Orkut News: New version for Orkut is released

Today Orkut officially announced and launched a brand new version of orkut for its team members and some of the lucky orkut users as well and guess what I am one of them. This is a huge step taken by orkut as whole orkut interface has been changed and I have to say its pretty impressive. Lets look at the what all we have in new version of orkut.

Features in new version of orkut:

- Fewer pages and faster browsing

- A clean and simple interface

- Greater personalization

Fewer pages and faster browsing

No one likes to wait keeping this in mind Orkut has improved its loading speed by using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and also reduced number of pages as well which will take less time in waiting for things to load and more time doing what really matters which is hanging out with your friends!

• Fewer pages to get more control over your account like list of all your friends and communities can be seen in one frame block just by scrolling that block.  

A clean and simple interface

Its good to see that Orkut has not congested all the things in reducing the pages. The new looks looks clean and simple but though dynamic which is the best part. Now you can even use your friends' profile pages to keep up with their most recent activities and leave them scraps which is similar to facebook or twitter. Other cool features..

1. Larger pictures

2. Recent visitors thumbnail photos rather then having their name 

3.Targeted friend suggestions

 

Greater personalization

You can personalize your orkut profile and homepage choosing from 5 colors Blue, Green, Orange, Pink and Black. One drawback is that with this new orkut version there is no orkut theme’s available for now other features…

• Customize your "about me" section

 

This new version of orkut is rolled out to few of the orkut user so if you have any friends who has an active new version account ask him to invite you  or you can even come to know by this icon that will appear on your friends' profile pages, next to their names. One more option is available you can join official community by which you can get an invite.

 

The New Orkut Experience video:

With this new version of orkut I would like to thank orkut team for giving us our old orkut in a great new package and wish them all the best for future. Please do share you experience with us about all new orkut version.

[Via: Official Orkut Blog ]