Facebook redesign – yay or nay?
Within the social networking realm, one of the most important changes which has sparked a lot of criticism this week has been Facebook’s new layout. A recent poll shows that 94% of Facebook users (out of 800,000) dislike the new design, saying it’s “confusing”, “ugly”, and “hard to use”.
But there are a group of people who are benefiting greatly from the changes, and those people are Facebook developers with great, legitimate applications. In the post, “Facebook Redesigns Succeeds: Widgets Are Dead”, Vasanth Sridharan reaffirms Facebooks main goal of getting rid of the useless clutter and keeping the site 100% real and clean.
“From Facebook‚Äôs perspective, [the redesign] is great news ‚Äì they want applications to be robust, not just one-off jokes that sit on your profile long after you‚Äôre done with them. For many developers, this means they’ll have to find something else to do. The good news? The developers that actually want to build a business are responding to the changes.” (source: BusinessInsider.com)
Some of the best applications on Facebook – Where I’ve Been, iLike, Twitter, Causes, Pandora are sticking around for the long run admist the rough sea of changes. To see the Applications Directory on Facebook, visit the page here.
How do you feel about the new Facebook layout? If you are an application developer, are you satisfied with the new look? How do you think it will affect your application, and your user numbers, on the site?
Vote and post your thoughts on the layout here. You can also post comments below.
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