Facebook Should Redesign
This design has been making the rounds on the internet over the past couple days. I’ve got to say I really like it, and I wish Facebook would just pay Barton Smith and implement this right away. The design feels like what would possibly happen to Facebook if the design gurus at Virb had their way with it. He’s made some pretty smart moves between apparently making the news feed a CNN-esque ticker at the bottom, and making events into it’s own calendar.
However, I’ll tell you why Facebook will never output something this cool. 1) There isn’t enough space dedicated to ads for girls who are just DYING to meet you. 2) The news feed can’t display info from a million different vapid applications and quizzes. While I’m at it, let me step up on the soapbox and say how disgusting it’s been to watch people turn Facebook into MySpace with all their vapid quizzes and applications. The last point of hold-out against this virus is the fact that people can’t customize their profiles with songs and glitter graphics. And for that, Facebook should be applauded.
