Twitter buttons get a new look and lose the share counts

Twitter's buttons are getting a new look, with share counts seeming to go the way of the manual retweet.

Twitter announced Wednesday it was updating the look of its Tweet and Follow buttons for the first time since 2011, in a post on its Developer Forums

Gone is the subtle 3D effect, blue Twitter bird and black text of the old buttons, replaced with a simple 2D white-over-blue look. These buttons, which are found all over the web, will be switching to the new look next month

This update comes at a time when many tech companies are changing their aesthetics with vibrant colors and 2D textures, most notably Google, which changed its logo earlier this month Read more...