The #NewNewTwitter in screenshots, my thoughts
Interested in the #NewNewTwitter? I was totally bummed by their “rolling out the redesigned Twitter over the next few weeks” and realization that it could be weeks before I could play with the desktop version. I have been following their changes for some time. By chance I tried their trick of updating my mobile app [...]
In: opinion, thoughts · Tagged with: #newnewtwitter, design, interface, twitter
Why my dog has a twitter account but my daughter does not
I have been meaning to write this post for some time but to be honest time has escaped me this last month. Little things like being the technical director for TEDxDetroit, running the Chicago Marathon, hiring a project manager, hiring a full time developer, and the birth of my first child have kept my attention. It [...]
In: Social Media, thoughts · Tagged with: cecilia, foxy, tumblr, twitter, websites
Twitter UI hates lists
Today I noticed some changes to the Twitter list UI. Upon viewing a profile I thought to myself, hmm, this looks cleaner. I then realized a button was missing, the list selection. Looking around I couldn’t find it anywhere. Clicking around I noticed they moved lists into the options menu, where I would normally go [...]
In: software, thoughts · Tagged with: buttons, list, twitter, UI, ux
[Screenshots] New Twitter follower email format
Looks like Twitter just updated their “following you” email format. I haven’t seen a reference to it on the Twitter Blog yet so it might be pushed out slowly. I have included screenshots of the old and new layouts above for comparison. A few things have been changing: Informationally The subject now includes the person’s [...]
In: software, thoughts · Tagged with: email, follow, improvement, twitter, UI
Official Twitter App – Multi-window support game changer
Something that has been severely lacking in the official Twitter desktop app has been “multi-window” or multiple view ability. I recently moved from the official app (which I loved because it utilizes stream) to Twitteriffic because it was much easier to follow lists and saved searches. Open in New Window The newest update to the Twitter desktop app has [...]