http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1840165,00.html?cnn=yes
For a few months now Facebook has been telling its users that there is a "new Facebook" available to try. The link that sends you to this new Facebook also has a link for you to go back to the old Facebook if you don't like what you find. However, as this article states, starting Wednesday there will be no way for you to go back to the old Facebook. As a user of Facebook I have tried the new Facebook and haven't really liked what I've seen. The new version seems far more complicated than it needs to be. I'm not alone in my feelings and many people have started petitions to try to stop this switch to the new version. The resistance to change on Facebook has always been high when something new is introduced. After about a month though all the hype dies down and it's like nothing ever happened. I believe that this will be the case again with this switch to a different layout. I like that Facebook is continually trying to improve and differentiate itself from other social networking sites. It's just like anything else though...change is almost always resisted at first.
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I read the same article and I feel the same way. When new versions have been released in the past, there is always an uproar but once people get comfortable with the redesign everything tends to calm down. I think with each redesign comes new ideas and innovative changes, only bettering facebook. Once people use the new setup for a few days they should feel the same way. Also, 75% of people that have tested the redesign have decided to keep it willingly. The people who have switched back may have a slight preference but overall the new design seems to be getting positive reviews.
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