Twitter is understood for making modifications to its platform’s person interface, like most social media platforms will sooner or later to maintain the UI up to date with the occasions and new utilization habits. However, typically the modifications don’t get the anticipated response and are rolled again. Twitter’s newest change, at present within the testing part, might be the following characteristic of the platform to satisfy combined reactions.
Earlier this week, Twitter modified the looks of its share-button for a number of customers in India. The share icon, which was initially formed like an arrow, now seems like a WhatsApp icon. Though this may make you suppose that this can be a shortcut to share tweets instantly on WhatsApp, the most well-liked messaging app within the nation, however it’s not.
Some of you may see the WhatsApp share icon and if you happen to do, tell us what you suppose pic.twitter.com/Y23vWUPTs1
— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) 8 September 2022
share button bus feels like whatsapp icon. It nonetheless works just like the previous share button, opening the identical share menu from the place you may share tweets in your Twitter DMs or through different apps together with WhatsApp, Instagram, and so on.
The change would have been actually helpful for WhatsApp as a direct share button, or if it had made WhatsApp the first shortcut within the seen share menu. However, it does none of them. The Twitter India deal with mentions that this characteristic is a trial for now, which principally implies that this alteration might be non permanent.
Twitter has rolled again its UI modifications earlier
Earlier this 12 months in March, Twitter made one other change, leaving customers scratching their heads. Instead of viewing the feed and tweets chronologically, customers will as an alternative see the ‘high’ tweets first. Meanwhile, if customers needed a chronological view, they have been compelled to change to a unique tab on the correct.
We hear you– a few of you at all times need to be the primary to see the newest tweets. We’ve modified the timeline again and eliminated the tabbed expertise for now to discover different choices. https://t.co/euVcPr9ij6
– Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) 14 March 2022
Naturally, the change acquired widespread criticism and Twitter was compelled to roll it again and on March 15, 4 days after the change was introduced on March 11, introduced the app to its default feed.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
