Comments on: One Vote Against Facebook’s New Layout http://racetalkblog.com/2009/03/19/one-vote-against-facebooks-new-layout/ Media, Communcations and Public Relations Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Talk With Xconomy’s Wade Roush (Part 2 of 2) | racetalkblog.com http://racetalkblog.com/2009/03/19/one-vote-against-facebooks-new-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-6451 A Talk With Xconomy’s Wade Roush (Part 2 of 2) | racetalkblog.com Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:35:44 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=799#comment-6451 [...] No, I think a lot of Facebook’s growing pains have been self-inflicted pains around policy changes and design changes.  It seems like every time Facebook changes their terms [...] [...] No, I think a lot of Facebook’s growing pains have been self-inflicted pains around policy changes and design changes.  It seems like every time Facebook changes their terms [...]

]]> By: racetalkblog.com » VitaminWater Skip-Passes Website, Calls NCAA Hoops Viewers to its Facebook Page in TV Spots http://racetalkblog.com/2009/03/19/one-vote-against-facebooks-new-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-6257 racetalkblog.com » VitaminWater Skip-Passes Website, Calls NCAA Hoops Viewers to its Facebook Page in TV Spots Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:55:08 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=799#comment-6257 [...] there has been tons of grumbling from users about the new design Facebook is using, corporations are certainly opening up to it - with one [...] [...] there has been tons of grumbling from users about the new design Facebook is using, corporations are certainly opening up to it – with one [...]

]]> By: Michelle http://racetalkblog.com/2009/03/19/one-vote-against-facebooks-new-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-6242 Michelle Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:11:51 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=799#comment-6242 Sharon, you pretty much got it all covered in one post! Thank you :-) With regards to wall posts, it's not just ones where you're not a participant, it's also ones in which you don't have access to view one of the participating profiles! (One person is not your friend, and their profile is hidden to non-friends) Facebook has basically started to violate people's privacy settings... Sharon, you pretty much got it all covered in one post! Thank you :-) With regards to wall posts, it’s not just ones where you’re not a participant, it’s also ones in which you don’t have access to view one of the participating profiles! (One person is not your friend, and their profile is hidden to non-friends) Facebook has basically started to violate people’s privacy settings…

]]> By: Sharon http://racetalkblog.com/2009/03/19/one-vote-against-facebooks-new-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-6235 Sharon Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:21:57 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=799#comment-6235 Ben, the vote on the new Facebook home page design is being done within a Facebook use's application. In fact it isn't an official Facebook vote and no doubt Facebook will ignore it (at Facebook's peril). Most - but not all - of the annoying clutter in the new Facebook home page design can be removed by changing user settings. However, the problem is that the changes must be made by the Facebook user who *generates* these notifications with their activities. The News Feed reader is unable to customise their own News Feed and other elements of their home page in any meaningful way. For example, the filters Facebook has provided don't screen out application notifications or Wall-to-Wall conversations in which the reader is not a participant. Their only remedy is to hide ALL notifications about the friend who generates the clutter. There have also been complaints about unwanted images appearing constantly in the 'highlights' bar on the right of the page and unable to be removed. I'm not against layout changes per se - this one however fails on usability and design criteria. Ben, the vote on the new Facebook home page design is being done within a Facebook use’s application. In fact it isn’t an official Facebook vote and no doubt Facebook will ignore it (at Facebook’s peril).

Most – but not all – of the annoying clutter in the new Facebook home page design can be removed by changing user settings. However, the problem is that the changes must be made by the Facebook user who *generates* these notifications with their activities. The News Feed reader is unable to customise their own News Feed and other elements of their home page in any meaningful way. For example, the filters Facebook has provided don’t screen out application notifications or Wall-to-Wall conversations in which the reader is not a participant. Their only remedy is to hide ALL notifications about the friend who generates the clutter.
There have also been complaints about unwanted images appearing constantly in the ‘highlights’ bar on the right of the page and unable to be removed.
I’m not against layout changes per se – this one however fails on usability and design criteria.

]]> By: RaceTalk http://racetalkblog.com/2009/03/19/one-vote-against-facebooks-new-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-7920 RaceTalk Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:35:43 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=799#comment-7920 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New RaceTalk Post: One Vote Against Facebook’s New Layout http://tinyurl.com/cbjw2e</span></span> New RaceTalk Post: One Vote Against Facebook’s New Layout http://tinyurl.com/cbjw2e

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