The changes are part of Instagram‘s drive to improve its erstwhile, lacklustre web interface which faced wide criticism from many quarters.
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Instagram revolutionized how we searched for pics of celebrities getting wasted on yachts on mobile, and now they’re bringing that same experience to the web. What’s more, landing pages for Geo-tags and hashtags are now available and – my personal favorite – searching for a particular location, will bounce you to the top image results for that place.
Instagram, the Facebook-owned mobile photo sharing app, is slowly adding desktop capabilities (such as support for larger photos).
Since 2010, smartphone users have been editing square-shaped photos with unique filters inside an app and then posting them to a social network.
While the day may never come that Instagram users will be able to edit-and-post images on the web, the company today took a big step forward in making the web experience more like its mobile cousin.
Today, Instagram is adding search to its desktop experience.
It’s worth noting that you’ll need an Instagram account in order to access web-based search, since the site requires you to log-in before the box appears. Those apps have always had search functions, which power the network’s popular hashtags. And earlier this month, it began letting users share high-resolution photos.
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“While Instagram.com is designed to be complementary to the mobile apps, it’s important to the global conversations that happen on Instagram”, an Instagram spokesperson said.
