Twitter has announced on their blog a brand new Follow Button.
Instead of the square button we’re all used to seeing with a simple link to a user’s Twitter page, Twitter will serve up a chicklet that leads to a special page with the user’s last few tweets, along with a brief list of followers and followees, starting with people you have in common. They’ve also tricked the button out with an up-to-the-minute follower count right inline.
An added (and certainly planned) bonus for Twitter is that the new button forces people to stop using their old logo and switch to the one they rolled out last year.
Here’s a live example:
(No, I’m not Dave Holmes.)
I’ll be interested to see how quickly people integrate this new button. Twitter has quite a list of major media outlets that have already adopted the button, and that may help common folks pick it up more quickly.
I should also mention that the new design blends quite well with Twitter’s official Tweet button, finally unifying their brand.
On the other hand, while the new button has some nice information built in, I’ve grown quite fond of my personal blog’s little line of buttons. Adding a chicklet to the bunch is almost like breaking up The Beatles. I might be quicker to switch if the design matched the Facebook Like button’s dimensions, though I do understand why they didn’t go that route.
What do you think? Is this a TechCiting announcement? Or are you happy with your familiar light blue “t” button?
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