What will the redesigned Facebook homepage look like

20 Oct
2009
Mansoor Ahmed


There has been talk about the redesigned Facebook Homepage. Yesterday, screenshots were leaked that exhibited  Facebook‘s newly redesigned homepage. Facebook‘s newly redesigned homepage snapshots revealed few changes, like decrease in size for the Facebook Publisher box and a new, Friendfeed-like “Top News” filter added to the news feed.

Firstly you will see changes to the Home Page: It doesn’t look too different. The biggest change is that Facebook‘s home page news feed will now be divided up into “top news” and a more real-time “recent activity” view.

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Birthday reminders: On a member’s birthday, a pop-up version of Facebook‘s “gifts” application appears on that user’s profile so that friends can purchase virtual gifts to display.

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Mashable explained:

Facebook has also put information back into the stream that people have asked for, including photo tags, friend acceptances, relationships, event RSVPs and group memberships,

Facebook Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg believe in constant redesigning:

The great thing about Facebook is (that) we are constantly evolving the site and constantly evolving the usage,” she said. “People protested the new home page redesign, but engagement went way up and users continued to grow.

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