Pinterest Brings Back Beloved Design Features

In March, Pinterest rolled out a new site design with larger images, a cleaner layout, and several new discovery and navigation features. Since that time, users have praised and criticized various aspects of the design — and Pinterest has listened.

On Thursday, Pinterest announced it's brought back a host of features from the older version of the site, including the ability to discover the users you follow pins from and the ability to mention your friends by typing "@" before their name. You can also find out which of your Facebook or Twitter friends are on Pinterest once again.

In addition to reinstating several older features, Pinterest has also rolled out better search and widened the range of user activity notifications. Soon, users will be alerted when their newsfeed has been updated with new pins. Read more...