Facebook has a reputation for continuously changing the way its users interact with the site, adding new features and restructuring the interface constantly. Recently at the F8 Developers Conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced a serious shift in the Open Graph platform, with the addition or reinvention of several major areas of the site.
The addition of the Ticker helps keep users’ News Feeds clear from information overload while still allowing them to see what their friends are doing. The Timeline, which will be rolled out in the next few weeks, will replace users’ profile pages, making it easier to see both past content and major milestones and allowing users to supply additional information as they desire. The new Gestures features will add depth and diversity to the spectrum of possible reactions and interactions of users with content on Facebook and the web at large. Open Graph underpins all of these features, enabling everything from simpler iphone app development to tighter content integration within Facebook’s own app platform.
Ticker
Facebook has removed interactions it calls “lightweight” from the News Feed and placed them in the new Ticker in the hopes that it will prompt more people to post and comment on content. Some users seem to shy away from posting a lot of content to the site because they’re afraid of overcrowding their friends’ News feeds, but the Ticker eliminates that concern by placing comments and app activities into a scrolling, real time feed that’s easily ignored but also easily monitored and used.
Timeline
The latest version of users’ profile pages, Timeline, was unveiled at the conference and has been widely embraced, at least in theory. If the first iteration of Facebook user profiles were the first five minutes of a conversation, the Timeline would be the next several hours. It shows a broader view of a user’s history, letting less important events drop off while highlighting major things from each person’s life. Users can (and are encouraged to) go back through their Timeline and add important events, photos or links to give their friends a more complete picture of their lives.
Gestures
In the past, users have been forced to use a single type of interaction, the “Like”, to communicate their feelings on a subject or piece of content. Now, however, developers have the ability to add new actionable items to their content, like a “Read” option for a blog or a “Hiked” option for a park trail. In the past, users didn’t have a way to frame their interactions, but that’s going to change drastically when developers start building new Gestures into their Facebook apps and websites.
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nice share fb timeline really great design……and biggest change
I understand that Facebook has to keep growing and changing and they are doing it all the time. However, I find most of the Facebook changes confusing. I honestly hate Ticker and what they’ve done with the chat list. I don’t even turn on the chat anymore since Facebook decides about my chat lists.
There is a sudden outbursts of users on FaceBook updates it has placed on their profiles. Many people are complaining the said updates though. I don’t know if you noticed it, many people are wanting the “old FB” back.
I find the timeline to small to follow don’t u?
I have to agree with Ana. I do understand the need for innovation, especially in light of Google+’s amazing growth in such a short time, however, as a longtime Facebook user I find the changes upsetting. The time it will take me to adjust to the new features is time better spent doing other activities. Although many people will probably adjust I have stopped using Facebook as much as I used to. I hate that Ticker!
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I really loved the new timeline of facebook, (it increased number of developers on facebook by 2 crore in just 2 days, because its only available to developers atm hehehe)
I am also frustrated with the changes. Especially on the chat box. Sometimes, it functions and sometimes it doesn’t. But I like on what they did with the comment thing. I mean you can comment on just anything. I like that. But I hate the chat box now.
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Timeline looks interesting ! I wonder what the next profile change will look like.
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Facebook is always change better. But not all people love the changes, because some people will be confused at the beginning and must learn about it.
Looks interesting but to be honest I have not tried it myself yet.
I have tried it and found it interesting
I really enjoy facebook, and other applications are always progressing
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I like timeline :) It make facebook different and with good style ;) At the begining is lil bit hard to organizate, but it’s easy ;)
Its so easy now with timeline but it feels a bit uneasy as its new.
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