more time on twitter but I just cant be bothered. Facebook is bad enough.
  • i think the screenshot provided represents a vast improvement in their UI, and i hope to see it return soon. oh, and they always showed how many DMs, it just wansn't really somewhere you'd notice that much.
  • I like the new design!
  • Frankly, nothing to crow or rather twit about. Simplicity is great but its too ordinary for such an awesome site. Maybe writter team should consider changing the color to complement the twitty bird, huh?
  • nice redesign, thinking again to join twitter
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