Facebook Confirms Streamlined Homepage Layout
One of the most obvious differences in the page layout is the apparent absence of the default 'Publisher' box where you type your status, now replaced by an 'Update Status' button. So, the stalkers out there don't have to worry anymore about accidentally posting their ex's name as a status update instead of looking them up in the search bar.
The most significant change, the 'Top News' addition, seems a little confusing. Even though Facebook told the Next Web that it wants to "balance the most important and the most recent information," it isn't readily apparent how the social networking site plans to differentiate between "recent" and "top" stories. Particularly since the screen shot of the 'Top News' feed includes the mundane and not-so-newsworthy, "Oww! my nose hurtsssssss!"
The aesthetic changes do look great, though. Since they're still in testing mode and haven't been fully implemented yet, be on the lookout just in case you happen to be one of the relative few who have been luckily awarded that enviable first test drive. If you're seeing the changes, chime in on the comments below. [From: The Next Web]
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kmrobison90 said 2:32PM on 10-07-2009
i'm tired of all the updates!
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dabbykay said 2:37PM on 10-07-2009
Oh stop with the updates!!
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Chris said 3:36PM on 10-07-2009
Facebook needs to cool it with the updates, I didn't hear anyone complaining about Facebook's layout before the first redesign, and I don't hear anyone complaining now.
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Marie said 3:45PM on 10-07-2009
I wish they would get rid of that stupid Suggestion box and move Events up so I know when my friends' birthdays are coming up. >:[
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kristam said 3:55PM on 10-07-2009
Perhaps they should get this version to work right before they launch a new one!
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themacway said 7:29PM on 10-07-2009
just like microsoft...
Anne said 4:56PM on 10-07-2009
the only thing facebook needs to do is get rid of the spam.
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chrysalis725 said 6:53PM on 10-07-2009
STOP with the flipping changes!!!
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thebearjew328 said 6:58PM on 10-07-2009
Really? Facebook was at its best three years ago. It's really getting bad now.
But it's not that big a deal. It's kind of sad we're so concerned about a social networking site.
Human folly. Oh well.
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pfct10nailzz said 7:17PM on 10-07-2009
WELL i just want a facebook.. I havent been able to log in for the last 5 days!! I keep getting a msg that my account is unavailable check back in a few hours.. few hours.. more like days... geez!
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freezher17 said 8:15PM on 10-07-2009
It is time to stop with the changes!! We get news on the computer, the newspaper, the television and the radio. Facebook came along with something that is fun. But it is not satisfied with that. We finally found something that we can interact with our friends and families together and yet not in the same towns. We were enjoying it and now you want to ruin it all. Well, go ahead! I can get out of it as easy as I got into it. When you put news and hollywood into it, then you can have it back. Who cares who is pregnant? and who cares who cheated on who. we get all that stuff on the computer news. For me that is enough. I dare say a lot of people feel the same way. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
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barbara Ward said 9:43PM on 10-24-2009
How do I look up someone on facebook
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