A number of Twitter users have encountered a new Twitter design.

So what’s new:

• Tabs are now to the right of the screen
• You can see the number of direct messages you have
• Time stamps and “from” stamp are in italics
• Latest tweet has been pushed under the “message box
• Reply and Favorite shortcuts now appear as you hover over a message
• If someone sent a message via text, the txt link takes you to the Official Twitter Commands page
• The previous update also does the same for Twhirl, Twitterrific, and Twittelator. Meaning it takes you to their respective homepages
• The search box is moved

Also, the new design looks very similar to the sketch Twitter used in its post about the Summize acquisition. Judging from this, the integration with Summize might not be too far away.

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Related articles by other sites:

• Twitter Testing A New Design
• Twitter Testing a New Design - Getting Ready to Integrate Summize?
• Twitter’s New Redesign