Facebook users are once again showing that they aren’t too big on change. With Facebook getting ready to “force” all users to use the new design, there’s been some people speaking-up about their dislike for the new design. Many have opted-in to this new design over the last several weeks by choice (and you could go back to the old if you didn’t like it), but now within the next several days, everybody will be required to use it.
One way people are speaking-out about this is via a Facebook Group titled “1,000,000 against the new Facebook layout.” As of writing this, they have over 1.1 million people who became a member, and that number is likely to increase over the next several days when people will have no choice but to use the new design.
As a side note, whoever created the group must not be THAT devoted to the social network because they would have known that it was “Facebook” and not “Face Book” as they wrote two separate times in the group’s description.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knows that people will have a rough time with the change. He was quoted in an Associated Press article saying “Any change can be a big deal to our users because this is how they connect with their family and friends. So when you move things around, it can be perceived as being not a positive thing even when it’s a positive change.”
I’ve been using the new design for several weeks and initially, it was confusing to use because it was different, but it only took a few days to get used to it and now I prefer the “new” over the “old.” I think this will be the case with most users as well. For those of you already using the “new” Facebook, what do you think of it?
Many of my friends have expressed a dislike for the new FB but they can never come up with a better reason than “things moved”. I take it as a bunch of b*tching and an unwillingness to change. People need to stop complaining and take the 5 minutes it takes to find their way around again.
My thought is that is is much better. FB needs the update to compete in a Web 2.0 world. Plus, it puts MySpace to shame in web design.
omg, like the “new” facebook is so hard to figure out.
the people in that group are just lazy retards.
Many people I have talked to say they hate the new Facebook, but can never really give me any good reasons other than the standard “it is harder to find things.” I disagree, after all the Fapplications (many of which are crap) covered a user’s page, I could not even find the basic Wall (not Super wall or Advanced Wall or Fun Wall–I had a friend with all 3). With this new layout everything is nicely separated and one can easily learn to use it if he or she would just give it a chance.
It makes me wonder how many “sheeple” joined the group just because someone invited them…
People keep forgetting….They don’t pay for Facebook!
I love the new look of Facebook, it’s only 2-3 hours to configure how it works and where they put all my old stuff in the new layout. That group is weird.
People just need to try it out and get used to it. When I first tried it out, it took me about 1-2 hours to configure it and make sure everything is looking normal. After that 1-2 hours, I called the new layout a pain in the ***.
Now, after about a month of using the new layout, I like it more than the old. We need to move on with the times people. I say ignore that group and force the change on them
Muahahaha.
Totally agreed Chris. I find the new layout much cleaner and it’s easier to find the things that matter without having to wade through tons of useless (and often similar) applications. I actually had a friend, who was using other networking tools, telling me: “I like the new Facebook, I finally understand it!” This guy will be using FB more because of the new layout..
Perhaps we should start a new group: “2,000,000 for the new Facebook layout.”
(I know, most people are against change so we’d never win.. 
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The new layout is nice. BUT it’s also got one serious flaw that bugs the hell out of me. And is NOT something that can be tweaked by the user to “fix”
The new interface has 2 new bars across the window. First there’s the light blue “welcome/send feedback” bar that hopefully will go away soon. Then under that is the new main menu bar, which used to be a block off to the left side instead.
The problem is, that widescreen laptops are now the norm. And widescreen desktop monitors are heading that way as well. A horizontal stripe takes up a significant portion of the screen real estate on a landscape oriented screen. With huge amounts of wasted space on the left and right of it as well. Certain apps (Warbook) that then create a scrollable “subwindow” within your facebook session, add even more cruft to crowd the window.
Basically the new design is VERY poorly optimized for landscape oriented screens. Just try exploring Facebook w/ a wide laptop, and see how much vertical scrolling you’re forced into.
It looks like the general consensus for most of you is that people need to quite whining and just take the time to get used to it. We’re creatures of habit and when something changes, it definitely takes time to readjust.
This is actually something I noticed as well and bugs the heck out of me!
I like this version better – if I want to post on a wall I don’t have to scroll past a million applications first and people will stop assuming everyone uses crap like super wall. The thing we have to remember is that as the audience of this blog its likely we’re familiar with the internet, we understand the wizzy technologies that power it and we see that the new Facebook is just better.
However with great success comes masses of people who are less than internet literate, and once these people get used to something they stick with it. It’s for this reason that a lot of technology stagnates – people don’t like change and the people provide the money to the industry.