Google rolls out another update to the Google+ web preview

When Google announced they were opening a preview version of the next overhaul to their Google+ social media platform, they quickly found themselves inundated with negative feedback concerning both the design and the lack of features. Despite the criticism, the developers have continued to work on improving the new version. Their latest efforts were released on Friday.The updates to the web preview include the following changes:*.Links to categories in Communities now appear in the side panel so users can quickly navigate to them;*.Animated GIFs will now auto-play, although a setting was added to turn that on or off depending on the user’s preference;*.Posts in Collections can now be pinned to the top;*.The notification indicator has been changed to a white circle with black textinstead of the red circle with white text that was getting lost in the top bar;*.A new pop-up warning will appear if a user starts to navigate away from a pagewhile a new post is still being drafted to verify whether they want to discard changes.Google staff indicated the changes were based on feedback they have been receiving. In some cases the feedback was unanimous, like with the display of Community categories. Others, like auto-play of GIFs, took some creative problem-solving to balance competing requests from users.Google encourages users who check out the web preview to continue to make use of the Send Feedback menu item to help the developers continue to improve Google+.source:Luke Wroblewski(Google+)