Facebook to unveil new site design

[mandy]

Facebook.com, which has attracted legions of 20-something and younger users with its interactive tools and general networking concept, is getting ready to unveil a redesign with new features that make the Web site easier to use. Many of the modifications respond directly to feedback from more than 100,000 Facebook users. They include changes in the way users can navigate profiles, and new portal pages that give them a more comprehensive view of their groups...

There are also improvements in the user interface and navigation tool to make it easier to for users to view profiles with fewer clicks. The redesign is hardly a rebranding of the wildly popular Web site, though. Facebook executives are playing down the changes, calling them "small and subtle."

The gradual shifts in the design and, perhaps more importantly, the inclusion of user feedback should be welcome to Facebook's user base, which startled the company last year by revolting against a change that had been suddenly introduced...

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