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1. Comment - Facebook users unite in outrage over changed layout

   (Aug 14, 2008 - 6:27 AM)

   What people don't seem to realise is that "Facebookers" use the site for different things. Some use it as a kind of online address book where their mates are contactable from one place. Others use the applications and games on a regular basis. For the former the new layout is great, as it cuts out all the applications and games boxes when they load a profile page (previously they could simply minimise boxes they didn't require to see, whilst those interested could easily view it all on one page, so that wasn't even a problem in the first place). For the latter the new Facebook layout has completely altered their use of the site. A lot of games and applications are not compatible with the new profile layout and cannot be displayed. A lot of settings have been lost with the changeover, and the display options are not available to reset them on the new style. The process of adding applications now bypasses privacy settings, so a lot of people have not been happy that their actions have been broadcast to Facebook friends without their knowledge or consent. The new layout is regularly referred to as the "Stalker-Profile" because it appears to cater mainly for users who want to track other's moves on Facebook. Finally, the new layout gobbles up the CPU and takes ages to load. The new layout smacks of change for the sake of change. Unhappy user's are not just losers who can't handle change.