by Brian Solis
It’s been a crazy day, so I decided to pop into Twitter to tap the conversation of the moment. As is often the case, it was crawling and practically unusable – more so than usual. When I refreshed however, I was greeted by a pleasant surprise, Twitter 2.0.
What timing!
The new dashboard has been subtly streamlined and polished, providing a nice overview of stats, update preferences, contacts, and a new text dialog box with a stylish new counter for the infamous “140.” It also includes a tab to view individual contact updates or the steam of updates from the person’s group stream.
Although, as posted in Twitter:
briansolis I agree with @emilychang, I miss arial.
Some reactions on Twitter thus far:
ChrisSaad Twitter UI Upgrade is really lackluster – you would think with all the attention and tallent they could do something more inspired.
rexhammock Did I miss the announcement of a new Twitter interface? Counting-down characters. tweaks in right-hand column.
newmediajim @rexhammock and it still doesn’t seem to work terribly much better.
jquig99 Wow – look at all the Twitter changes…
jspepper Both Twitter and GMail update their UIs – coincidence?!!? I think not. 
arielwaldman Question: Is Twitter slow right now because of the redesign or is it slow because of something unrelated?
duncanriley ok, now I see it. sidebar is different, different font etc looks good
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Discussion
Ya, the new UI looks good Brian. However, the Archive, Recent and Replies tabs seem awkward in the middle? Is it just me?… Now if they can only fix the weird things that seem go on and the intermittent downtimes as well….!
I like the new look, just saw it this morning. I don’t seem to have the same problems as others but maybe it’s because I only do tweets through the computer and not phone or IM?