Twitter Labs on the Way
Twitter Labs on the Way
By Zee on October 2, 2009
Labs are in season it seems. Google popularised the feature with Gmail labs, recently followed by Facebook Prototypes. Both provide a way for the sites to beta-test new features before introducing them officially to their respective communities.
Today Britt Selvitelle, Twitter’s user experience and front end engineering lead, confirmed Twitter would soon launch Twitter Labs.
Twitter Labs would allow developers to create add-ons and other features for the site. Developers have been developing for Twitter for some time via the API of course, but the new area would ensure the most popular of lab features see deep integration with Twitter.com itself.
Selvitelle announced the project at the Future of Web Apps conference in London. Let’s hope the move makes retracting tweets as easy as Gmail’s undo send.
You might be interested in:
- Breaking: Twitter announces GeoLocation API. Track tweets by location. (this site)
- Are you satisfied? (this site)
- 15 Useful Gmail Sidebar Gadgets You Won’t Find in Labs (RotorBlog.com)
- "Tasks" First Graduate Passed from Gmail Labs (BloggersBase - Technology - Internet)
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Based in London, Zee is Editor in Chief of The Next Web and Principal at online marketing and new media agency WeDoCreative . Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
