You probably noticed this.
As of today, Facebook have introduced some new design changes across users’ News Feeds and plenty of people have already noticed the tweeks.
Did they just change @facebook while I was asleep?!
— Sam Dowler (@samdowler) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/Srevels012/status/905359813189787648
NEW: Facebook is testing coloured comments… This is going to look a mess!
h/t @absoluut pic.twitter.com/boqKTeG0JN
— Matt Navarra (I quit X. Follow me on Threads) (@MattNavarra) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/howjay/status/905340795800219648
Facebook have stated that the new designs were made “in order to make News Feed more conversational and easier to read and navigate.”
Ok, what can you expect to see?
Increased colour contrast has been introduced so that typography is more legible.
Larger link previews are also available in order to make text easier to read.
You’ll also notice that the Like, Comment, and Share buttons have also been enlarged and that circular profile pictures have been introduced.
Speaking about the changes, Product design manager Shali Nguyen and design director Ryan Freitas explained the logic behind the revamp: “Every person’s News Feed is different and populated with a unique set of stories; from photos and videos, to GIFs and links. And, with so many types of stories available, each feed is more complex than ever. We’re always working to help people have more lively and expressive conversations on Facebook. More and more, comments have become the way to have conversations about a post with other people. We’ve updated our comment style and made it easier to see which comments are direct replies to another person.”
Regarding the stories that appear in your News Feed, you can now preview where a link will take you before clicking on it.
Other changes are more subtle, such as the changes in the comment style. You may have noticed that the newly designed comments section on Facebook closely resembles the interface of the Facebook Messenger app with message bubbles now appearing.
