Toggling between Twitter accounts

Why did I write this article? Because I like the toggling feature implemented by Twitter but at the same time I think the user experience can be improved. Read below about the good, the bad and the bug.

The good

We started using Twitter to post product updates about our products, news from our company and notify about current promotions. Each of our products has its own account and we have one for our company also, so we have to manage 5 accounts in total. Therefore we use Twitter's multiple account toggling. Once all the accounts added, I can switch the current account from the bottom left corner in the web version when I'm using my desktop computer or my laptop and from the top left corner in the mobile application when I'm on my phone (see the image below). I am very happy that this feature exists.

It is also possible to switch the display settings from the Default background to Dark mode with Dim and Lights Out background both in the web version and in the mobile application. The web version has in plus the ability to change the font size and the color theme (shown in the image below), giving you six nice colors from which you can choose from, selected probably based on which colors look good on both white and dark background. So far so good, I love this also.

The bad

As Twitter writes: "Display settings affect all of your Twitter accounts on this browser. These settings are only visible to you." I have no problem with the fact that these settings are for my viewing pleasure only, but I am sad that I can't set these colors per twitter account. If I could do this I would color-code my accounts (like in the image below), each account to a different color (currently this is not possible, I took the screenshots by modifying the theme manually after I switched the account). Our brains are wired to remember colors, and this way I would not have to constantly check on which is the current account. I would like this very much.

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The complete article with the user experience, the suggestions, "the bug" and the conclusions is available on Soft112 (our download portal).

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