Summary: Facebook is changing the design of their site again. Here are a few observations, as well as a link to Mashable.
Mashable has a great write up of an impending Facebook Home Page redesign. They’ve got some screenshots of the new layout, presumably from a beta tester or from a Facebook employee. Long time users of the site will see this as old hat, as Facebook is always tinkering with their site design.
Of particular interest to me was the new location of the search box, moved from the extreme top right of the page to being more centered over the News Feed content.
Facebook redesign screenshot from Mashable
One of the things I hear most when training people on how to use Facebook as a marketing vehicle for their business is that they aren’t aware of all the various things you can find on the site (particularly, application to install on your page) with the search box.
Interestingly, it doesn’t appear that Facebook is changing the Live Feed and News Feed views, another contributor to confusion on the site. While it may seem obvious, I can’t tell you how many people complain that they are seeing updates only from a select few and why they aren’t in real-time. Because the default feed view is the News Feed, which aggregates the most popular content from your friends, many are confused. This doesn’t seem to be addressed in the redesign.
You can read more about other changes to Facebook’s design over at Mashable.
