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New Twitter UI Revealed (FF to 1:11 to see it)

10 points by obiefernandez 16y ago

obiefernandez 16y ago
First thought was that Twitter client apps might be negatively impacted. On the other hand, this presents a good way to get people who have been stuck on the old-school web interface to learn how much richer the experience can be, predisposing them to use rich clients.
- brandnewlow 16y ago
  I think the goal is, in part, to negatively impact the Twitter clients. They did their part in carrying water for Twitter for the last two years. Now it's time for Twitter to swallow up their best functions. "A true friend stabs in you the chest." - Oscar Wilde
  - markkat 16y ago
    Agreed. I think the founders are still trying to rationalize otherwise, but the goal is to make the service the best it can be. Any clients in the way will be consumed.
- petercooper 16y ago
  who have been stuck on the old-school web interface I've favored the Web interface since day one (in 2006, for me) and it's behind 95% or so of my tweets. It's clean, customizable (with GreaseMonkey), in an app I already have running 24/7 (the browser), and, importantly, non-polling. I've tried lots of clients but none has stuck as well as the Web site (ditto for e-mail). (Tweetdeck came close to converting me but its typography is hideous.) Nonetheless, I like the look of the #newtwitter. It's not necessarily the feature set I care about, more that it's in my browser and not in yet another app.
faramarz 16y ago
I favour this a lot. Looks promising! I have never been a fan of twitter desktop clients. Majority of my usage is done on the Web UI or through the newly released bookmarket (this was a godsend). The reason for that is simple, I have Photoshop and Illustrator open 99% of time and every twitter client I have tried has severely clogged my cpu/memory usage. So much so that I stopped tweeting for a while. I can definitely see my usage going up if the Web interface is more intuitive and interactive.
joezydeco 16y ago
Is it just me or does it look very very similar to the iPad app?

10 points by obiefernandez 16y ago

First thought was that Twitter client apps might be negatively impacted. On the other hand, this presents a good way to get people who have been stuck on the old-school web interface to learn how much richer the experience can be, predisposing them to use rich clients.

brandnewlow 16y ago
I think the goal is, in part, to negatively impact the Twitter clients. They did their part in carrying water for Twitter for the last two years. Now it's time for Twitter to swallow up their best functions. "A true friend stabs in you the chest." - Oscar Wilde
- markkat 16y ago
  Agreed. I think the founders are still trying to rationalize otherwise, but the goal is to make the service the best it can be. Any clients in the way will be consumed.
petercooper 16y ago
who have been stuck on the old-school web interface I've favored the Web interface since day one (in 2006, for me) and it's behind 95% or so of my tweets. It's clean, customizable (with GreaseMonkey), in an app I already have running 24/7 (the browser), and, importantly, non-polling. I've tried lots of clients but none has stuck as well as the Web site (ditto for e-mail). (Tweetdeck came close to converting me but its typography is hideous.) Nonetheless, I like the look of the #newtwitter. It's not necessarily the feature set I care about, more that it's in my browser and not in yet another app.

faramarz 16y ago

I favour this a lot. Looks promising! I have never been a fan of twitter desktop clients. Majority of my usage is done on the Web UI or through the newly released bookmarket (this was a godsend). The reason for that is simple, I have Photoshop and Illustrator open 99% of time and every twitter client I have tried has severely clogged my cpu/memory usage. So much so that I stopped tweeting for a while. I can definitely see my usage going up if the Web interface is more intuitive and interactive.

joezydeco 16y ago

Is it just me or does it look very very similar to the iPad app?