4 reasons the new Twitter rocks
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 4:00PM 
As the new face of Twitter continues to roll out across the web, we finally received the new interface and we have to admit, Twitter is moving in the right direction. For too long, the best way to access Twitter was through the use of a third party client (Tweetdeck, Seesmic, Hootsuite, etc.). Twitter took a huge step into that market with their face lift. It still doesn’t have multiple account support, so the third party apps can still breath easily on that front, but when it comes to basic interface, they’ll have to step up their game.
The re-jiggered Twitter has a fresh, new site smell that is certain to have basic users returning to the site to enjoy the new possibilities. With all the additions, we have four that make it a winning redesign.
Dashboard layout - The doublepane window gives much more information than ever before. In one click you can switch from your timeline to @mentions to retweets to searches to lists. You can view trends on both a worldwide and local level and see where you’ve recently been listed.
Adding media - It’s even easier to embed and view photos and video in Twitter. They have partnered with DailyBooth, deviantART, Etsy, Flickr, Justin.TV, Kickstarter, Kiva, Photozou, Plixi, Twitgoo, TwitPic, TwitVid, USTREAM, Vimeo, yfrog, and YouTube, which means you can grab almost any online media and easily embed it in within Twitter. Thanks to the new doublepane window, when you click on a photo or video, it appears in the right side pane. Unlike Tweetdeck, it doesn’t use a light box so you can still do other functions within Twitter while viewing your media.
Related content - Twitter now provides more details about your Twitter followers. You can see other Tweets by the user, geotagging of the Tweets and replies to the tweet. The mini profile allows you to get to know your followers more quickly and easily.
Search - Searching for a hashtag or person is better than ever. Twitter will show you any tweets related to a search term. It will also break out any tweets by tweets with links and tweets closest to you. You can also search for people and save the search in case you want to reference it later.
Once Twitter adds the ability to login to multiple accounts and reply to multiple people at once, it will pose third party apps like Tweetdeck and Hootsuite a serious challenge. For now, if you aren’t a power user, the new site design means users have a lot more control over their experience in a logical and intuitive way. And that’s a win for everyone.
Do you have the new Twitter interface? What do you think about it?
Stefan Halley is the Digital Project Leader for The Duffy Agency. He loves to talk about social media.
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