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As most Facebook Platform developers are aware, a major ongoing project at Facebook right now is the profile redesign. While the redesigned profile page will not be released to developers or users for several more weeks, Facebook has released an updated concept mock for the new profile page tabs that split the previously combined Feed/Wall tab into separate tabs.
As Facebook’s Profile Preview team writes, the intentions for the tabs in this version are as follows:
- Feed: Previously called the ‘Wall’ tab, this tab has a combination of your Mini-Feed stories, as well as your wall posts.
- Info: Previously called the ‘About’ tab, this tab has more static content, such as your ‘About Me’ section and personal info.
- Wall: This tab is new, and is simply your Wall as you currently know it. Only wall posts show up here.
- Photos: This hasn’t changed. This is just a tab that consists of your tagged photos as well as your photo albums.
What does this mean for developers? Not a lot just yet. While designs for the updated profile page are not yet finalized, more tabs for Facebook features would generally mean less room for apps.
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May 1st, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I know I for one am certainly glad that they made this change. As handy as the mini-feed is, I really don’t want to have to go digging through my or someone else’s mini-feed just to find their recent wall posts. The wall makes it easy to have a public conversation or send a public message, and the mini-feed integration would have ruined that system by making it too difficult to use.
May 6th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I definitely think that this is the best layout for the tab system. I would be extremely excited if they went through with this.