Last month, Facebook released their new design in beta, and it’s fun to watch it evolve.
It’s fun to watch it change. Here is a screenshot from about a week ago:
Looks like they are moving the profile photo to the right (taken 7/12):
And finally on 7/20:
Which one do you like best?
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That’s me! Yeah I think I like the second one better as well.
Moving the profile pic to the right makes it pretty much impossible to not realize this is the “new” “improved” facebook. That’s just another reason to shift it, I like the new look
Okay second attempt at posting, cus apparently I failed basic maths.. ;p
I’d heard Facebook had a beta site up, but didn’t have a direct link (thanks ;p).. really love what they’ve done with the new design, makes it look a lot cleaner, like it used to be before everyone added every app under the sun.
So yeah, I really like that the apps have moved to the “boxes” tab.
I also like how they’ve gone more web 2.0-y by putting smooth transitions between photo pages and status updates, etc.
Only thing I’m not sure about is the without the sidebar, the page feels a little weird, a bit too empty in a fullscreen (1680×1050) window.
But overall I like what they’ve done, it’s a great improvement over the existing stuff.. not that there’s anything too wrong with the existing, but you have to give the house a new coat of paint occasionally ;p
Also, a heads up: your original post (http://www.andrewmager.com/2008/05/23/facebook-redesign-in-beta/) is getting cropped. It gets cropped on the left in Firefox 3, and on the right in the latest Safari. I have a feeling it’s just that your images are too wide? ;p
And yet, in all those designs, there’s one constant — Andrew’s posing with a girl.
from a person with an art and design degree, i like the second one best. (even though that art and design degree has anything to do with web design :P)