Tweeter Tips

Within the past few weeks Twitter has rolled out a whole new interface and look to the Twitter.com site. If you’re one of the people who still actually login to Twitter, and tweet via the web interface (instead of a client or add-on), you’ll be in for a treat. Here’s a bit of an Introduction video from Twitter:

Updates To The New Twitter

So what changes can we expect to see in the new Twitter?

• New right side pane: where the sidebar used to be is a bigger more multi-functional side panel.    It will show pictures, videos, replies to a tweet, recent tweets by a user and more.  So far I’m loving this.
• Multimedia in-stream:  You’ll be able to view multimedia like video and photos within the twitter stream.  Just click on the tweet, and the panel on the right will show you the video or image. Before you would have had to go to the third party site itself.  One cool thing I like – add a flicker set, it will show previews of the entire  set!
• Multimedia on individual tweet pages: When you tweet a photo, it will show up on the individual tweet page, underneath the tweet.
• User profiles: clicking on a username will now bring up a new mini-profile page on the right side pane where you can follow someone, see recent tweets or DM them.
• Background images may need updating: Because of the wider interface, custom background graphics may no longer fit, or may need to be updated.  Check out logosforwebsites.com for custom twitter backgrounds.

These are just a few of the changes.   For more details check out this post on Tech Crunch.

What do you think about the new twitter?  Tell us your favorite and least favorite things in the comments.

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