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# Twitter gets more visual, with better photo display
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/12/twitter-photos-not-cropped/
- Published: 2015-12-08T13:32:34.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-08T13:38:38.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: multimedia, photos, X (Twitter)

The old days of Twitter just being 140 characters pushed through SMS are very long gone. Another step towards making it a channel for rich media experiences hit last night, with news that [Twitter will no longer be cropping photos in Tweets](https://blog.twitter.com/2015/a-new-look-for-your-twittercom-photos?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) when you view them in the stream. This is what a portrait-orientation photo will look like:

![New look for twitter com photos 1](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/12/new_look_for_twitter.com_photos_1.jpg?resize=700%2C390 "new_look_for_twitter.com_photos_1.jpg")

And this is how galleries will look in the stream:

![New look for twitter com photos 2](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/12/new_look_for_twitter.com_photos_2.jpg?resize=700%2C390 "new_look_for_twitter.com_photos_2.jpg")

And it was just in time for the big Apple “news” today:

> “This is something only Apple can do.” [pic.twitter.com/r2lnvK4adn](https://t.co/r2lnvK4adn?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — ᶰᵒᵗ Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) [December 8, 2015](https://twitter.com/JonyIveParody/status/674216251456135168?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

## The Twitterati react…

Reaction has been mixed. On the positive side:

> Photos will now matter even more on [https://t.co/pNNWp2M5PM](https://t.co/pNNWp2M5PM?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). [https://t.co/vhRkUDUtkv](https://t.co/vhRkUDUtkv?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [pic.twitter.com/Sow3Y74Ws0](https://t.co/Sow3Y74Ws0?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Elana Zak (@elanazak) [December 7, 2015](https://twitter.com/elanazak/status/673887253719031808?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

And Elana is right. Twitter engagement has been heavily driven by images for a long time now. This is just going to increase that.

On the negative:

> ffs twitter’s new photo layout has ruined everything [pic.twitter.com/h1pxFS3nqi](https://t.co/h1pxFS3nqi?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Tom Phillips (@flashboy) [December 7, 2015](https://twitter.com/flashboy/status/673886989297573888?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Mourn for the wits of Twitter.