Facebook is celebrating its sixth anniversary with another redesign of its homepage.
Employees at Facebook last night were celebrating the company's anniversary, passing the 400 million user mark and the launch of yet another home page makeover.
The redesign is the latest of several home page changes launched by the company in recent years -- many times to the consernation of its users. The latest makeover, according to Jing Chen, a Facebook engineer, is focused improving navigation to the many features on the site.
"We think sharing information about the applications you use enriches the shared experience between you and your friends," said Chen in a Facebook blog post. "We hope the simplified design of the home page will make it easy for you to stay connected with the people, applications and activities that matter the most to you."
For example, the updated home page provides alerts about messages, notifications and requests. And the menu on the left-hand side of the page has added links to messages, events, photos and applications. If you click on "friends", a list of friend suggestions pops up, along with friend search options. Click on "applications" and you can see what Facebook apps your friends have been using.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9152799/
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Employees at Facebook last night were celebrating the company's anniversary, passing the 400 million user mark and the launch of yet another home page makeover.
The redesign is the latest of several home page changes launched by the company in recent years -- many times to the consernation of its users. The latest makeover, according to Jing Chen, a Facebook engineer, is focused improving navigation to the many features on the site.
"We think sharing information about the applications you use enriches the shared experience between you and your friends," said Chen in a Facebook blog post. "We hope the simplified design of the home page will make it easy for you to stay connected with the people, applications and activities that matter the most to you."
For example, the updated home page provides alerts about messages, notifications and requests. And the menu on the left-hand side of the page has added links to messages, events, photos and applications. If you click on "friends", a list of friend suggestions pops up, along with friend search options. Click on "applications" and you can see what Facebook apps your friends have been using.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9152799/
