A quick review of Sina Weibo’s new interface.

From Jmnews: Lately, Sina MicroBlog launched its new version, with three applications added, Instant Messaging,  Social Games and Photo Album to give weibo more social network functions. It automatically upgrades to new the interface the moment users log in. The new Weibo layout is similar to SNS counterparts Facebook, Kaixin, and Renren, classifying users’ community infomation and display separately, as well as using three column wide version display, plus single unified navigation.

In its internal trial version earlier, IM function has already appeared, all users are automatically categorized into IM friends lists. Like QQ, users can choose their status: online, busy, invisible, offline etc.

Other additions include social game and social currency used for purchasing games online.

来自 Jmnews： 新浪微博改版学SNS –近日，新浪新版微博正式上线，增加了即时通讯、社交游戏和相册等应用，按照此前的高管表态，进一步强化了微博的SNS（社交网络）属性。用户在登录微博后，可选择升级至新版界面。新版微博采用三栏宽版显示外加单层统一导航的页面布局，将网友的各类社区信息进行了分类展示，与Facebook、开心网等SNS网站的布局较类似。在内测版中已经出现的即时通讯功能亦出现在新版微博界面中。记者看到，所有与微博用户相互关注的其他用户均在该IM的好友列表中；与QQ类似，还可以为自己设置在线、忙碌、隐身、离开等显示状态。

目前Facebook上最受欢迎的社交应用大部分是游戏，为了向SNS领域的先驱“看齐”，新浪微博的游戏平台亦在本版微博中亮相。目前，新浪微博游戏平台已上线微城市、得克萨斯扑克、三国杀等47款游戏。新浪微博学习Facebook的另一点则体现在新浪微博微币业务。微币是由新浪微博平台发行的虚拟货币，可用来进行微博平台的游戏增值和网络应用程序购买。