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"News Feed" and "Live Feed" have been changed to the more descriptive "Top News" and "Most Recent," notifications have been clustered in a compact space in the top left corner (next to the Facebook logo), and the horizontal navigation at the top of the screen is now in a sidebar on the left of the screen.
Facebook has posted an easy-to-grasp tour of the new layout, in case you're having trouble finding certain features that have been relocated. The only one I find needlessly confusing is the logout button, which is now hiding under the "account" menu in the top right corner. What's the matter, Facebook? Don't want your users to log out?
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Subscribe to commentssammeke288Feb 5th 2010 12:14PM
hmm i still have the old one
GuillermoFeb 5th 2010 12:25PM
My only complaint is that I used to be able to drag a friend list over the news feed in the left-hand bar, so that my news feed consisted only of events from those friends. Now I can’t do that anymore, and I’m forced to see people I’m not really that interested about.
AnthonyFeb 5th 2010 12:55PM
Agreed. The loss of the filtering feature absolutely sucks.
AnthonyFeb 5th 2010 12:58PM
Okay, I'm stupid. If you click on "Friends" on the left navbar, you can see your lists and show only status updates.
I need sleep.
GuillermoFeb 5th 2010 1:43PM
Yes, Anthony, but what I meant is that you can’t make it the default anymore. I have a “close friends” list, and in the previous version I could drag & drop that list *over* the news feed in the left bar, so that when I opened Facebook, by default I would see just that list.
cyberguy91Feb 6th 2010 6:58AM
if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, click edit settings, it gives you a place to hide certain friends and to add other friends to a "priority" list. As far as the app filtering, it can still be done, you just have to hack together a URL for each app. For example, to get Farmville posts ONLY, go to http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter=app_102452128776&show_hidden=true&ignore_self=true
For other apps, find the app id number and replace the 102452128776 in the above URL with the id of the desired app to filter.
Daniel BloisFeb 5th 2010 12:47PM
I do not have it yet either but it looks more streamlined!
JoeFeb 5th 2010 12:48PM
Initially I was slightly annoyed that the bookmarks are now only accessible from the main page, but an extra click is no big deal. I'm glad they cleaned up the News Feed/Live Feed thing. That was certainly one of my least favorite parts of the last update. All in all, not bad.
I'm generally far more concerned with changes they make to the privacy policy than any interface changes.
Brad JensenFeb 5th 2010 4:04PM
I like it. The search box doesn't fit well, though.
aanidaaniFeb 5th 2010 6:33PM
I like the new design, but I don't really know what "Top News" means. Does Facebook somehow pick news that is more exciting than other news and how does it know what constitutes "Top" news for me?
DeoWulfFeb 5th 2010 8:45PM
This is another rollout thing. My sister has had it for at least two months. I still want it on mine.
Deborah WaltersFeb 9th 2010 2:30PM
the news feed is really bad. The posts go from as much as 6 hrs old to recent and not in any particular order. One time I click to home, I get one set of posts, then the very next time (usually within a few seconds), I get another set of posts. This is the biggest problem I have with the new layout. I can't find posts I just saw a few minutes earlier.