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Facebook wants to give its users
better control over the information they share by giving the website a brand
new look, the company unveiled on Wednesday. Among other things, the new design
will include a feed tab, as well as photos and applications tabs, and much
more. Not all features will become available instantly, but some users will get
to test the new design starting this June.
Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook’s
vice president of product marketing, explained that they are in fact following a
trend, and as people are increasingly telling a narrative, they want to make it
easier for users to do that. Facebook is currently focusing on the way
users want to share information with their friends, as well as be updated with
their friends’ latest activities.
Another reason for making the
change is to get rid of an overcrowded interface. However, it’s hard to satisfy
everyone, and every time changes are made in the interface, there will always
be users who will feel unsatisfied and confused about the redesign. Facebbok currently
has over 70 million members they need to keep happy.
The developers have already
started murmuring about the changes, which they didn’t get to test yet, and how
that will affect them, considering users will need an extra click in order to
reach some applications. As CNET News reported, some developers complained that
Facebook’s platform is dominated by “corporate” apps, and now with those extra
clicks, it’s pretty clear some will be very unhappy about the redesign.
And then again, some developers
seem happy about it, as one of them, who wished to remain anonymous, confessed
to the same source that the new interface is better, more dynamic and allows
more room for breathing, adding that the old design was “very constricted.”
The way users and developers
will react to the changes is something difficult to predict, but Facebook is
confident that most of them will welcome the initiative.
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