{"id":17114,"date":"2019-07-15T18:09:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/twitter-rolls-out-its-redesigned-desktop-website-with-simplified-navigation-more-features.html"},"modified":"2019-07-15T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T18:09:38","slug":"twitter-rolls-out-its-redesigned-desktop-website-with-simplified-navigation-more-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-rolls-out-its-redesigned-desktop-website-with-simplified-navigation-more-features.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter rolls out its redesigned desktop website with simplified navigation, more features"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter\u2019s website is getting a major overhaul. The company has been testing a new version of its desktop website since the beginning of the year, and today the final product is rolling out to the public. The upgraded experience simplifies navigation with a new \u2014 and fairly large \u2014 left-hand sidebar that directs you to all of Twitter\u2019s key sections, including Notifications, Direct Messages, Explore, Bookmarks, Lists, and more. The site also features an expanded, more inbox-like Direct Messages screen where you can view and respond to conversations in one place; plus easy profile switching, support for more themes, advanced search, and other features.<\/p>\n

The popular dark modes, Dim and the very black Lights Out mode,<\/a> are now supported along with more ways to personalize Twitter through different themes and color options.<\/p>\n

But the most noticeable change is the organization and layout of the Twitter home screen itself.<\/p>\n

Below: the old Twitter.com<\/em><\/p>\n

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The update is designed to make it easier to move around Twitter. Before, you\u2019d have to click on your Profile icon to access features like Lists, Themes, Settings, and other options. Meanwhile, getting to Moments was available both in this Profile dropdown menu and in the main Twitter navigation at the top of the screen, next to Notifications and Messages.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/p>\n

Now, Moments is being downgraded to the \u201cMore\u201d menu in the redesign \u2014 as seen in a test running earlier this summer<\/a> \u2014 and Explore instead gets the top billing. As on mobile, Explore will direct users to more live videos and personalized local moments, says Twitter. This is also where you\u2019ll find Top Trends, while Personalized Trends will be featured on the right-hand sidebar on the home screen. (See above).<\/p>\n

In addition, Twitter finally brought\u00a0the over a year old Bookmarks feature<\/a> to the desktop\u2019s main navigation.<\/p>\n

With the update, the new navigation menu includes: Home, Explore, Notifications, Messages, Bookmarks, Lists, Profile, and then More \u2014 the latter, a menu where you\u2019ll find things like Moments, Twitter\u2019s ad tools, Settings, and other features.<\/p>\n

The new Compose feature has been slightly tweaked as well, with options to include a photo, GIF, poll or emoji now all in the bottom left \u2014 with the emoji button now swapping in for the location button, following Twitter\u2019s decision to make sharing precise location<\/a> less of a priority, given its lack of use.<\/p>\n

Though the new home screen is arguably better-organized, the navigation text itself and the amount of screen real estate it takes up is overly large.<\/p>\n

This detracts somewhat from the main content \u2014 the tweets themselves \u2014 because your eye is naturally drawn to the oversize navigation labels at first, not the posts flowing in the timeline. This can also be a jarring change to get used to for longtime Twitter.com users. (Good thing there\u2019s a new Mac desktop app on the way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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If you really can\u2019t stand the navigation labels\u2019 size, you can make the webpage smaller which then hides the text labels of the navigation items, leaving only their icons. This, unfortunately, isn\u2019t all that useful if you like to keep Twitter open in a tab alongside all your other tabs. It works better if you pop out Twitter.com into its own window.<\/p>\n

The navigation changes were likely a design choice Twitter made, in part, to simplify the use of its product by more casual users and newcomers.<\/p>\n

The company has struggled with user growth throughout its history, even changing how it reports metrics to paint a better picture of its business<\/a>. Now, you\u2019d have to be almost completely web illiterate to not find your way around the new Twitter.com. But only time will tell what effect this has on growing its user base.<\/p>\n

Not all the changes will be as controversial as the new layout, though.<\/p>\n

For example, the now double-paned Direct Message section is more welcome as it makes using Messages feel more like the real inbox it often is \u2014 with the message list on the left and conversations on the right.<\/p>\n

Search got an update, as well, which puts tabs for moving between \u201cTop,\u201d \u201cLatest,\u201d \u201cPeople,\u201d \u201cPhotos,\u201d and \u201cVideos\u201d at the top of the screen, with Advanced Search Filters to the right.<\/p>\n

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And for those with multiple Twitter accounts, you can now switch between them from the main navigation. That\u2019s helpful.<\/p>\n

Twitter\u2019s tests of the updated design had been rolling out to more people throughout the year \u2014 it even tried two different versions for a time<\/a>. Throughout this process, the company incorporated some of the user feedback it received. For example, the changes to the Messaging screen and the high priority given to Bookmarks were among the requests Twitter addressed.<\/p>\n

But generally speaking, Twitter was aiming to deliver a more consistent, seamless experience across both the phone and the web platforms with this update, a company spokesperson told us.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s some bad news for old school Twitter.com users \u2014 as of this public launch of the redesign, there\u2019s no option for going back to the legacy experience, as there was during the testing period.<\/p>\n

Twitter says the upgraded look will begin rolling out globally starting today.<\/p>\n

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