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Meet New Twitter

Twitter finally rolled out the New Twitter.com user interface. Many lucky users got to see and use the new UI for a few weeks now, but today new Twitter is available to all.

“New Twitter – An easier, faster, and richer experience”, says Twitter website. See for yourself, here are some new features that make the new Twitter that much better:

New design

Twitter - New Design

You will now find @mentions, retweets, searches, and lists just above your timeline – creating a single, streamlined view on the left of the screen. On the right, you can see the features you’re familiar with, including whom you recently followed and who recently followed you, favorites, and Trending Topics.

View photos, videos, and other media content

New Twitter - Inline Media

Now, it’s easy to see embedded photos and videos directly on Twitter, thanks to partnerships with DailyBooth, DeviantART, Etsy, Flickr, Justin.TV, Kickstarter, Kiva, Photozou, Plixi, Twitgoo, TwitPic, TwitVid, USTREAM, Vimeo, yfrog, and YouTube.

Discover related content

New Twitter - Related Content

When you click a Tweet, the details pane shows additional information related to the author or subject. Depending on the Tweet’s content, you may see: @replies, other Tweets by that same user, a map of where a geotagged Tweet was sent from, and more.

Mini profiles

New Twitter - Mini Profile

You can click a @username to see a mini profile without navigating from the page, which provides quick access to account information, including bio and recent Tweets.

Watch the video below to see it in action, or just visit Twitter.com

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Original images from Twitter.