After showing off new feature concepts to improve privacy and user discoverability on its micro-blogging platform, Twitter has shown off a redesigned version of its account management app TweetDeck. The company recently announced that a preview of the redesigned TweetDeck website is rolling out to a select few users in the US, Canada, and Australia.
As per the official tweet, Twitter has rolled out a new preview version of TweetDeck to a limited number of users. The redesigned version comes with “enhanced functionality that incorporates more of what you see on twitter.com.” You can check out the tweet attached right below.
Starting today, we’re rolling out a preview of the new & improved version of TweetDeck to a limited number of accounts, with enhanced functionality that incorporates more of what you see on https://t.co/8FModRv1sl. pic.twitter.com/rX0WhSKgmI
The micro-blogging giant, in an interview with The Verge earlier this year, said that the company is aiming to overhaul TweetDeck “from the ground up.” Now, in the preview version, Twitter has added a few new functionalities. As per Kayvon Beykpour, the Product Lead at Twitter, the new features include a full Tweet Composer, new column types, new advanced search features, and a new way to group columns (Decks).
If want to try out the new TweetDeck redesign right now, app reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong has shared on Twitter a simple browser tweak that lets users opt-in for the preview test.
Finally, refresh the website to see a preview of the TweetDeck redesign.
If, at any time, you want to go back to the current design, you can go back to the Javascript Console and enter the following commands – document.cookie = “tweetdeck_version=“And voila, you no longer have to use the new design.
