Facebook making profile pages quicker, less cluttered
Facebook on Wednesday unveiled revamped profile pages overhauled to make the hot social-networking website faster, less cluttered and more spam-resistant.
By Agencies |
CALIFORNIA: Facebook on Wednesday unveiled revamped profile pages overhauled to make the hot social-networking website faster, less cluttered and more spam-resistant.
The new design lets Facebook members use tabs to give priority to fresh pictures, messages, or "feeds" on main profile pages and compartmentalize mini-applications and "static" information such as curriculum vitae.
The changes are motivated by feedback from users as well as a trend toward people flooding the Internet with digital content such as videos, pictures, and musings they want to instantly share, according to Facebook vice president of marketing Chamath Palihapitiya.
"We want to make sure it is easy for people to push and pull information in the form of bite-size content rather quickly," Palihapitiya said while unveiling the redesign at Facebook's office in Palo Alto, California.
"Because we want more content to be shared and created we needed to make sure the profile became simpler and cleaner. When you look at the profile today, it is actually a little cluttered."
Outside developers that write fun, functional or hip software applications for Facebook users will get to tinker with the new format beginning this week so they can "tweak" programs to fit the new profile design.
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The more than 70 million people worldwide that use Facebook will get chances to "opt-in" to redesigned profile pages during a "beta" test phase in the coming weeks. The redesign is "in flux" and the final outcome will depend on input from members, according to Facebook director of platform product marketing Ben Ling.
"Facebook has heard from users it has become slower, more cluttered and spammier," said iLike president Hadi Partovi, a leading music discovery service on Facebook and other social networks.
"I don't know if they will solve everything but I think that they are taking many steps in the right direction."
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