Twitter has announced that it is testing full-size images as previews in feeds for select iOS and Android users. This shift would make it so images aren’t automatically cropped to a tight, landscape-oriented version on feeds and may make them more engaging.
Announced today by Twitter’s Chief Design Officer Dantley Davis, the change is meant […]. petapixel.com
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