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New Facebook Design Hits Your Browsers July 2013 - Nova Digital Media
JULY 25 2013
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New Facebook Design Hits Your Browsers July 2013 - Nova Digital Media
I am ashamed to say that it wasnt me that got the update and of the 5 of us, only 1 received the new glorious graphics of Facebook Design so should you wish to be considered for the new interface early you need to get over here: h ps://www.facebook.com/about/newsfeed and register your interest.
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New Facebook Design Hits Your Browsers July 2013 - Nova Digital Media
The largest altera ons have been made to the way we use Facebook for search and naviga on which would suggest that Facebook have been one of the rst to act on the data freely available on the Internet which is the Tidal Wave of browsers now using Mobile Devices to connect to their favourite websites. Mobile Devices have long been considered a possible future permanent solu on for browsing the internet and I believe that this conrms that the Web Designers of the future Facebook are considering this too, If we consider the Apps Facebook has released and the large number of people that are using the Giant Social Pla orm now for Local and Na onal Searches doesnt this seem to be a natural move for all web sites? I dont mean to blow my own horn here, but Ive been saying this for years. This is simply the rst me I have put my opinion in the public domain. Mobile and Touch Naviga on Web Design has been at the forefront of Nova Digital Medias repertoire since its reincarna on as a Small Web Design Studio in Essex to a Full Crea ve and Digital Agency in 2013. Think about it. Whats happening all around you on the morning or a ernoon commute today? Look around when your next on the train, People browsing their phones, tablets or laptops right? If not, then chances are they are playing Candy Crush, Farm Ville or some other Facebook Game. This latest interface altera on seems to bring a sense of alignment between the Mobile Version people are becoming accustomed to and distancing the old Desktop Browser Version, which as you can imagine seems to lead us to consider that Facebook are one of the rst to consider that Mobile Design is more important than Desktop Design.
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New Facebook Design Hits Your Browsers July 2013 - Nova Digital Media
From the top of the page we no ced immediately that the icons that assist site wide naviga on have been given a shue, possibly to op mise site design more in line with standard design prac ce of having naviga on on the top right and the logo in the top le . I would hasten to add that the biggest brand change is that the word FACEBOOK no longer sits upon the page like a Logo king on the throne. Instead Facebook have opted for the more Social Media Icon style Logo that has been plastered over websites on the internet like a Social Rash and in our humble opinion is a more no ceable and recognisable brand image than the wri en and custom font that is the old Facebook logo. The font in the search bar seems slightly larger and the search bar has a so er and rounded border. The icons informing us of new friends, messages and no ca ons have been cast aside over to the right where we think they belong. the privacy se ngs icon is separated by a small pipe and then a small downward poin ng arrow which signies more op ons in the furthest right hand side which opens up the menu that was hidden behind a cog icon before.
with excep on of the thumbs up coming in at the rear) as its a subtle icon that Web
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with excep on of the thumbs up coming in at the rear) as its a subtle icon that Web Masters arent too worried about using to distract there visitors. Cleverly making this the focus of the branding isnt this reversing that thought process and causing all of those icons to be the actual brand logo of the magnum opus brain child of Mr Zuckerberg.
New Facebook Design Hits Your Browsers July 2013 - Nova Digital Media
eect of their Tablet or Phone while s ll having access to the all important News Feed,
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eect of their Tablet or Phone while s ll having access to the all important News Feed, Messages, Events, Pages, Apps and nally Groups. Im imagining in a few years when all monitors are Touch or Gesture Enabled and a simple, ick of the nger will, show or hide the Naviga on allowing the content in the main part of the page to remain the dominant focus for the viewer. Home Services Work About Team Blog Contact
Chat Sidebar
To some the best feature of all, hide the chat is s ll possible but with a slightly op mised look and integrated feel to this area of Facebook, previously this was achieved with a single icon in the lower le corner of the chat area, now this is part of a menu system that includes addi onal Filterable chat features like; Chat with Lists allowing you to select only a group of people that you would like to chat to. How fun, No longer do you need to set up advanced privacy se ngs or completely go oine to avoid someone you may s ll owe money too from that hazy weekend bender!
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Facebook Design Hits Your Browsers July 2013 - Nova Digital Media Each item also gives you aNew great indicator of its usefulness by showing you new
informa on that has been posted or updated within the interface in again a clever and subtle drop shadow style. The same great List features are available for you to use, there just seems to be a be er design around presen ng the lists / likes and page feeds to you in this shiny new version.
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Click the boxes below to see screenshots of how the filters work
Photo Filter Music Filter Games Filter
Tab Content
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Profile Icons
The rst no ceable thing for me was the adjustment made to the Prole Icons, the rounded o corners and more complete images seemed to leap out of the screen at me and without trying draw my a en on to the relevant wall post. Whats more is the use of the icons to signify the post type, events are presented with a snazzy almost iOS style date icon and other Facebook pla orm features seem to have a newer more polished look about the icons, but the personalised and commercial posts look be er too, this design really brings the wall sec ons into the iPhone age and give the posts a look that is akin to a customised bu on for an iPhone App.
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Emoticons
Emo cons gleam from the page like a Super Nova Star in the cosmos on a dark night, like a beacon of emo on they signify to us that someone dear and personal has requested something now Im not saying this is a new feature at all. But again with a polished look the new icons seem to be brighter and much more appealing, I only glanced at the li le hear emo con but I would be very surprised to nd that Facebook have only updated one icon. Ive no ced 2 already and Im looking forward to discovering a whole new icon set that Facebook have recreated giving one Essex Based Graphics guy a li le pixel pick up!
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New Facebook Design Hits Your Browsers July 2013 - Nova Digital Media
Is this down to the image engine that powered the billions of images on the site and is this also taking into account overall global increases in broadband speed? I think so, further more with faster speeds the Light-box (pop-up image viewer) that displays the images upon mouse click, which seems to also be slightly more generous giving us, larger monitor folk, more image by drawing the box closer to the edges of the screen. This is not fully tested as we rushed straight to word processing once we saw the New Facebook so
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please excuse us if this turns out to not be the case. However Im sure youll agree that the way gallery posts are displayed is very much an improvement with an almost Windows 8 feel in the new led layout. Also allowing you to skip the rst image and also get a bit of informa on about the gallery within the post le before you need to click it. This almost seems like Facebook no longer want you to stray from your wall giving you the lters and led informa on posts excerpts with as much informa on as possible making the New Wall a more informa ve place to be in Facebook.
telling stories of thousands of words without the need for a conversa on of, How was
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telling stories of thousands of words without the need for a conversa on of, How was the wedding? or Did you enjoy your holiday? Gallery updates, improved imagery and lterable searches through the inbox of wall posts that we are presented with allow us to focus our a en on on what ma ers to us at the me and leave the tangents and misgivings of the old melines a rm shove to the knackers yard as we strive for op mum use of our me and a more focussed experience on Facebook between breaks at work or on the 30 minute commute home.
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To Sum it all up
To coin a phrase, innova on is 99 perspira on and 1 inspira on and it seems in the back rooms of the Facebook Factories like The Wonka Chocolate Factory, the wonderful minions and powers that be behind Facebook have worked very hard and furiously hammered out this wonderful new toy and I love it! So from us at Nova Digital Media, THANK YOU! But what will this Facebook Revolu on mean for the likes of You and Me as users? Ease of use, Mul Pla orm Compa bility, Responsive Design for Mul ple Screen Sizes and much more Of course, Design and Interface Improvements are all that le for the Facebook Crowd, making it pre y and easy to use is a long overdue version update that we were all needing to refresh our pale es for this tapering o growth session that Facebook has been enjoying for the last few years. The road map now for Facebook with a fully Touch and Gesture friendly interface is good, the possibili es are now open to all sorts of great new tools, ideas and updates; Oce 365, Outlook Accounts, Adobe Facebook Apps maybe?
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Hey thats great for us, we work in Facebook every day so having our Oce in here with our preferred crowd would be a great idea. For now though all I can do is sit and be jealous that my Web Developer is si ng perusing the new features and Im s ll on the wai ng list.
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