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I'll be interested to see how well this redesign is received by Facebook's users. Their last redesign was--from what I heard among the Facebook users I know--no

I'll be interested to see how well this redesign is received by Facebook's users. Their last redesign was--from what I heard among the Facebook users I know--not terribly appreciated. Hopefully this added functionality garners more than a collective groan because it's definitely important for Facebook to continue innovating and staying ahead of or at least keeping up with competitors.

unalone 18y ago
Users complain every time, and they tend to always feel nostalgia for a year and a half ago. You can follow the Facebook redesigns from the various groups Facebook set up, and it tends to be that they miss the one that's two editions old. Right now Facebook's in a position where they don't have to change in order to stay up top. Their design is pretty tight - tighter than any other site - and they've got enough of a monopoly that people don't feel the need to switch over. Their real competition comes from mobile sites like Loopt, and those are still a pretty slim set of the market right now. Part of me thinks they're innovating just to appeal to product sales. Another part of me thinks that some of the people up top at Facebook are innovating because they really think they're breaking ground. I'd bet it's a mix of the two.
- whatusername 18y ago
  Remember Apple and the iPod mini... Just because you're better than the competition - doesn't mean you're product is the best it could be.
  - unalone 18y ago
    If we were going by that story, wouldn't the moral be "It's okay if your product is faulty at first, so long as you're far enough ahead that you can fix things before you develop competition"?
dasil003 18y ago
I don't think it matters at all what the vocal minority of users think about the redesign. Sure they made a big stink about the last design, just as they did with newsfeed, and when Facebook opened to non-college-students. However vocal they were, the numbers of users that actually quit Facebook over those issues paled in comparison to the amount of growth they saw—much of it as a result of the changes. The proof is in the numbers.

unalone 18y ago

Users complain every time, and they tend to always feel nostalgia for a year and a half ago. You can follow the Facebook redesigns from the various groups Facebook set up, and it tends to be that they miss the one that's two editions old. Right now Facebook's in a position where they don't have to change in order to stay up top. Their design is pretty tight - tighter than any other site - and they've got enough of a monopoly that people don't feel the need to switch over. Their real competition comes from mobile sites like Loopt, and those are still a pretty slim set of the market right now. Part of me thinks they're innovating just to appeal to product sales. Another part of me thinks that some of the people up top at Facebook are innovating because they really think they're breaking ground. I'd bet it's a mix of the two.

whatusername 18y ago
Remember Apple and the iPod mini... Just because you're better than the competition - doesn't mean you're product is the best it could be.
- unalone 18y ago
  If we were going by that story, wouldn't the moral be "It's okay if your product is faulty at first, so long as you're far enough ahead that you can fix things before you develop competition"?

dasil003 18y ago

I don't think it matters at all what the vocal minority of users think about the redesign. Sure they made a big stink about the last design, just as they did with newsfeed, and when Facebook opened to non-college-students. However vocal they were, the numbers of users that actually quit Facebook over those issues paled in comparison to the amount of growth they saw—much of it as a result of the changes. The proof is in the numbers.