The March edition of the Reliance Web Newsletter.
This month we see lots of changes to social media. Starting with Facebook, they have launched an interactive manual to break down their
security settings to make it easier for all to understand. We also see Twitter has opened up room to include more content into their 140
character limited platform. And finally, we take a look at an upcoming web trend of 2017: Geometric shapes, lines, and patterns.
As always, if you have any questions feel free to send an email to support@relianceit.com.au or give us a call. We'd be happy to hear from you.
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Facebook Makes its Privacy Settings Easier to Grasp With “Privacy Basics”
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Ensuring that your Facebook account is only accessible to people you know can be an overwhelming experience
as the social network service has a privacy setting menu that is rather extensive.
In an attempt to make these crucial security settings more accessible to everyone, Facebook has launched
a new "Privacy Basics" page that breaks down all parts of Facebook’s privacy settings into bite-sized chunks.
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Twitter's new, longer tweets have arrived
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Tweets are holding steady at 140 characters, but a variety of additions to your tweets will no longer count
against that limit. As The Verge reported Twitter said it was rolling out expanded tweets around the world.
Media attachments including images, GIFs, videos, and polls will no longer count against the 140-character
limit. Neither will quote tweets, though if include a link to another tweet in your own that will count
as normal.
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Web Design Trends 2017: Geometric shapes, lines, and patterns
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It seems as though the use of geometric shapes, lines, and patterns have really taken off in the late part
of 2016, and I anticipate this continuing through 2017. There are various ways in which geometric shapes
have made their way into websites. Be it the use of circles around images, photos that are geometric heavy,
or the overall design of the site relies heavily on the use of lines and patterns.
There is nearly infinite amount of ways in which you an integrate geometric shapes, lines, and patterns
into your website, and this could be one way in which designers take fat design to a new level (and even
add some personality, as mentioned above). Overall, expect to see these types of design styles more throughout
2017.
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