People have historically resisted change on Facebook. When they released the News Feed feature (now the doubly-linked Home page), thousands of people protested and joined groups in a huge backlash. I can't speak for everyone else, but personally find the newsfeed very useful and engaging. It appears that, once people got over the kneejerk reaction, many see it the same way.
I wonder why the resistance to change is so high. Is it simply because the new design is poorer and the effort of relearning the system is annoying? Or is there also a deeper emotional component, like coming home and finding that someone has reorganized your room... even if the organization makes more sense? On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Oscar Lozano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to agree with those who blame the fast change as the main > problem. As for the design itself, I must admit that it took me a > couple of days to learn my way through it. > > While the design may be still a bit confusing at times, I can see > where they were going. The only thing that I just don't understand > is why the redundancy in their top frame links (Facebook-Home; > Profile-YourName). Anyway, overall, I think they did a pretty good > job. It's great to have a solid social network. > > Last.fm did a similar thing about two months ago. They decided to go > for a more Facebook-ish look and the same thing happened... everyone > just went nuts. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33019 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
