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Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Aaron Roach — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:05:39 -0000

I've found things to be a lot more dense since they made the upgrades. Can I say 'shithouse' on Mashable?

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Brandi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:47:02 -0000

As a constant Facebook user, it did take some time to get used to the new changes. Many of my Facebook friends are definitely NOT happy with the new layout!

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Heather — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:43:35 -0000

One thing I wish they would bring back is the way that your friends used to be organized by city. Where did that feature go? How do I easily find out how many friends I have in say, Atlanta? Two revisions ago, this wonderful feature just....disappeared. And I haven't found a work-around since.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

hellaD — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:48:59 -0000

To be honest the changes don't seem so bad to me. I really appreciate what they have done with the pages at least.

It is very true that it is a pain having to learn something you thought you knew all over again but it seems we better get used to it in this day and age. Although I guess there are ways to soften the blow as mentioned above....

Plus I have heard that it is good for your brain--keeps your neurons firing in new directions, not just in the same pathways all the time

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

tatiana wills — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:29:00 -0000

Great post! As a photographer and follower of the arts, I've joined Society6, a well designed and much more user friendly site. It solves a lot of the problems I have on FB and plans in the works to offer much more. I expect to see great things...

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Facebook User — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:48:25 -0000

I also agree with you Adam.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

davidsim — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:39:24 -0000

Is anyone else reading the blog post as "we're going to make Facebook even more complicated to use".

If they're trying to compete with Twitter, they should pay attention to the simplicity of Twitter - or stay out of the area.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

shar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:36:16 -0000

i didn't much like the last redesign in the fall, but compared to this one, the last one was the jewel in the crown. it's interesting that others here have said the same thing i've said - if i had wanted twitter gibberish, i would have gone to twitter. facebook was always so much more, AND so much more friendlier. now it's just a mishmash of crap, one right after the other with the added function of REFRESH - wtf? how last century is THAT?

the other thing mentioned is people are logging into FB less, and yes, that is certainly me, too. i used to go to FB all the time throughout the day. it was FUN to watch the live feed, one of the very best things about the last redesign. i LOVED the live feed. i also liked the fact that our pictures weren't attached to everything we did. i liked that the type font was small (and i am way older, so i'm surprised i liked it better than what we have NOW.)

FB now is an "oh, yeah, i'll log in and take a look, and get out as soon as possible. maybe update my status. yeah." before, FB to me was "ohmygod - i gotta get on FB and see what everyone is up to, read the statuses, post some pictures, play with some apps, poke a few...etc."

see the difference? i now have absolutely NO excitement at all about FB - and from my more than 350 friends, i can tell they they aren't signing on as much as before. most posted status lines expressing disenchantment with the "new" facebook - and then went silent.

and in regard to the supposed changes they will soon be making - uh, ahhhhh, so let me get this straight. they added things back IN to facebook because people complained and missed it or found the newer version undoable or annoying? do i have that right? so, tell me, what was the point again of CHANGING facebook?

that's like an automaker recalling its best designed vehicle, redesigning it to look and work like a car from 10 years ago, and expecting everyone to not only buy it, but also, love it, too. and then when buyers (users) point out all the flaws, the automaker issues add-ons, which were already factory-issued on the previous model, and says, "see, we listen to our customers!"

i'd say that facebook hasn't jumped the shark, as much as it's issued its very own Edsel.

congratulations, zuckerberg! it's a lemon!

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

polou/midorie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:41:26 -0000

Facebook's redesign would be okay if there are tidbits of instructions NOT through advertisting, rather through blogs or updates like Tweets to inform users of how to use new features. I find the homepage virtually messy to look at from the beginning of my opening of the account. There wasn't really a test phrase for users to opt-in or out, like some (MySpace) did for new homepage. In FB, I need to navigate around to control my updates or to see what updates to see or not to see. Samples like page navigation(s) or videos of how to change the updates or the way homepage looks would be a great idea.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

peter gibson — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:49:34 -0000

I just read the blog post over a t facebook. Meh, that was no response, jst some sort of lame "look what the new version can do" crap. Facebook has failed. Period. They are completely ignoring their user base with this redesign. In the first place you have to be a bit tech savvy to properly utilize it, and most facebook users are NOT tech savvy. In the second place no one wanted or needs another twitter or friendfeed because they already exist.

Microblogging is what it is, and facebook was what it was. Now facebook is what Myspace was.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Paul Carter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:25:16 -0000

I dont mind the new profiles on facebook but i'd like to be able to edit my options on the left side like buddy lists which im sure is coming soon but most people will probably not like the changes for awhile only because their still getting used to it but once the changes are polished im sure the users will not mind so much.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

janflora — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:27:31 -0000

I agree! That's pretty much what I said on the poll that was going around...Why did they want to change? Again? They had an update last year... and now it is too twitter-y, which should be kept on twitter

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Mike — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:16:47 -0000

What they still have failed to address is the fact that all the Wall-to-Wall posts are the same size/font as my Status Updates, so it looks like other people are posting status updates on my profile. I also would like to have dates added to the Recent Activities on my profile....those seem like very simple, common sense things to fix.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Manogr — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:37:50 -0000

Photo tagging (and all other things mentioned) are a nice step but we still need more info that were available before: New friendships (the best way to find new friends joining), photo comments (it is also important to see all comments in the stream), group & Page joining, event participation, application installs. The Highlights section is OK but it is also important to have the above in the stream. Especially new friendships and photo comments!

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Anna Youniverse — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:27:41 -0000

Absolutely- there was no need to fix something that wasn't broken. But this is keeping Facebook's name in the headlines as much as Twitter's seems to be... any such thing as bad publicity??

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Jim Leedham — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:10:43 -0000

The main problem that I have is that artist pages have been stripped of all their originality. Signups have dropped by 80-90%, which is incredible. Not only this, but I now have no way of contacting our members with page updates, unless they remove themselves as a fan and add themselves again. Try getting 250k people to do that.

Because of this our communication has been crippled. Nice one Facebook.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Diane Connor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:35:37 -0000

AMEN!

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Diane Connor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:34:22 -0000

Why the push to be twitter-esque? If we wanted twitter, then newsflash, we would BE on twitter! Just plain dumb...on the positive side, I know that myself and about 15 others on my friends list alone have spent at leat 50% less time on the "new and improved" (what a JOKE) facebook. It plain sucks - if it wasn't broke, WHY THE HELL FIX IT? You are shooting yourself in the foot.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

andrewroche — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:54:03 -0000

Good news, this looks like it will address most of the issues I had :)

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Geoffrey Bernardo Van Wyk — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:16:39 -0000

Facebook has lost it. They should have left good-enough alone.

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Dawid Pacha — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:11:24 -0000

So Facebook will sell Volvo instead of Porshe. Anyway, maybe the problem lays different. Maybe their recent changes which were huge went the wrong way. Maybe it didn't go the Twitter way enough. Why do they show all invites in activity feed? I want statuses, I want messages, I want photos, not quizes and presents there!

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Luc — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:12:48 -0000

I think the changes will be great.
I seems to facilitate the users ability to receive or reject information.
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Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

d3bruts1d — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:52:13 -0000

I'd be happy if the live feed wasn't using what feels like a 700px font. Jeez. Thankfully there are user scripts and styles that can easily remedy this issue. A number of people are also working on scripts to "bring back the old face book".

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Zohaib Usman — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:38:11 -0000

aaaa. if the new design is so controversial then for the time being just let the user to choose between the old and new design and keep working on the new one.
but i think new design is not bad at all

Re: Facebook Responds to Criticism Over Latest Redesign

Mike — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:16:14 -0000

Thanks for the info! I still find it difficult to enter my Page Manager and Groups from the new layout, I am just missing something?!?