Same. The new one is confusing and visually unappealing. Don't try to fix what isn't broken.
Initially I agreed with you, but since the update, the app is better than the iphone site, IMO. The updated app is really quite good.
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The new facebook?
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Same. The new one is confusing and visually unappealing. Don't try to fix what isn't broken.
Initially I agreed with you, but since the update, the app is better than the iphone site, IMO. The updated app is really quite good.
I don't like it. When I first looked at the old facebook, I thought, wow this is pretty easy to use. But the new one is so confusing!
And the new wall really sucks.
And the new wall really sucks.
I actually love the new look and think it's not that hard to get used to -- true there is a learning curve but that's the case with anything new
I just can't get used to this new look. I think that a better way for them to have gone would have been to make it tabs, but not as they did here. Tabs more like how they are on the web-app site would have been better. I think that a four-tab setup would have been the right way to go when viewing somebody's profile, but they could have done it much better than how they have. They should have made the tabs like this:
-An "About" tab, which includes the Basic Info, Personal Info, and Education & Work Info. --very similar to the first tab on the web-app
-A "Social" tab, which would include the mini-feed, the wall, the friends-by-network box, groups, pages boxes, and up to 5 user-added applications
-A "Photos & Video" tab, which would basically be the photos and video applications now, but done in a way that makes it easier to view them.
-An "Applications" tab, which would be any applications that the user wishes to add after they have 5 on the social tab page. This would make it much easier to unclutter profiles but still allow people to have their 5 main applications in the social tab. But if a user had 5 or fewer applications, then this tab would disappear.
Along with these tabs, the info that would be on every tab would be the user's name, status, and profile picture on top of every page. I feel that by making it with these tabs, but keeping the same general website setup as is now, they would be able to improve the site, without completely changing it. This change could have been done with only a minor facelift to the site, something that would make this change a lot smoother.
Any comments to my suggestions would be appreciated.
-An "About" tab, which includes the Basic Info, Personal Info, and Education & Work Info. --very similar to the first tab on the web-app
-A "Social" tab, which would include the mini-feed, the wall, the friends-by-network box, groups, pages boxes, and up to 5 user-added applications
-A "Photos & Video" tab, which would basically be the photos and video applications now, but done in a way that makes it easier to view them.
-An "Applications" tab, which would be any applications that the user wishes to add after they have 5 on the social tab page. This would make it much easier to unclutter profiles but still allow people to have their 5 main applications in the social tab. But if a user had 5 or fewer applications, then this tab would disappear.
Along with these tabs, the info that would be on every tab would be the user's name, status, and profile picture on top of every page. I feel that by making it with these tabs, but keeping the same general website setup as is now, they would be able to improve the site, without completely changing it. This change could have been done with only a minor facelift to the site, something that would make this change a lot smoother.
Any comments to my suggestions would be appreciated.
New Facebook Messed Up My Account!
Caution!!!! I seemed to have run into a really bad bug! I was surfing some pictures on new.facebook, and when i tried to return to my homepage I was stuck on a constant loop of loading www.facebook.com and then immediately www.new.facebook.com. Firefox describes it as such
I deleted ALL cookies and cache and used different browsers. It seems that the option to view new.facebook is saved onto my facebook account. So no matter where I go I'm going to get the same loop and now I'm facebookless on any computer. I still have my iPhone tho. :-/
Caution!!!! I seemed to have run into a really bad bug! I was surfing some pictures on new.facebook, and when i tried to return to my homepage I was stuck on a constant loop of loading www.facebook.com and then immediately www.new.facebook.com. Firefox describes it as such
I deleted ALL cookies and cache and used different browsers. It seems that the option to view new.facebook is saved onto my facebook account. So no matter where I go I'm going to get the same loop and now I'm facebookless on any computer. I still have my iPhone tho. :-/
The exact same thing just happened to me. I guess I'll just have to do my facebooking on my iPhone for the time being.
I've got the loop too; I sent their team an e-mail and we'll see how it goes. Usually not more than a day if it's not too serious.
Don't cry. It'll get fixed. 
The only thing that bothers me is, believe it or not, the not-so-visible apps. They used to be in your face, but now they're a bit hidden away. It's good for people like me who don't have many apps, but if your friend has them on their site, s/he probably wants you to see them. Sometimes, I'm curious as well, so I actually look at the apps, and it's fine.
The only thing that bothers me is, believe it or not, the not-so-visible apps. They used to be in your face, but now they're a bit hidden away. It's good for people like me who don't have many apps, but if your friend has them on their site, s/he probably wants you to see them. Sometimes, I'm curious as well, so I actually look at the apps, and it's fine.
i'm undecided about this. don't know if its a good thing or not. i definitely don't think its perfect, but its not the worst change in the world either
The design is sort of boring but I don't have major problems with it yet. I just got it to work because before it wouldn't take me to a different page when i clicked that link. I don't like the wall layout and merging the news feed with the wall is annoying, so I just hit the "posts by others" filter... Beyond that I haven't really done much.
I like it. Applications have been moved to a separate tab that your browser doesn't load unless you want it to. I also like the wider look - doesn't require so much scrolling. The new wall is nice too. It actually looks like it's important, instead of just being another little box in a myriad of them, cluttered by other boxes and applications above and below the wall.
I am pretty sure if it looks really fugly, the server you are on, isn't completely up to date yet.
I am near Pittsburgh, I don't have the new FB yet, however all of my Pittsburgh friends do, that confused the hell out of me at first. However, after seeing the link, It makes sense, whatever server my profile is stored on isn't upgraded yet lol. Things are off the page, and ads are everywhere.
The only thing I don't like ATM is that the wall is combined with the updates, so its a little confusing.
I am near Pittsburgh, I don't have the new FB yet, however all of my Pittsburgh friends do, that confused the hell out of me at first. However, after seeing the link, It makes sense, whatever server my profile is stored on isn't upgraded yet lol. Things are off the page, and ads are everywhere.
The only thing I don't like ATM is that the wall is combined with the updates, so its a little confusing.
It's an improvement but it's still not exactly good. On my iPhone 3G I find it slow, and somewhat pointless. And it annoyed me a little to notice that it was posting things to my feed, like "bigandy installed Facebook for his iPhone". I don't want these things.
I just hope it posts one saying "bigandy removed Facebook for his iPhone".
Either way, I only use it to keep up with those people who I graduated with but don't talk to on a regular basis.