Poll: Which Facebook Layout Do You Prefer?

Thank you…I do understand that comment concerning the protest about the newsfeed…but it seems people are a lot more fired up about this new layout.

I am one of the two administrators of the group above. I’d like to give you my two cents.

It is a massive change; what people love about the “old Facebook” is the simplicity of the design. It was the difference from other popular networking sites, such as Myspace and Bebo. The old format is simple to use, and I was able to get family members on Facebook when they would scoff at the other sites.

Facebook also had something of a prestige attached to it - it was founded on college students, and seen as a superior networking group to be a part of.

It is also somewhat insulting to see very clearly that advertising was the main change for the format. Every time you click a “tab” on the new facebook, a whole new series of ads load on the page.

The other big reason was the number of applications people had on their profiles. It could be impossible to load someone’s page without their computer crashing. However, I think this could have been solved by limiting the amount of applications someone can add to their profile. Nobody really uses all their applications; I don’t have that many (and loading my page was never a problem for anyone), but I still could do without most of them.

The purpose of our group is not really to prevent “new” facebook from happening altogether. We KNOW that’s not realistic. What we’d really like is to see some improvement on the old format, and to add some of the new features. It’s the complete overhaul that has people upset.

My perfect compromise? I’d love to be able to keep my picture, my personal information, my wall, and my photo albums on one page. And I definitely don’t want my wall and newsfeed combined, nor do I want to see everyone else’s activity to be so prominently displayed - it feels quite stalkerish. I wouldn’t mind at all for my applications to be on a separate tab. And by doing this, it would clear up a ton of space of my profile page. I would be content to have that extra space filled with their advertisements. Not all members want the same changes. While Scott Sanders, the other admin., wants colours and skins, I do not. I want the simple “old” Facebook, with a few improvements - improvements that did actually come with the new design!

- Meg.

Æsthetically I don’t mind the new design but I dislike the longer loading time (enough for me to cut down my usage) and the application incompatibilities. Feedback to Facebook has been acknowledged, but nothing appears to have been actioned. I hope these groups manage to get their way: taking your Mashable link and using Facebook’s own claim (as of September 3) that only 30 million have even investigated the new Facebook, only 17 to 37 per cent of Facebook users are supporters or users of the new look, with a majority either preferring or only knowing the old. The 700,000-plus members of the Petition group may well represent a far greater number than they realize.

I am older than a high school and university student.Also English is my second language.
The old facebook I understand. Have problems with the new facebook. Too compicated for my brain and second languages.
Thank you.

Ultimatly the decision on how the site will look is facebook’s. They own the server, domain, script and so forth and are the one’s who pay the bill.

This isn’t Burger King where its ‘your way’. If you don’t like the direction facebook is going…well hey, no one is forcing you to use it. Remove your account and join another site. So many people threaten to but the vast majority of you won’t because a) your addicted to it and/or b) that is where your friends are and they may not neccesarily follow you to another site.

Another alternative is to take your friends, fork up the cash for a domain and server, and start your own site. And if it happens to catch on just wait until you see what it costs to maintain and operate a site of facebooks calibure and i bet ya you won’t put up with people (who don’t pay a membership or any type of fee) tell you what you can do with your site.

Its not your right to use facebook. And its not up to you how they run their site….

You people are whiny ass bitches. Grow up

First, they don’t even make up 1% of the total number of facebook users so to be honest I really doubt you that them leaving would affect facebook’s bottom line in the long run. And even if they did it would be short lived, for every one of them that leaves a hundred more sign up.

Second, as for your comment “They are allowed to their opinions ” well by that logic so am i.

Again if they don’t like facebook then don’t use it…in the long run no one is really gonna care. Its not like the look of facebook is a major world issue like war and hunger. Maybe this is a good thing…maybe this change will force some of these people off their computers and get them to do something more productive with their life or maybe even go outside and do some sort of activity. There’s a reason why there are so many overweight people in North America….

I’m sorry, I misquoted that. Are you saying that the 10 million users only make up 1%? I have to assume, that you were just making up numbers and percents without really studying the facts.

oh and not even 100,000 of them bothered with your stupid, do nothing, won’t get any results, petition

The new Facebook is unbelieveably poor. That’s pretty much all there is to say!
The old one is far superior - why change something this is perfectly fine, which 99% of users like? … maybe to increase profit from advertising? That’s my bet.
The new version runs pretty slowly on some computers from what I’ve read and the mish mash of my Wall and Mini Feed is horrible. I want a separate ‘wall’ that people can write on - a place where I can see all my messages (oh..like we have now)….I do not want to spend my time navigating round a load of ‘boxes’ and ‘tabs’.
Oh yea, the majority of applications don’t function correctly/fit on the new profiles either.
A TOTAL MESS.
STICK WITH THE FACEBOOK WE HAVE NOW.

I am a huge supporter of the “skins” idea. It should be an option to choose new or old facebook layouts and be able to switch back and forth between them.

Ok so the changing of facebook isn’t the end of the world. So why is everyone up in arms over it? Why the nasty attitudes. People can be soooo rude to each other. I don’t get it.

I don’t like the new facebook myself. I prefer the old facebook. I am not opposed to a few changes but not all at once please. And if there r going to b changes please let them work. That is the most frustrating thing ever. Now I understand the concern about the news feed situation but this is different. Facebook isn’t changing just 1 thing on us at once they are changing several. I liked the news feed. I don’t like the new facebook. I tried it for a week and hated it. I couldn’t even figure it out enough so that I could leave my friends messages and stuff. I have no desire to use the new facebook. If I can’t keep in touch with my friends thru facebook then I have no need for facebook.

I have to agree with some of the comments being posted; it’s not that change is a bad thing, but did it need to be this drastic? Really? I don’t think so. I hate my news feed and wall being joined. I don’t even read it anymore. I would like to have space for at least one application on my front page. Why not let us choose what is on our profile page? It’s supposed to reflect who we are right? So let it! And please, give us back our wall!

I hate the new face book. I will leave if they force the change on me. It sucks the big one.

Thanks for the kind words Megan.

If you didn’t try censoring me for not sharing in your opinions on the new facebook everything would be fine. Sorry you can’t really argue logically about facebook that you have to ban people who don’t agree with you.

This whole subject, petition, and group is a joke. Ultimatly Facebook is going to do what Facebook wants to do and theres not a thing you can do about it unless you have millions to buy them out.

Originally Posted By Nathanthe mish mash of my Wall and Mini Feed is horrible. I want a separate ‘wall’

here ya go….http://www.new.facebook.com/wall.php

maybe if you took the time to learn how the new design works you would have found that

Keep the old Facebook PLEAASSSEEE!!!

I love the old facebook but the amount of crap that people were/are putting on their profiles was just pissing me off. I really like the new facebook because i thinks it more simple and is a btter design for a “social network” which is what facebook is. I use my facebook account to keep in touch with my friends that i have all over the world because i have move around alot. I enjoy the fact that my profiles most prominent feature is the wall and that when i go to someone elses profile i can focus on talking to them on their wall. And if i am so inclined i can click on a simple tab to see all that other useless shit. I am not saying that facebook should force anyone to use the new facebook, but i believe that there should be an option in account prefernces where each person on facebook can choose between the new and old facebooks, this makes so much more sense and it solves everyones problems, it lets the fans of old facebook continue using old facebook, and it lets the fans of the new facebook to conitinue as well and at the same time it lets new users make up their own mind about which one they like better. i think forcing anyone to change is bad, but i doubt that if facebook ignores everyones pettition that anyone will stop using facebook unless the only reason they were on was for the applications they can add. which i consider a waste of a facebook account. and ps to everyone saying the new facebook is more like myspace i disagree, i maintain that the old facebook catered mroe to a myspace crowd with the ability to add so much useless crap to ones page…… with the new facebook the most important feature (in my eyes) is the most prominent.

I’m all about change when it’s for the better. I’m against a mandatory change to the new look because it’s a step back. I’m a new facebook user so I’m not even used to the current GUI, really. I hope facebook management makes the right decision because facebook is pretty cool.

Well said Aidan, ““social network” which is what facebook is.”

That is exactly what facebook is, not a place to try and exhibit your personality by cluttering your profile with apps.

@Paul -

I gave you all the chances in the world with your original FB account. I was getting a full inbox of complaints about you harassing people.

Interestingly enough, we ARE making a difference. Facebook developers have contacted the creator of my group, asking for outlines of the complaints against the new facebook. An article will be published in a San Francisco newpaper. Time did an article on our group. And right here, tiny MASH has taken an interest. We are making a difference.

Paul, I think you are unhappy that you can’t troll as freely as you once did. You’ll see all over the place in our group that anyone can voice dissenting opinions. You harassed people and assumed at least three peoples’ identities. It doesn’t merit you much credibility.

Leave the old facebook alone! Let us choose! The new facebook is HIDEOUS and it HURTS MY HEAD WHENEVER I’M FORCED TO GO INTO IT FOR A SECOND! STOP FORCING US INTO SOMETHING WE DON’T WANT! TRY ACTUALLY LISTENING TO YOUR USERS!

i’m gonna go back to myspace. they give you the choice of using the new or old home page…

you see what i mean. this is the type of people you have complaining about the new layout.

No wonder facebook doesn’t care…

I must say that in actual fact, there were loads of people who littered their profiles with loads of rubbish and unnecessary stuff, so facebook had to do something. But they are usually more democratic than this. They could introduce limits, the way they introduced tag limits couldn’t they? That said, I must note that it always surprises me how many psychotic, obsessive, immature adult children who find their way here. From all that the paul dude has said, I can deduce that a) we should all shut up or go hang because b) mark zuckeberg and co are some sort of higher life form who couldn’t care less about what their users think. I’ve studied psychology and what I can see written across him in bold letters is LOW SELF ESTEEM. He suffers from a lack-of-relevance complex so he gets a feeling of fulfillment by stalking and upsetting people obsessively which explains the multiple ids. Whoever you are, go get some help. Seriously.

Isn’t CHOICE what we have fought wars and built this country on. We made the choice to join FACEBOOK as the old system and now we are told without our CHOICE and imput that we have to accept the new one. Does any one else see the POWER here or is it just me? If you like the new format that”s your CHOICE but give me and others our CHOICE.

i fukin hate the new face book
let it be x

Please let us use the old facebook. It’s easier, and no doubt better than the new one!

I like the old version of facebook, it is easy to understand and use.
The new version is similar to what ebay did back awhile, and that is make it incomprehensible to most users… The griping on the ebay board still continues two years after the change, they lost me as a seller and user… I expect I’ll abandon facebook as well.
I think the concept behind the change is to rotate more ads past users so as to improve their bottom line, frankly I don’t know why they just don’t come out and state the obvious, but then we’d all have a real target to whinge about rather than just a “change” For the record the new face book looks like it is “arse backwards”. It makes me crazy as I can’t find squat and I hate seeing and being force fed all the activity from others.
If the old version is toast, I’m out of here.

you see….people against the new facebook only want to have their side heard, and censor you if you support it - which is why facebook doesn’t take them seriously.

They say because a million people join their group that means a million people don’t like the new facebook. What they fail to realize is that half of that million are people who just joined to tell em they are idiots.

And you can’t say because one group has a million and another group has a million that means two million people don’t like it since most members are probably on both groups.

So take some math lessons and try again

I am sick and tired of getting used to new things on facebook and being asked if I want to switch back to the old facebook what if I am perfectly happy with the old facebook I have to change my mind in order for them to be happy about it. That is so ridicolous and I am so sick of it.

If you can’t keep the old format you loss me as a customer, I simply hate new facebook.

We do pay for Facebook in some respects. While many shoot down the advertising argument, users provide personal information and photography, which under the TOS Facebook winds up owning. As to numbers, the Petition group numbers around a million at present, but Facebook puts those who have chosen to be on the new design at 30 million. If there is a 100 million user base, then 70 million either choose to be on old Facebook or are ignorant of the change. Supporters of the new Facebook appear to be in the minority for now.