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Twitter
unveils first major revamp since launch
Thursday, September 16, 2010 02:07:18 PM,
IANS
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London:
Twitter has unveiled its first major revamp since its launch four
years ago.
The newly-introduced features make it easier for its 160 million
users to view photos and videos.
The new look is designed to tempt users to linger on Twitter's
website for longer periods as an incentive to advertisers, reports
the Daily Mail.
"We are still figuring out all the new possibilities," Twitter
co-founder Biz Stone said.
It is being feared that the redesign is likely to upset users,
just as major changes to sites like Facebook had made users angry
in the past.
The facelift, expected to roll out worldwide in a few days, splits
the website into two panes.
One is devoted to the 90 million messages or 'tweets' posted on
the website each day and the other features the images contained
within the text.
Until now, most links to photos and videos were displayed on other
websites or browser tabs.
The website's left pane will look familiar, featuring a timeline
that chronologically stacks all the tweets from the people that
users choose to follow.
The right panel appears to open up a new area for content. It is
being set up so users can click on individual tweets to look at
embedded images and other information without having to navigate
away from their home pages.
"It's all about getting more out of Twitter in a lot less time,"
Twitter boss Evan Williams said.
People are mainly opening accounts now so they can follow the
tweets from the friends, family, celebrities, media outlets that
interest them.
Research analyst Augie Ray believes the growing volume of
spectators is the main reason why Twitter wants to make it easier
to wade through the sea of content cascading through its website
daily.
Twitter has reached agreements to display content from more than a
dozen online photo and video sites, including Google-owned YouTube
and Yahoo's Flickr.
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