{"id":14417,"date":"2019-03-11T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/twitters-new-prototype-app-twttr-launches-today.html"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:16:11","slug":"twitters-new-prototype-app-twttr-launches-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitters-new-prototype-app-twttr-launches-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter\u2019s new prototype app \u2018twttr\u2019 launches today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter\u2019s <\/a> new prototype application is rolling out to the first group of testers starting today, the company announced this afternoon by way of a tweet<\/a>. The app, which Twitter is calling \u201ctwttr\u201d as a throwback to its original name<\/a>, was first introduced at the CES conference this January. It aims to offer Twitter a more experimental testing space where the company can try out new ideas outside of its existing public network, gain feedback from testers, then develop new features as a result of what it learns.<\/p>\n

Initially, the new twttr app will focus on testing new designs for conversations. As the company demonstrated<\/a> at CES, the prototype app will show a different format for replies, where conversations themselves have a more rounded chat-like shape and are indented so they\u2019re easier to follow. Engagements, sharing options and other tweet details are hidden from view in order to simplify reading through longer threads.<\/p>\n

And, most notably, the different types of replies are color-coded to designate those from the original poster as well as those Twitter users you personally follow. This is meant to offer better visual cues to readers who are trying to follow a lengthier thread where, often, side conversations take place, or the original poster jumps in to clarify things or respond to individual tweets.<\/p>\n

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Our prototype app, twttr, launches to the first group of participants today. #LetsHaveAConvo<\/a> about new features to build a better Twitter together.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Over time, Twitter may use the prototype app to test out other changes it wants to make to the product. For instance, the company has experimented with ideas around status update fields and icebreakers as your pinned tweet to encourage conversations.<\/p>\n

Twitter has said not everyone will be accepted to the prototype-app testing program. Only a couple of thousand of English and Japanese speakers will be invited, provided they follow Twitter\u2019s rules. However, no one is under NDA, so testers will be able to discuss what they\u2019re seeing on Twitter itself, which opens up the ideas to more feedback.<\/p>\n

Twitter says the first group of testers will receive an email invite sometime over the next few days. Once received, users must click a link to confirm their participation, then await another email invite from Apple\u2019s TestFlight.<\/p>\n

They can then download the new twttr app and use it instead of the main Twitter app, while tweeting about the new look using the hashtag #LetsHaveAConvo. Testers also can submit feedback through an online form<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The twttr app was already spotted in the wild before today\u2019s announcement, but it hadn\u2019t rolled out in large numbers at that time.<\/p>\n

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Where\u2019s mine, @Twitter<\/a> ? https:\/\/t.co\/96nMVsavhN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Perez (@sarahintampa) March 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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After all these years, Twitter is still trying to figure out how to improve conversations on its platform. Not only are they challenging to follow<\/a>, visually speaking, they often devolve into trolling and abuse. That\u2019s something other changes to the product may try to tackle, from enhanced reporting<\/a> procedures to Twitter\u2019s latest development of a \u201chide tweet\u201d button<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new prototype app isn\u2019t immediately looking to solve the problems around online abuse \u2014 though as a side effect of redesigned conversation threads, comments that contribute to instead of detract from an online conversation could be better highlighted, perhaps.<\/p>\n

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But largely the app will focus on product changes where user feedback is critical, as in the redesign of conversations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spirit of the [prototype testing program] is: can we just develop more in the public and bring people in earlier?,\u201d explained Sara Haider, Twitter\u2019s director of product management, in January. \u201cWe need more signal in the development process.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Twitter\u2019s email to testers explains, the app will be \u201cvery much a work in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese test builds will not always have all the functionality you\u2019re used to, and you\u2019ll see some things appear \u2014 and maybe disappear,\u201d it notes. A further FAQ about the program is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Twitter says those who haven\u2019t yet applied to test the new app can still do so. Applications opened last month<\/a>, and remain open today.<\/p>\n

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Already applied? Check your email for updates in the next few days. On the waitlist? Stay tuned, we\u2019ll add participants. Want in? You can still apply!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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