A few days ago, I got the new Twitter interface. I said, ok, let's see.
It looks good, the structure is better a bit, because the content moved closer to the center of the screen. It's clear, that the brief for the designer was, do it like the mobile version. The task has been comleted, and it's up and running.
But at last, I was disappointed.
I don't know how many of you use their smartphones (or tablets) to check the things in the morning, while drinking the first coffe, and eating toast, bagel, or whatever you like. I do. I check Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, GReader, my mails - so I'm up-to-date with the news, happened during my sleep.
Now, in Google Reader, if I find something interesting, I just put a star on it, and later I decide, if I'd like to read it or not - I have no time in the morning to read every article I find interesting. I do the same in Tumblr, I like many posts, and later I reblog them from my like list.
Now Twitter. I see something interesting, so I favourite it. I talk about up to 10-12 tweets. Now imagine: you just sit behind your computer, and start to read your list. You reach Twitter. What happens? You open Twitter, than your profile, search your favourites on the page, and bang! thre you are. Two versions earlier, it was right there on your dashboard, so you cliked it, and there were your marked tweets. I know, the function is not designed to build a reading list, but every user use the functions for their own purpose. Twitter thought, that my followers, or nay visitor on my page, get a list about the tweets I find interesting, but what about the tweets I find interesting?
It wouldn't be a big development, puttting it back to the dashboard, or into the user menu top right, right?
The other one is the retweet function. I think, about 99% of the third-party clients give the option to use the RT function, so you can comment the tweet. Who doesn't allow it? Right, Twitter itself. Of course, I can copy and paste the tweet, putting RT before the text, but please.
At the end, there's an other option: I haven't found these options by myself. If this is the case, there's two more options: I'm lame, or the UI is.
