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So last night before heading to bed I logged on to Facebook, an all too common occurrence with me. Lo and behold, what’s this, a new homepage design?! It seems like just yesterday we were all in a flurry over the last homepage redesign that we thought ended our relationship with Facebook as we knew it. Of course we all adjusted and can hardly remember what it was like before and why we were so mad about it. However with this new redesign I am seeing more of the positives rather than the negatives. First off, my favorite reason for visiting Facebook is to see the pictures posted by all my “friends”.  Now when you sort your feed by photos, there is a much more efficient use of space, showing around 24 photos above the fold rather than the maybe 5 you would see before.

Facebook Homepage Photo Sort

Another great feature is the ability to email friends without leaving your homepage. Actually, there seem to be a lot more activities to engage in without leaving home, such as searching through applications, groups and games. In fact, click on the games button and find out which games your friends are playing, just in case you want to join them for an exciting round of Fishville or Roller Coaster Kingdom. The chat function has also taken up new real estate on the left hand navigation, showing the top 5 friends online, reminding you that it’s just that easy to say hello in real time to your ex boyfriend from elementary school, or that girl that looks relatively familiar but you just can’t figure out from where.

So all in all, I’m liking the new layout, or at least what I’ve seen so far. Let me know what you think. What part do you like the most, and what feature has inspired you to write a strongly worded letter to Mark Zuckerberg telling him how he owes you and the entire Facebook community and apology?