Product Manager Peter Deng explains the ins and outs of the redesign, as well as the reasoning behind it. Spoiler alert- it’s for a better UI (user interface) experience.
Here’s the video from Mashable’s Ben Parr:
More features after the jump!
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The release of the new homepage for Facebook has begun recently, and if yours hasn’t shifted yet, don’t worry, it will. Facebook has simplified the homepage to make it more user friendly. The same information is there, just in less space- something needed with the popularity of netbooks, and with the iPad on the horizon.
1. New requests, messages, and notifications are grouped together by the logo (clicking on the logo will take you to the home page as well). If you’re wondering what I’m talking about- they’re the shadowed icons to the right of the logo.
2. News Feed: The News Feed now includes the ability to update your status, as well as Top News (the most popular happenings among your friends, be it comments, becoming a fan, or joining a group) and Most Recent (what’s happening now- the live update). Formerly these were were labeled View News Feed and View Live Feed respectively.
3. Account drop-down. This is where all the buttons that used to be on the top bar went to. Edit Friends, Account Settings, Privacy Settings, Application Settings, Credits Balance, Help Center, and Logout now live here.
4. Bookmarks. If you didn’t even know these existed before, don’t worry too much about it (they used to be on the bottom left, opposite the chat box).
5. Friends Online. This is a new feature. The friends that will show up here are the ones you interact with the most on Facebook- be it messages, chat or wall posts- the rest of your online friends are viewable in chat.
6. Chat. Almost the same as before- the drag and drop feature has been removed, so you’ll just have to add friends to lists by typing.
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I’ve watched some, I think, good movies over the past week. (No, that’s not where I’ve been. Well, it kinda is. But not entirely.)
First up was Surrogates, which I already talked about here. The next was Gamer, a movie I don’t recommend because of the amount if nudity in it, although the storyline was decent. And tonight I watched the “horror comedy” Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. It’s in a similar vain as Shawn of the Dead, but more apocalyptic.
It’s ironic that all three deal with the apparent and possible end of mankind. And you know what- I have a secret: I love it.
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Church Crunch has an open thread conversation going about this topic, and reading through those comments inspired this post.
Here’s what I wrote:
At first my ADOS (Attention Deficit ooooh shiny…) came out, and I was salivating more than Pavlov’s dog. But the cool effect has worn off.
I really think @TimMcDaniel nails it with his 6th point, “…this is not a device to help creatives create – but this will be perfect for presenters to present.”The welcome center, the kidcheck stations- all great stuff, albeit very cool as well!
More on my post inspired by this convo….
~NickShoe
Many contributors see the advantage of Apple’s latest and greatest for presentation effect. Be it in a church’s welcome center or utilized as a KidCheck station, the cool factor will definitely be there.
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I found out about FullApologies.com from Vayner Media’s “19 of this Week’s Best Links”.
I wasn’t ready for it. I don’t think you’ll be either.
The site features the basic synopsis of those that have killed people due to being drunk while driving, and their video apology to (apparently) the family of those they are responsible for killing.
I wasn’t a fan of the name when it was announced yesterday, and this may be why (even if I didn’t know it yet). For some great perspective on the iPad, check this out.
For the funny video you came to see, keep going…WARNING! PG-13 (TV14) CONTENT! If correct anatomical reference offends you, don’t watch this.
Ok- this was from 2006. (Credit to Mashable for exposing me to it.) Wow. And I thought it wouldn’t be until SNL this week that we’d see anything like this. It was suggested all over yesterday, but clearly we are behind.
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Today I Twittered this:
I don’t watch the news because people are paid to report it.
And my friend Collin asked me this:
Just out of curiosity where do you get your news?
I was going to quickly answer him, but, as the three of you that are actually reading this may already know, I’m not like that. Ask me what time it is, and I’ll tell you how to build a clock.
Collin, here is the answer to your question my friend:
OK- so this is going to sound weird outside of context. Twitter.
Yesterday was MLKJr. Day. Did you notice?
Perhaps you did, but only when you walked to your mailbox and found nothing; or put your trash out in the morning, only to return home that evening with it not picked up; or when you went to the bank and nearly dislocated your arm trying to open the locked door. Don’t feel badly- I’m with you, the mail didn’t come yesterday for me either. So what do I, we, do in light of our “bliss”?
I’ve talked about my upbringing before (read it, it’s good). And I’d have to say that I’m still there. Every day.
Yesterday I read a post about MLK that came from a different angle. (Read that one too- so you have some context for my next sentence.)
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This is why music is the universal language (and laughter):
This took place at the Newark airport during the lock down after the security breech there.
Recently I traveled to The Frigid North with my family, and nothing reminds me how much I love traveling like spending more time in airports than I’d like to. (Of course I being sarcastic here; I love traveling, but road trips are better.)
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