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Facebook’s New Look — Good or Bad
A few days ago, I got the new Facebook layout. At first, I was happy, but then I became unhappy.
The new Facebook UI is clean and simple, as one has come to expect from Facebook.
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I’m sure they discussed this over and over internally, but the new design seems to violate some basic UI rules. The kind that usually, Facebook is a bastion of.
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The rule is simple – don’t put destructive actions near non-destructive actions. Or more modestly, wherever possible lower the risk of click-error for the user.
Facebook has put its new status icons right next to the logo. Clicking on a status icon (friend requests, mail, notifications) reveals a contextual menu. Clicking on the logo whisks you back to the homepage. I wonder how many users are going to mistakenly end up at the homepage when all they wanted to do was view a new friend request.