Digg It, New Features Online

The social media website Digg unveiled some pre-Christmas goodies for their users, including a Digg for Podcasts beta and some changes to the site's main page.

Digg users were in for an eye-popping surprise this morning as the site delivered another makeover to its user interface. The left-side navigation menu and other options have been shifter to the top of the screen, where a new feature debuted. Registered users can visit the new Podcasts section. It's an ambitious effort to make podcasts from a broad swath of interests available for Digg users. It also arrives with a Diggnation were virtually in reverse time order at press time. The user interface update included a more flexible layout. That way people who have huge monitors can get more use out of all that visual real estate. It also makes the top-navigation shift a more sensible place for those choices. Videos received a prominent place at the top of the Digg interface, between News and Podcasts. They also added a couple of new video-specific options, a top-10 video list, and the ability to preview videos on Digg without having to leave the site. The act of distinguishing News, Videos, and Podcasts Digg areas extends into the user profiles. Tabs for each of those choices organize them to make it easier for people to track what they have Dugg by category. Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.