Twitter Homepage Gets A Makeover

Twitter has been to the beauty shop and had a makeover for their homepage.

Of course you have to log out of Twitter in order to see this page – otherwise you just get your Home or profile version.

As you can see on the new page they have really tweaked it to be about searching the Twitter Timeline. If you look just below the rather large and prominent search box you will find trending topics but now instead of just listing the current trends of the moment it shows the trending topics for the past day and the past week.

Personally I am keen on the blue colors – but that has always been my favorite color. I wonder when they will translate this makeover to the rest of the site?

I really like @Biz’s explanation of how the service has evolved in the announcement about this makeover:

Twitter began as a rudimentary social tool based on the concept of status messages but together with those who use it every day, the service has taught us what it wants to be. From features invented by users to applications built on the platform, we’re still discovering potential. Twitter has moved from simple social networking into a new kind of communication and a valuable source of timely information. Also, it’s fun.

How right you are!

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Richard Hay  (3358 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.