Back in December, I blogged about how Facebook was planning to have a major redesign to their website and it looks as though that day is finally here. According to Facebook, they started rolling out the the new design changes to 80 million users last night. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the lucky 80 million users (but somehow Jeff Hilimire was one of them). I got to take a look at his Facebook page, and although it will be a shock to most of the Facebook community at first, these changes will make “Facebooking” much easier.
Below are my top 3 things I like most about the new redesign:
1. Email Message Inbox – now you can check your messages and send messages without having to leave the homepage 2. Instant Messaging – your IM contact list will no longer be hidden in a popup menu in the bottom right corner of the page and has been moved to the left sidebar 3. Search – larger and more prominently placed search bar
What are your thoughts on the changes? Do you think it will improve your experience on Facebook?
I've always wondered how Facebook tests their pending redesigns. Prior to the launch, I always read how "they" (the staff) love the new design and assure us that it will be more functional and user-friendly. Each redesign is always marked with mass resentment by Facebook's users and the creation of a few hundred groups petitioning to change it back.
When Facebook launches a redesign, it always seems that they treat their users like 350 million guinea pigs. Redesign the site, and then overhaul that redesign 6 months later. Facebook has to be one of the most constantly redesigned sites out there (except for of course, my personal webpage...)
I want to hear that Facebook runs a redesign by a focus group of real, everyday Facebook users. Users from tweens to college students to professionals to mommy bloggers, and from a user who checks Facebook on the hour, every hour to someone who checks it once a month. I want to hear THEM approve the redesign before it's launched, and not a biased blog post where Facebook employees pat themselves on the back for a job (they think) well done.
Facebook celebrates b-day with major redesign
Back in December, I blogged about how Facebook was planning to have a major redesign to their website and it looks as though that day is finally here. According to Facebook, they started rolling out the the new design changes to 80 million users last night. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the lucky 80 million users (but somehow Jeff Hilimire was one of them). I got to take a look at his Facebook page, and although it will be a shock to most of the Facebook community at first, these changes will make “Facebooking” much easier.
Below are my top 3 things I like most about the new redesign:
1. Email Message Inbox – now you can check your messages and send messages without having to leave the homepage
2. Instant Messaging – your IM contact list will no longer be hidden in a popup menu in the bottom right corner of the page and has been moved to the left sidebar
3. Search – larger and more prominently placed search bar
What are your thoughts on the changes? Do you think it will improve your experience on Facebook?