I now have the new Facebook design. I’d first heard about the anticipated changes a couple months ago and decided not to worry about the transition until it actually happened. Well it’s been happening now for the past couple days and I finally saw the design in person when Julia (my boss) got it on Monday. My own Facebook layout suddenly switched on me last night when I was preparing to blog about it. Talk about good timing. And I might’ve shrieked like a little girl when the page unexpectedly refreshed to the new look – because I’m a dork.
Here are some changes that I’ve noticed so far:
- The profile is sectioned and separated by tabs – Wall, Info, Photos, and Boxes
- You can add your favorite application(s) as additional tabs
- There’s a mysterious blank box underneath the profile picture that says, “write something about yourself” – the About Me box is now moved, i guess?
- You can directly edit on your profile without having to navigate to a different page
- The Friends box displays all of your friends, not just your main network. AND you can pick how many friends appear in the box (6, 9, 12) as well as who permanently stays in that box. MySpace, much?
- “The Publisher” is basically the Mini-feed integrated with the Wall, so that your statuses, photos, and comments are all displayed in the Wall tab. You can also edit the SIZE of each item, so as to control which stick out more.
- You can either leave new comments on other people’s Walls or comment on their existing activities/photos/statuses
Click here or here for more info. If you want to try out the new design yourself, go to http://www.new.facebook.com and see what happens.
