Social media site Twitter recently made an official announcement that it will bring forward a couple of significant changes to its home page as well as other major redesigns this year.
Vice President of Product Kevin Weil and Vice President of Engineering Alex Roetter explained that there will be important changes that they are planning to carry out this 2015. Crunching the numbers, Twitter's earnings have already exceeded expectations. There has also been a 20 percent increase when it comes to active user growth.
Over the past weeks, Twitter already unveiled several new features that will be incorporated into the social media site, such as group messaging and native video services. Even tweet translation has already been made available for users all over the world.
"The amazing thing about DMs is the graph on Twitter," Weil pointed out. "It's the fact that on Twitter, you're not just connected to your friends. You're connected to the people, the causes, the brands, and the products that you care about."
As such, group direct messaging will allow Twitter users to easily reach out to one another as well as initiate and respond to private conversations. Twitter caused such a huge buzz with regards to the next features that the public may get to see.
With the announcement of a new version of the Twitter homepage, it is highly likely that the site will become a more appealing display especially for individuals who are still doubtful when it comes to joining the real-time service.
Over the past months, CEO Dick Costolo has been encouraging his team to make appropriate redesigns for increased ease of use and convenience, especially for new users. These include a stronger emphasis on revamping the "follow' feature, which offers users with a search option to find and follow interesting people on Twitter.
According to tech site TechCrunch, Twitter has been offering a preview of its homepage's new look which will make use of a grid view. The homepage currently uses a simple and straightforward timeline for activities.
Therefore, Twitter seeks to bring forth a more interesting overhaul and use a grid to sort users and activity. This will leave some space for sharing and viewing photos and videos, which may be part of Twitter's effort to battle it out with competing social media sites.
"Work is getting under way to change the way that Twitter looks and works substantially in 2015," TechCrunch commented.
