Twitter’s newly unveiled redesign, which includes a custom font called Chirp, will be tweaked after users complained of headaches and discomfort caused by the latest update.
The social network originally posted that the changes, unveiled last week, might “feel weird at first”, but would help improve content consumption by cleaning up “visual clutter” in a bid to make it more accessible to all.
In addition to the new font, Twitter also increased its contrast to make buttons and other visual elements, such as images, stand out more.
However, users complained of issues from the start. One said the new font caused problems with her astigmatism and that the mobile app created eye strain.
Another said the update caused them a headache that “stayed for over 24 hours” and said it was still ongoing.
One user said they have sensory sensitivities and that the company’s update was more than simply "uncomfortable" for them, but rather "unbearable".
On Thursday, Twitter asked users to let them know if they were experiencing any issues with the redesign. At the time, the platform also acknowledged it was having its own problems with display bugs and was working to fix them, but would also be making further alterations.
“We’re making contrast changes on all buttons to make them easier on the eyes because you told us, the new look is uncomfortable for people with sensory sensitivities. We’re listening and iterating,” Twitter said via its Twitter Accessibility account.
In January, Derrit DeRouen, creative director of Twitter’s global brand, posted an entire thread about why the company felt a need to develop its own typeface, saying: "For everyday use it must be sharp and legible (with good density), but with personality and distinctiveness."
However, users responded to that thread with their own problems with the font.
Goodbye to fleets
Last month, Twitter announced it would be getting rid of its unpopular disappearing tweets feature called fleets. The company began testing tweets that vanish after 24 hours last March, in Brazil.
Fleets were designed to allay the concerns of new users who might be turned off by the public and permanent nature of normal tweets.
"We built fleets as a lower-pressure, ephemeral way for people to share their fleeting thoughts," said Ilya Brown, head of product for brand and video ads, in a blog post.
"We hoped fleets would help more people feel comfortable joining the conversation on Twitter. But, in the time since we introduced fleet to everyone, we haven’t seen an increase in the number of new people joining the conversation with fleets like we hoped. Because of this, on August 3, fleets will no longer be available on Twitter."
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
List of alleged parties
May 15 2020: PM and Carrie attend 'work meeting' with at
least 17 staff members
May 20 2020: PM and Carrie attend 'bring your own booze'
party
Nov 27 2020: PM gives speech at leaving do for his staff
Dec 10 2020: Staff party held by then-education secretary
Gavin Williamson
Dec 13 2020: PM and Carrie throw a flat party
Dec 14 2020: London mayor candidate Shaun Bailey holds staff party at Conservative
Party headquarters
Dec 15 2020: PM takes part in a staff quiz
Dec 18 2020: Downing Street Christmas party
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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How to protect yourself when air quality drops
Install an air filter in your home.
Close your windows and turn on the AC.
Shower or bath after being outside.
Wear a face mask.
Stay indoors when conditions are particularly poor.
If driving, turn your engine off when stationary.
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Guns N’ Roses’s last gig before Abu Dhabi was in Hong Kong on November 21. We were there – and here’s what they played, and in what order. You were warned.
- It’s So Easy
- Mr Brownstone
- Chinese Democracy
- Welcome to the Jungle
- Double Talkin’ Jive
- Better
- Estranged
- Live and Let Die (Wings cover)
- Slither (Velvet Revolver cover)
- Rocket Queen
- You Could Be Mine
- Shadow of Your Love
- Attitude (Misfits cover)
- Civil War
- Coma
- Love Theme from The Godfather (movie cover)
- Sweet Child O’ Mine
- Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb cover)
- Wish You Were Here (instrumental Pink Floyd cover)
- November Rain
- Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden cover)
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
- Nightrain
Encore:
- Patience
- Don’t Cry
- The Seeker (The Who cover)
- Paradise City
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Six large-scale objects on show
- Concrete wall and windows from the now demolished Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in Poplar
- The 17th Century Agra Colonnade, from the bathhouse of the fort of Agra in India
- A stagecloth for The Ballet Russes that is 10m high – the largest Picasso in the world
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930s Kaufmann Office
- A full-scale Frankfurt Kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which transformed kitchen design in the 20th century
- Torrijos Palace dome
