News Twitter adds picture and Vine previews for web, iOS and Android

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  1. Meanmotion

    Meanmotion bleh Moderator

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  2. mi1ez

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    Meh.
     
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  3. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

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    I see devs are still treating Windows Phone as a minority option. Would it really have been too difficult to include Windows Phone with the update? Or is this just a journalistic omission?
     
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  4. mi1ez

    mi1ez Minimodder

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    I've changed my mind. I've gone from "Meh" to hating it.
     
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  5. Fruitloaf

    Fruitloaf Tinkerer

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    Would that perhaps be because in terms of market share they ARE a minority option. Admittedly they are growing but when scoping a recent project Android and iOS apps were a no brainer but for WP its more like call me when they have 25% market share and we'll think about it.

    Admittedly Twitter have a bigger budget and can afford to set their threshold for support lower but still the only sensible way to focus effort is where the most eyes are.
     
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  6. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    I'm on the web version now and it hasn't changed. Are we getting it later or is this just a mobile web thing?
     
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  7. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    It's changed for me, on Firefox/Linux-AMD64.

    EDIT: And, as I hate it, I've crafted a filter suitable for AdBlock Plus and derivatives that gets rid of the damn things. Just stick this in your blocklist and be free of in-line images: twitter.com##.twitter-timeline-link.media-thumbnail.is-preview
     
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  8. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    Nope it's just the same on the IE in Win8. So has twitter excluded all Windows product from the update?
     
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  9. Meanmotion

    Meanmotion bleh Moderator

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    Should be universal and worldwide.
     
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  10. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    All I'm getting is the usual list of posts with the photo or video link highlighted but no preview images.
     
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  11. Meanmotion

    Meanmotion bleh Moderator

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    Not all picture links will show. Has to be official twitter hosted pics.

    Otherwise, are you blocking any scripts?
     
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  12. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    Ahh, now I see them. The feed was clutted with posts who weren't posting images via twitter themselves. my bad
     
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  13. aramil

    aramil One does not simply upgrade Forums

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    android app. Setting> image preview (untick) back to being happy :thumbup:
     
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