Users have requested it and, after rumors a few months ago today we can confirm it: Instagram now lets you check user profiles on the web Thus, the social network of photography takes a position on the web, although notably marking that its target is mobile devices And it is that, despite the fact that each user already has a more or less public profile on the web, the password of Instagram, photography and its editing, is still limited to smartphonesand tablets
But, so what does it mean to have a profile on the web, as well as in the application itself Instagram? According to the note published in the blog of this social network, the purpose is to allow anew way of sharing photos A showcase of what our account Instagram can contribute, showing our latest snapshots and offering the possibility to follow the user profile, comment and rate the photos or, if it is our own profile, edit it All from any browser
However, as we say, the raison d'être of Instagram continues in the application.And it is that in the web profiles we cannot search for other new users, we cannot upload new images from the computer, we can't share photos on other social networks or even edit with filters Something that is either will be included soon, or it is a thought strategy to avoid losing its influence on mobile devices, where its number of users continues to grow. Being the most probable this second option.
The negative point that we have found in these profiles on the web is the need to know the username of the one you want to visit. The page of Instagram does not have any type of search engine, so it is necessary to introduce it in the browser bar the page http://instagram.com/ plus the username to access your profile (an example: http://instagram.com/kevin). Here we present a design that inevitably reminds us of Facebook Just note that we have a profile picture on the left framed by a larger showcase showing the last shared images , just like Facebook, but in a more dynamic wayIn the profile we can also know the number of followers with which it counts, the number of users that it follows , and all shared photos As we have said, these can be seen if we click on them, being able to add a comment and press the Heart button or Like In addition, it is possible to start follow the user thanks to the button under his profile picture.
It seems the layout of this user page isn't too random For Facebook is one of your strongest income points thanks to the brandswho decide to use this channel, so it is possible that it pursues the same purpose for its recently acquired Instagram The creation of these profiles is automatic and progressive, so it will take a while for all users to have it. Would you like to have all the possibilities of Instagram also on the web? The outlet The Verge affirms that they are not the intentions of Instagram, although they are thinking of taking the website the news tab We will have to see how this affects the photography social network more extended.
