Facebook Homepage Layout Changed

5 February 2010 View Comments

Facebook has got another ” Face Lift ” sorry for the pun :-) The worlds most popular social networking site has redesigned its homepage in an effort to make the Facebook experience easier for its users. The goal is to spare users from having to jump from one page to another to access their favorite features such as online chat contacts.

Some of you may be wondering why you haven’t yet received the new homepage layout, well the first group of users got the update on Thursday, Facebook’s 6th birthday. As of Thursday evening, 80 million out of Facebook’s 400 million customers should have received the new home page, according to Inside Facebook.

A guide to Facebook's new home page (Credit: Facebook)

The top menu of the Facebook home page now displays icons for requests, messages, and other notifications. The icons turn into red bubbles when you’ve got new requests waiting for your attention. Just click on one of the icons, and a drop-down menu appears showing you all the items in that list.

The right side of the top menu now displays links that take you home or to your profile page. A new account menu lets you quickly access your account settings, help center, and related pages.

In the middle of the top menu is a new search field, through which you can find names, subjects, and other items of interest. Type the name of a friend, for example, and you’ll find recent posts, photos, and other content for that person. Type the name of a subject, such as Haiti earthquake, and you’ll also find groups and pages devoted to that cause.

The left side of the new home page offers links to your news feed, messages, friends, and photos. But there’s a twist here as well. Click on the Friends link, and the Friends page pops up in the center. Click on the Photos link, and your own photo albums and those of your friends appear. The center of the home page essentially stays the same by displaying your news feed, though you can now bounce between top news and most recent news.

What do you think about this new Facebook homepage? Do you like it? Is it easier for you to use?

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Cnet