New Facebook equals 7 dicks

[Reaper16]

I made this image to express my feelings.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

People just don't like change.

Ever.

No biggie.

Yep.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Can someone enumerate the ways in which the new design is better? I grant you the "boxes" page; it's nice to not be inundated with applications.

But that's the only positive that I'm getting from the new layout. Someone, tell me what I'm missing.

Cut down on page views.
More application style layout.
Faster (ajax)
Less clutter.
Info all on one page instant within a click or two.
Feed+wall = great stream of info.


Just to name a few.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Cut down on page views.
More application style layout.
Faster (ajax)
Less clutter.
Info all on one page instant within a click or two.
Feed+wall = great stream of info.


Just to name a few.

In my expereince:

I don't know what you mean by cuts down on page views?
I don't see the benefit of a more application style layout. It takes me more time to do the same things.
I've noticed no change in page speed.
Agreed on the less clutter.
Old Facebook = all info on one page without clicking at all.
Some people may like the feed+wall combo, that's fine. For me, I dislike it.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

In my expereince:

I don't know what you mean by cuts down on page views?
I don't see the benefit of a more application style layout. It takes me more time to do the same things.
I've noticed no change in page speed.
Agreed on the less clutter.
Old Facebook = all info on one page without clicking at all.
Some people may like the feed+wall combo, that's fine. For me, I dislike it.

You dislike change. That's fine. Join everyone else.

Sites redesign. Period. It's for the better.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Can someone enumerate the ways in which the new design is better? I grant you the "boxes" page; it's nice to not be inundated with applications.

But that's the only positive that I'm getting from the new layout. Someone, tell me what I'm missing.

I think it's more efficient overall... instead of the newsfeed telling you that someone wrote on your wall, and a mini-feed saying the same thing, and then going to read the actual thing on your wall, it's more efficient to have the post near the top of the page to begin with. It's easy to filter between stuff you do and stuff other people do, again, instead of having it in two different places.

The front page has basic info, and with the previous layout, some people have a ton of crap in their info that you don't need to see everyday (I have several quotes that take up a lot of space).

You can also move boxes between the Wall and Boxes with the thing in the top right (most of them, anyway), so you can still show what you want on the first page. There's also an App bar at the bottom.

[geek]I think it's another step towards sliced web-surfing, where you basically get feeds of certain portions of a website without having to go to the website to view the whole thing[/geek]

[Braincase]

I'm going to create a new social website called 7dicks.com.

Meh... maybe not.

[Thig Lyfe]

I switched over to the new facebook weeks ago. I don't like it, but I'm used to it. Whatevs, yo.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

You dislike change. That's fine. Join everyone else.

Sites redesign. Period. It's for the better.

See, that first sentence evokes a reaction from me that goes something like "**** you."
I mean, I really respect you as a poster, and we see eye-to-eye often over in D.C.; I've never, until this thread anyway, gotten the impression that you think I'm a brainless moron. But you do, apparently, since you're lumping me in with this group of generic people who are resistant to any sort of change. It just seems a little harsh for something so insignificant as Facebook preferences. I would have thought that my track record here wouldn't lead to condescension like I'm some troll whose input no one values.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

You can also move boxes between the Wall and Boxes with the thing in the top right (most of them, anyway), so you can still show what you want on the first page.

I must have the wrong apps, then, because I can only move maybe 1/4 of my apps to my front page. I suspect that the designers of existing apps will improve functionality with the new layout in the coming weeks. I hope, anyway.

[2112]

Originally Posted by Claythan

Those dicks do not impress me.

And you don't impress easy

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I must have the wrong apps, then, because I can only move maybe 1/4 of my apps to my front page. I suspect that the designers of existing apps will improve functionality with the new layout in the coming weeks. I hope, anyway.

I think you're right... the apps that I can't move to the wall wouldn't fit in the left column anyway (or would look like crap), so I think it's just a design issue.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Dimension2112

And you don't impress easy

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

See, that first sentence evokes a reaction from me that goes something like "**** you."
I mean, I really respect you as a poster, and we see eye-to-eye often over in D.C.; I've never, until this thread anyway, gotten the impression that you think I'm a brainless moron. But you do, apparently, since you're lumping me in with this group of generic people who are resistant to any sort of change. It just seems a little harsh for something so insignificant as Facebook preferences. I would have thought that my track record here wouldn't lead to condescension like I'm some troll whose input no one values.

You aren't a brainless moron. I just don't see how people don't get sites change.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

You aren't a brainless moron. I just don't see how people don't get sites change.

Well you're certainly setting me up to be a sort of poster child for "people that don't get that sites change." I'm not opposed to change, and I don't think that anything I've posted says otherwise. I'm just not finding a lot of the specific changed to Facebook as beneficial as the developers intended. I'm all for Facebook improving, I just not sure that it has with this new layout.

I'm already finding the new layout unintuitive, I don't need condescension on top of that.

[Mr Luzcious]

Everybody hates it every time facebook changes. The same people who are complaining about it now will want it to stay this way instead of changing again, the next time a change rolls around.

I don't particularly care for the new layout either, but it isn't that bad. I'm sure it'l grow on us.