Browsing around tonight when I happened to notice a change in color on facebook – I quickly took a screen shot not knowing if my next refresh was going to make it go away like the last time Facebook rolled out updates.
Option to try Facebook Lite
After clicking through I got the following page
“Facebook Lite is a faster, simpler way to keep in touch with your friends. If you like it, you may choose to use it instead of the regular Facebook. We still have work to do before it’s done, but we’d love to get your feedback on what we’ve built so far.”
Seems interesting, lets check out the changes they made.
First thing I noticed was how much they stripped from the page, Quite a few buttons are missing from the top and the ones left behind are noticeably larger, I also noticed a very large update panel at the bottom of the page.
Next thing I checked out was the profile page, and man have they stripped this thing down! the page loaded considerable faster – almost instantly. seems like they added about 5-10px of padding to everything and gave it a cartoon(ish) look.
Only three buttons on the top “Write, Post Photos, Post video” and the sidebar is no more complex – only including “Wall, Info, Friends and Photos & Video”
I did however notice how the ad (only one at the time, not sure if there will be more) stood out much more, I’m hoping this will increase CTR’s for cheeper clicks!
I’m really excited about this update, I was beginning to think Facebook lost there touch of simplicity and was headed down the dark road that Myspace took a LONG time ago..
Good Job Facebook, Looking forward to using this on a daily basis
Didn’t know they were running a “facebook lite” thanks for the info.