In a big break with the past, the Twitter timeline has begun showing photos in their original formats such as square or portrait-shaped, at least on larger screens. Previously, all photos were automatically cropped by Twitter into a wide rectangle.
Starting December, posted photos have generally been displayed uncropped, a decision which may attract back users who got fed up with images showing up headless on their timelines.
However it still makes sense for Twitter posters to carefully edit and crop their images in advance, since followers reading their timelines on tiny phone screens and with other apps continue to require the compact view. They only see the full-view photos after clicking to expand.
The Twitter timeline ideal is an image half as high as it is wide. Web advice sites say the recommended size to date has been 506 x 253 pixels.
The short-message-based social network said the relaxation would lead to a richer and more immersive photo experience for users.
On browser timelines, Twitter has also changed its multi-photo displays to gather one big photo and three smaller ones into a compact block. However Tweetdeck, a Twitter-owned reader app, continues to display four photos of the same size in a block, as before.
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