Comments on: New Facebook Design

By: charlestlee

charlestlee — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:17:09 +0000

thanks everyone for your notes! it sounds like there’s a general consensus that FB is headed in the right direction. it will probably take some time to get use to.

jason, “hate” is a strong word…didn’t know you had such deep feelings towards facebook. you must be one of those anime convention attending dudes/geeks…lol j/k… always like your comments.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:27:55 +0000

Overall, I hate the new Facebook design; it looks too similar to Friendfeed (a service that’s useful but has a lame design that I’m not too fond of). The new design is also much more cluttered. The ads are much more prominent on every page.

The integration of the Mini-Feed and the Wall was a terrible move. It makes for annoying and tedious navigation to older wall posts from my friends. There is the option for “Posts by Others” but that’s just another hindrance and annoyance to the user.

I like the idea of the Boxes tab (I don’t even have to look at those apps anymore!), but certain apps such as Twitter or Last.fm I would like on my front page. I suppose it’s a compromise to avoid having to look at (in some cases) 30 applications that I have no interest in.

The new uhm, “update area” as I’ll call it (to add Notes, Photos, or to update your status) is awesome. It’s all in one place, and the wonders of Javascript makes it fluid and attractive. However, it’s not available on your home page (it redirects to your profile page), which is somewhat annoying.

And at least it’ll make people upgrade from IE6. Facebook is also doing a better job of policing the apps; at least they’re moving in the right direction, even if our privacy isn’t completely assured.

By: Big John

Big John — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:00:18 +0000

gasp! and i thought you’d use that twitpic from being stuck at the airport in early july as your default on facebook….. vacations have been great, leave for costa rica on friday…you?

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By: germanese

germanese — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:08:08 +0000

the overview is a little better now. but may be we all need a little time to adjust. but i love the fact its not loaded with all the applications now, since they seperate wall, info, photos and boxes!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:07:22 +0000

I think the new facebook is good, once you get used to the new design. Any user that is logging into the new design for the first time will feel overwhelmed at first, but eventually it will come to them.

As a Web Designer, I do have a few issues with the layout as some of the images are just floating in the layout. For example the profile pictures are just images with no border. It wouldn’t be that hard to place a nice little border around the images to make them fit into the layout.

The tabs idea is a good one for organization, but the user should have the option to re-order the tabs and/or set a default tab they wish their friends to see first.

Overall, I think the design is good and with a few more changes it would be perfect.