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Revert the Twitter UI changes

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make-twitter-great-again

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Half or more of the comments are critical

1 positive, 12 neutral or mixed, 17 critical. Score -0.43

LikedSmall, simple code that is easy to audit

ObjectedRound avatars look bad and hurt usability

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38points

46comments

#927of 2,242 in 2017

Top 42%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

1 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 17 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.43.

Design: 1 for, 9 againstIdea: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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Small, simple code that is easy to audit
From 1 comment
- While I'm not a fan of the project, I do think that comparison isn't fair. XP and outdated browsers give you a much higher chance of malware, because MS isn't really putting out…
  jamescostian on HN

Round avatars look bad and hurt usability
From 3 comments
- For example, there is a reason[1] why round avatars are a bad idea. Although I must say that twitter.com seems to have improved in terms of keyboard navigation and the visible…
  zichy on HN
- Avatars thought to be in a squared container looking bad in a round container... it's logical.
  Sirikon on HN
- Ah, so that's why they broke everyone's avatars overnight. Much usability. So aesthetic. Wow. ..Snark aside, given that this is the company that won't even let people see their…
  Karunamon on HN
New UI reduces information density
From 1 comment
- Because oftentimes the new UI is designed by someone who read too much on whitespace and aesthetics and sacrifices information density. AmEx recently redesigned their site.…
  et-al on HN
Timeline is not truly reverse chronological
From 1 comment
- That still isn't a proper reverse chronological sort (tweets still display out of order according to some magical backend fuckery), and that's before the constant injection of…
  Karunamon on HN

Restore a normal chronological feed
From 1 comment
- Can I just get a normal, chronological feed back again? None of this "We thought you'd find this interesting" crap? I miss out on so many tweets I would actually find interesting…
  spike021 on HN
Restore the heart icon as a star
From 1 comment
- Surprised nobody has mentioned turning the heart back into a star.
  unclesaamm on HN

Is reverting UI changes advisable versus adapting
From 1 comment
- Is that actually advisable? The same attitude made people stick with Windows XP or Firefox 3.5, don't you think?
  _Microft on HN

TweetDeck
From 2 comments
- Skip Twitter.com and start using https://tweetdeck.twitter.com instead.
  Slackwise on HN
- Look for a third-party Twitter app, or at TweetDeck. The official first-party UI seems to have permanently moved away from that.
  ascagnel_ on HN
Stylish userstyles
From 1 comment
- why not using stylish (pure CSS, but the few icons you can blob in)?
  anotheryou on HN
Greasy Fork and OpenUserJS scripts
From 1 comment
- It's in the same spirit as: https://greasyfork.org https://openuserjs.org ^ Both can be used with Greasemonkey (Firefox) or Tampermonkey (Chrome) https://userstyles.org (used…
  grimgrin on HN