instagram is testing a new profile grid design that features rectangular images instead of the square ones you're used to. In an instagram Story, Adam Mosseri has revealed that the app is testing a vertical grid for user profiles. He explained that the original square grid was designed back in the day when the app only allowed users to upload square photos. Those days are long gone and the vast majority of uploads to instagram are seemingly vertical, specifically 4 x 3 images and 9 x 16 videos. He called the cropping of those uploads to a square format “pretty brutal.”
When you click on instagram's video tab, you'll already see a rectangular grid, so the experimental layout won't feel too strange to you. In fact, the test profile looks exactly the same, according to a screenshot taken by one user. Posted in Threadsexcept the grid includes photo posts and not just videos. A spokesperson said instagram-vertical-profile-grids-mess-up-layouts” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:The Verge;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>The edge that the test has only been rolled out to a small number of users and that the instagram team will listen to feedback before expanding the availability of the redesigned grid.
Based on an ancient x.com/alex193a/status/1592608310414692352″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:post;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>mail The app, designed by Alessandro Paluzzi and reverse-engineered by the new rectangular grid layout, has been working on it since at least 2022. It looks like the test is rolling out to more users, and it seems not everyone is happy with it. Mosseri posted his story in response to a comment submitted to his “Ask Me Anything” session, asking that the app not remove the old layout.
