Instagram’s mobile app might be getting continuous updates, what with the addition of a dark mode, and the new Restrict accounts option, but the web interface for the photo-sharing platform has always lagged behind, feature-wise.
Instagram is working on Direct for the desktop website pic.twitter.com/2Yc0T94wh1
According to screenshots posted by her on Twitter, the Instagram Direct on web feature will have an interface that’s very similar to Facebook Messenger on the web. That’s likely a good thing, considering that Facebook owns Instagram, and Mark Zuckerberg has mentioned that he would like to make messages inter-exchangeable across its platforms — I’m not certain if that’s a great thing, but a consistent web-UI for messaging on all of Facebook’s platforms definitely seems like a good step towards it.
On Instagram Direct for desktop web, thread info becomes a sidebar just like Messenger for desktop web pic.twitter.com/OJH61aoCqU
