Overall, I really like the new Facebook design. BUT… I can’t seem to get past a few issues with it.
Here are my frustrations so far:
- On the Wall tab you can edit what is displayed under your profile picture. By default, your networks, relationship status, and birthday are displayed (at least on my profile). You can select the pencil in the corner of the box and check boxes to also display your hometown, political views, religious views, and website. Fine. But the problem is, the boxes don’t actually check, so there’s no way to uncheck them. Verdict: Bug. Update: This is working now on my profile, though still a little buggy. You sometimes have to reload the page for the changes to take effect.
- The Boxes tab is Facebook’s new dumping ground for all the various applications that people add to their profile. I like the idea, however when I view any other friend’s profile, I don’t see the Boxes tab. I only see it on my own profile. Verdict: Bug (hopefully). Update: This is working now as users move over to the new version. (You can’t see the Boxes tab of a person if they’re still on the old version.)
- The Info tab contains all the person’s information (obviously). The layout of the tab is Basic Information, Personal Information, Contact Information, Education and Work, Groups, and Pages. You can easily edit each of these catagories, but you can’t reorder them. For example, Contact Information should really go above Personal Information (as it was in the old layout). That just makes sense. I mean, in a resume, you wouldn’t put your contact information halfway down the page; you would put it at the top. It doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult to build in that functionality. Verdict: Incomplete “feature”.
