OLD or NEW Face

Facebook which is almost has 30 million user launched new design layout. Layout is very important in web design. When you create a Web design, one of the more overlooked aspects of the design is the layout (Kyrnin, 2009).There are more then 100 users changed to the new design. This new design has a faster speed, more streamlined and spam resistant. According to Facebook Vice President of Marketing, Chamath palihapitiya this new format is motivated by feedback from the users about the trend of sharing their photos, videos, and others using the internet. This new design allows the user to fresh pictures, give messages, and use the application such as curriculum vitae, walls and graffiti.

OLD Face

NEW Face

These new design has a lot of benefits such as easier and more useful.According to Diana Reep (2006) design features directing people to increase the ability of readers to remember the important, increased the reader interested, and reflects the image you wish readers to have.However, There are number of people who doesn’t like this changes, they make a group on Facebook and protest about the new design. Palihapatiya believe that after using the new Facebook people will become familiar with the layout and features. Then they will know that the new layout is better than previous layout.The general principles of good design are balance, proportion, sequence, and consistency (Reep, 2006, p 135). From this explanation above I agree with the changes because this new layout is more useful and have good web design.

List of References

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