Twitter New Features Layout, Users Funny Reactions

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On Thursday, Twitter unveiled a significant redesign and rolled out changes across all its platforms.

Some of the new features on iOS include a new side navigation menu that allows you to access your profile, Moments, and settings; reducing the number of tabs that appear at the bottom of the app, which gives it a cleaner look; and allowing links to articles and websites to open in the app's Safari browser.

On the design front, the popular social network also made some changes to the typography and the profile photos, which are now round instead of the original square. Twitter also swapped some of the icons to make them "more intuitive." For example, the reply icon was changed from an arrow to a speech bubble.

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The redesign built up some of the changes the platform made for Android last year and makes Twitter look consistent across all platforms.

So fresh. So clean. So live.

Check out our new look. ??https://t.co/ClWbwi8CEH pic.twitter.com/nR27POQkEi
— Twitter (@Twitter) June 15, 2017

Another big change allows tweets to update instantly when there's a reply, retweet, or like. This allows users to see conversations as they happen in real time. Other features include the introduction of more accessibility choices, such as increased color contrast, and also the choice to always use Safari Reader view for supported links.

As soon as news of the redesign started filtering, some people predicted exactly how other users would react to the update.

This hasn't shown up on mine yet but I look forward to everyone's classic non-hysterical reaction to a Twitter design change pic.twitter.com/rKXKB30LyG
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) June 15, 2017

Cue the meltdown over the new look of Twitter.
— adam harris (@AdamHSays) June 15, 2017

When the update hit the web, there was confusion.

when twitter rolls out a new update with no warning pic.twitter.com/zS6H9RidyK
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) June 15, 2017

everyone after the new twitter update pic.twitter.com/WrTu73fMZM
— lost child (@takatakotaikor) June 15, 2017

And also anger.

Twitter staff: Introducing a new look that makes twitter easi...
Me:... pic.twitter.com/cp0PpvOBEf
— Jayfér Zaynse (@jayferzaynse) June 15, 2017

Because this is Twitter, there were obviously plenty of jokes.

Twitter dot com, you're a well-rounded queen. But tonight, the judges didn't quite come around to your circular look. I'm sorry my dear, but
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) June 15, 2017

the floor is twitter's new update pic.twitter.com/1033LCYZ19
— ㅤㅤㅤ (@boysrepublic) June 15, 2017

old twitter vs new twitter pic.twitter.com/Ct4JC3UM5o
— Ellie Sunakawa (@elliesunakawa) June 15, 2017

There were even some brave souls who admitted they actually enjoy Twitter dot com's new look.

I like Twitter's iOS design update.
— alex medina (@mrmedina) June 15, 2017

This new Twitter app design is interesting. I think I like it.
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 15, 2017

twitters new design makes me feel like i'm using an off-brand twitter in a teen movie so YES, I love it
— sarah hagi (@geekylonglegs) June 15, 2017

But, in the end, someone said what we were all thinking: Users may be complaining now, but they'll eventually get used to Twitter's new face.

we'll get used to the new twitter changes because we are all imprisoned on this hell website
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) June 15, 2017

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