Comments on: Note to Agencies and Page Managers: Tab Widths Are Changing After All

By: Trevor Green

Trevor Green — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:07:14 +0000

How about a class action lawsuit on behalf of all the marketers and business es that have invested in facebook and helped make it more vibrant and relevant with their information.

Lets sue them for the time we are wasting even talking about them trying to grab back real estate from tabs.

And then lets sue them again after they do it. They can pay for all the changes.

Do the math, many millions of dollars worth of money will be flushed and many millions more spend to retool.

This is a complete violation of the unspoken agreement that a company makes with its customers to provide a consistant product.

I would hope that droves of business just abandon facebook and hopefully tell them customers on facebook when they do where they can go to stick with them.

Try Buddypress, they can’t take that from you and change it whenever they want after you have spent your hard earn money configuring it.

Strangely, the articles I read about this proposed change don’t include near as much disbelief and anger as I would expect.

At the very least, they need to make this a policy only for new pages and leave 100% of the existing tabs alone.

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Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:19:20 +0000

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By: Brandon Faulkner

Brandon Faulkner — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:35:43 +0000

Any update on this fiasco?

How do you think pages will degrade once they make this invasive change? If a horizontal scrollbar is added to accommodate the new width, at least I’d know my pages weren’t going to break completely…

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By: Zach Art Director

Zach Art Director — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:19:28 +0000

Facebook = waste of time.

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By: Tim Ware

Tim Ware — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:31:43 +0000

Of course, the question that is begged is, What is Facebook intending for the additional 240px of real estate they’re picking up? I, too, find it weird and disturbing that FB would make a change that throws a spanner into the works of so many folks, marketers & otherwise. It diminishes Facebook’s appeal as a friendly home to businesses. Yes, make up your minds!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:19:22 +0000

The change in tab width was clear from the beginning. Not knowing when it will happen and all of the ramifications of the removal of boxes remains challenging.

Jeff