Facebook predicts the future ????
by piscianemperor
There are a couple of things that Facebook needs to get right. Firstly,their new layout,which is not so new by now,really sucks ! The old one was far more customizable,and refreshingly different from Orkut. But the FB guys managed to make a Orkut-lookalike. Wonder who gave them the idea. And as of now,despite people joining communities like ‘We want Old facebook, ’50000000 against new facebook’,the designers have turned a deaf ear to all requests.
Well,not only that,but Facebook clock is pretty screwed up too….have a look at these Wall posts:
orkut lookalike how???
i think its easier to interact with others in the new version. and though there ARE a lot of bugs in facebook, i still find it better than orkut.
@kruttika
i’m not there on orkut now,but when i was, it had that profile,info,looks and something interface. That’s how facebook looks now,only the names vary. Moreover i used to like the customizable dragging of boxes of apps and stuff in the profile on Old version.used to look really cool..
the dragging feature is still there, its only made into tabs(thus being more organized). the basic change was that the emphasis on the quizzes and those applications was reduced to a single tab instead of the whole profile- which means that profiles with about 100 quiz results load more quickly.
besides, there’s no reason to be both on orkut and facebook both, coz orkut is basically a sky-blue version of facebook now. they’ve added their version of news feed, status updates and i think they’ve got applications too.
so,any other ‘bug’ you’ve noticed??
@kruttika
yeah…suppose you comment on a friend’s photo…who is not my friend ; i can still go through all the pics in your friend’s album if i am friends with you…privacy goes for a toss. secondly pages loading fast is all fine,but having all info on a single page worked for me…and the tab dragging and stuff is really quite limited…i mean you are taking the box dragging feature out of the whole page,and adding it in a small column…hows that ? yeah,but no doubt it is better than orkut…orkut is just a brainless facebook,with more proxy profiles than any place on earth !
“suppose you comment on a friend’s photo…who is not my friend ; i can still go through all the pics in your friend’s album if i am friends with you…privacy goes for a toss.”
Actually, that’s users’ fault. When you upload photos, it is by default set to ‘viewable to friends of friends’. Once you make it ‘viewable to friends only’, it won’t show me your friend’s picture even if you have commented on it.
“secondly pages loading fast is all fine,but having all info on a single page worked for me…and the tab dragging and stuff is really quite limited…i mean you are taking the box dragging feature out of the whole page,and adding it in a small column…hows that ?”
You can still add app boxes to your wall page. When you hover over an app in the Boxes tab, you’ll see some options under the pencil shaped button, one of which gives you the option to move the box to your wall tab.
As much as I hated the new Facebook look at first, now that I’m used to it, it’s much more convenient and faster to use, no?!
@Fez
yes…but the profile page is filled up by the wall..and one can move boxes up and down only on the left. adding 2-3 app boxes on your profile page ain’t the same as having all at your finger tips. I mean in the old fb ,you really had more freedom as to how you wanted your page to look. its another thing that now its easier to read the info since its standard for all,but MY fb page is about ME ,no ?!! How i wanna arrange it,should be left to me ! :)
but you do have them at your finger tips in the boxes tab. make all of them visible and juggle away!!!!! :D
I opened my Orkut account only because I was tired of hearing “Whaaat? You don’t use Orkut?”. Now I’m on both Orkut and Facebook and it only befitting that they look the same. Both of them are equally crappy to me.
@Julia
i know..funny eh…you talk with 10 people at your workplace,then you go back home and msg/call the same people ; then come online and scrap/write on the wall of the same people -”hey,wassup !” And the rest are just up there on your friends list. You don’t give a damn about them,nor they about you ! Frankly,someone who wants to keep in touch always will,no matter what..