Facebook’s at It Again: More Changes, More Grumbling

Facebook's at It Again: More Changes, More Grumbling

JP 12:51 am on February 13, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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Facebook is the Heidi Montag of the Internet. Just when you get used to one look, it undergoes some radical plastic surgery and changes everything. The latest incarnation of the social network has got users talking — and they don’t have a lot of nice things to say. Some call it slower. Others say it’s cluttered. And lots of people seem to wonder where their status-update feeds went. Backlash against Facebook redesigns is a regular occurrence, of course, but this time some of the complaints seem legitimate.

Rolled out on the site’s sixth anniversary, the redesign uses links along the left-hand side of the page to improve the visibility of commonly used features, like pictures and applications. It’s also much easier to see which friends are online and available to chat. And new messages, requests and notifications now show at the top left of the screen — making them more noticeable, at least in theory. But as is common with any major redesign, things haven’t gone as smoothly as everyone would hope. “Dear Facebook,” wrote user Chris Donahue in his status update. “Thank you for making what used to be the simplest tasks on your site infinitely more complicated.”

Gallery: Facebook Design Changes