Comments on: Facebook Tweaks Application Navigation, News Feed

By: jake

jake — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:40:54 +0000

There is an application button on the bottom left of the page now. I dont remember that being there before. That lets you see all of your apps and re-order them.

The redundant links are horrible! They might have them to try to transition people away from using the old links. Maybe the Facebook home button will eventually do something else… perhaps a page that is less about you more about community.

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:25:33 +0000

This is just ridiculous. I can’t believe that this is happening. Every time I find something and get used to it, it seems to get moved or removed. Is there any reason to have 3 ways to directed me to my Homepage on the header? Just a little redundant!
You guys have really out done yourselves with this monstrosity that I now refer to as
F_ _ _ BOOK.

STOP THE INSANITY!!!

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:29:54 +0000

I’m really surprised they removed the “Bookmark this Application” from the drop-down menu. The current process for bookmarking an app is really tedious. If anything, they should add a “Bookmark” feature on the “about page” for each app to help users with this process. If they put the option in the same place where you can “Block” the app, users will have less difficulty with making these kinds of choices. Furthermore, by removing “Recently Visited,” they’ve now made finding apps that much more complex. In a nutshell, I echo what LoneStar said, “I hope this is not what they meant with ‘making Application more easily accessible’”!!!

By: Inside Facebook » Facebook Says Changes to Application Accesibility in New Profile “Definitely Not Final”

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:20:11 +0000

[...] changes to the new Facebook design that were rolled out last night, which changed the way applications are bookmarked and accessed [...]

By: Urmi

Urmi — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:22:01 +0000

I agree with Tara with there being a “Home” AND the Facebook logo button. The duplication is unnecessary, especially since (I think) most FB users click on the logo by default to get to the home section.

Also, it doesn’t make any sense to have access to your own profile page through TWO links – the one called “Profile” and the second with your own name. More than anything, its confusing and again unnecessary.

The bookmarks/applications changes I’m not opposed to them, although the changes to how to get an app bookmarked is not clear. Maybe that should be a popup note real soon. It does however seem tedious to have to go “Home” to get to all of your apps.

By: LoneStar

LoneStar — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:46:26 +0000

I’ve been using the new facebook for months and I’m pretty much used to it now, don’t feel the need to go back to old one, but I don’t see how cutting down the drop-down Applications menu makes things easier. If they have to crop it to just 8 apps and no edit options, it would be better to totally remove it, and only use the Applications list on right sidebar.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:17:30 +0000

No matter what they tweak, its still a piece of garbage. I guess Mark Zuckerberg had no more ideas to steal and he came up with this himself. Ouch, Mark, go get another job and steal some REAL ideas…

By: CAF

CAF — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:14:56 +0000

Personally, I really don’t see a huge improvement here. I still see the same things on my home page as I did before, in pretty much the same way.

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:10:53 +0000

Why oh why oh why….. did they do that? Like I can completely under stand it if they just ADDED a “more” drop down button but you should have to enter the “edit” section of your applications to go somewhere SHEESH!!!

also… what’s the point in moving the “Home” button next the the “Facebook” button, which is ALSO THE HOME BUTTON???

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:31:42 +0000

New facebook is horrendous. I dont care how much ‘tweaking’ they do it’s a mess! What ever happened to ‘if it aint broken, dont fix it’

In my opinion facebook havent considered their audience at all. They have just made a dozen more pages pr profile, so that they can add hundreds of extra adverts.