According to Mashable, Facebook is getting a redesign. After looking at the screenshots, shown below, it’s seems to be quite a substantial tweak to the architecture. Personally I find Facebooks current design hard to navigate and lacks basic usability. These new visuals show an appreciation for the less IT savvy facebooker. Search seems to be pushed more with a larger search box in the header and an inbox preview on the homepage seems a great idea.
Screenshots of new Facebook UI currently in user testing
News feed
Requests
Inbox preview
Notifications
Account settings tab
Your thoughts?
Let us know your thoughts on the Facebook design, both current and new, in the comments below.
December 19th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Facebook is well in need of redesign although doubt they will get it right…. check out facebook facelift concept on behance.
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Facebook-Facelift-Home-Profiles-_amp-Publisher/314489
That is how it should be done…
December 19th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I think it probably does look better, but I can just imagine the outrage and backlash from the masses of users already, as long as they can still create groups opposing the change, it’ll all be fine!
December 19th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Maybe a big ‘START’ button too
December 21st, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Facebook is horrendous to navigate now – the way I use it, I want it to be a diary to help me connect with friends, e.g. shared events given a prominent place on the homepage…rather than just news updates from people i’m ‘friends’ with but rarely interact with. If facebook filtered out people whose profiles you viewed rarely, or gave you more control over the content that’s fed on the homepage, it would be a lot better imo.