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Will the Facebook Redesign Help or Hinder Applications Developers?

Posted by Tadhg | Mar 6, 2009 | Filed under Platforms, Research

Facebook announced a couple of days ago that they’re changing user’s homepages in a couple of significant ways to bring about more of a Twitter or Friendfeed-like environment of live sharing, and they posted some screenshots of what those updates will look like. Inside Facebook has the skinny here.

I like the redesign direction that Facebook is taking and think it will continue to drive their growth. However, as with all redesigns, alterations to the Facebook design cause changes in user behaviour and that can have unintended consequences. This is an article examining Facebook from the application discovery and retention perspective and asking the question of whether the new design will be an overall positive or negative influence.

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