I dislike the new design immensely. I am asked to enter not 1, but 2
security word graphics to send a message to a friend (that I actually
know, but haven't added via Facebook yet). One is hard enough! I
thought, how on earth can I stop this? Why, they tell you, right on the
screen, verify your profile (or words to that effect). Why on earth, to
verify my profile, would I need to enter my mobile number, then enter a
text message code that they send me. How does that "verify" me? By the
way, the text message code they sent didn't work - invalid code. I was
welcome to pay for another text message but there was no other way to
verify myself. This doesn't make sense. Just because you use the net
doesn't mean you have a mobile phone!! What about people who don't have
mobile phones? What about people who don't buy text messages (like me)?
Why can't you verify yourself via any other method? Why on earth do you
have to verify yourself anyway - this isn't an e-signing of a loan
application or some sensitive, confidential document.  They've made this
site way too difficult to use. I won't be back anytime soon. 

I like the way LinkedIn does it where you specify how you know the
person, if you have an existing relationship with the person outside of
Facebook. Facebook could use: Elementary School, Middle School (Junior
High), High School, College, Grad School, Work, Daycare, Neighborhood.
For people you don't know but want to know, you could just send a
message. No need for security code graphics, no need to make the user
experience difficult.

Courtney Jordan
User Experience

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What say you of the new Facebook design?

What of the usability of this new look? What of the spacing? Is it  
efficient? Are the tabs necessary? Or did you like to, with just one  
look, understand a person's personal and professional life completely?

More importantly, with the myriad of complaints of said new design,  
will this bring the downfall of Facebook here in the US? Into the  
halls of history along with Tribe, Friendster, Orkut?


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