Facebook Releases New Design, Bugs Abound
Posted by Nick O'Neill on July 21st, 2008 12:08 AMFacebook released their new design tonight and it threw the platform into somewhat of a chaotic state for a period of time. The update went live at around 10:15 PM eastern and it appears that the errors continue to be taking place right now. Many users have been complaining that the site has been inaccessible. Some pages are clearly not displaying properly if at all. For instance click on the “Account” link in the navigation has been displaying the following screen in my Firefox browser:
Applications Get Randomly Punished
One of the most significant concerns voiced by developers when the platform launched was that the new design was going to hurt the virality of their applications. Right off the bat I noticed that some applications were no longer displaying in my links. Considering that some of these were my most frequently used applications it seemed strange that the link no longer appeared. I needed to search for and bookmark the application in order to get the link back. This appears to be a small issue but it could have a significant impact on some applications.
Not Completely Accessible
I’ve had multiple people contact me now to complain that the new site is not accessible. I’m guessing that these problems will be resolved over the coming hours as Facebook works to make all the last minute changes which went unnoticed or popped up when pushed to the live platform. Have you found any other bugs with the new release?
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July 20th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I live in Tallahassee, FL and I don’t see the new layout yet. Does anyone know specifically where it’s been released so far?
July 20th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
My network doesn’t have the new design. We haven’t ever been able to use new.facebook.com. Is this supposed to come in phases or what?
July 20th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
It also seems that the whole Import Digg/Flicker/etc. feature has gone to moot.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:13 am
I live in Tallahassee, FL and I don’t see the new layout yet. Does anyone know specifically where it’s been released so far?
July 21st, 2008 at 12:22 am
My network doesn’t have the new design. We haven’t ever been able to use new.facebook.com. Is this supposed to come in phases or what?
July 21st, 2008 at 12:40 am
@Ian
I have noticed some strange behavior with the imported news feed stories. For example, a Digg news feed story looks like “{actor} dugg {item title} on {=Digg}”, followed by the title of the dugg item and my name. That’s definitely not normal. Also, I don’t see any option in the new interface to import items into the feed (Digg, Flickr, del.icio.us, etc). It makes you wonder if the new design was really ready for launch.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:44 am
It also seems that the whole Import Digg/Flicker/etc. feature has gone to moot.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:56 am
My imported stories that carried over from my minifeed (Like Last.fm and Hulu) are formatted incorrectly, displaying {artist} and {title} instead of the actual artist and title. Anyone else have this problem?
July 21st, 2008 at 1:40 am
@Ian
I have noticed some strange behavior with the imported news feed stories. For example, a Digg news feed story looks like “{actor} dugg {item title} on {=Digg}”, followed by the title of the dugg item and my name. That’s definitely not normal. Also, I don’t see any option in the new interface to import items into the feed (Digg, Flickr, del.icio.us, etc). It makes you wonder if the new design was really ready for launch.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:56 am
My imported stories that carried over from my minifeed (Like Last.fm and Hulu) are formatted incorrectly, displaying {artist} and {title} instead of the actual artist and title. Anyone else have this problem?
July 21st, 2008 at 2:08 am
The new site will not be made available to most users for several days. new.facebook.com will only work for users selected to participate.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:08 am
The new site will not be made available to most users for several days. new.facebook.com will only work for users selected to participate.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:16 am
The login bug mentioned is not a real bug and is the result of the not final url used. When the new design gets the http://www.facebook.com url the “bug” will disappear.
July 21st, 2008 at 5:16 am
The login bug mentioned is not a real bug and is the result of the not final url used. When the new design gets the http://www.facebook.com url the “bug” will disappear.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:05 am
Same happen with google adsense
July 21st, 2008 at 6:26 am
A true BETA.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:05 am
Same happen with google adsense
July 21st, 2008 at 7:26 am
A true BETA.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am
I’ve found that my application is now getting that blasted “No data” error since they released the new design. It never happened before, and my webserver seems plenty responsive, so it must be a screw up on their end. Maybe releasing the new design somehow slowed down the Platform.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:52 am
I’ve found that my application is now getting that blasted “No data” error since they released the new design. It never happened before, and my webserver seems plenty responsive, so it must be a screw up on their end. Maybe releasing the new design somehow slowed down the Platform.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
mine gets stuck in an endless loop between http://www.facebook.com and new.facebook.com then times out my login request
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:18 am
mine gets stuck in an endless loop between http://www.facebook.com and new.facebook.com then times out my login request
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:33 am
I cant even log into facebook It has done that the past two days
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:33 am
I cant even log into facebook It has done that the past two days
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:20 am
i cant log in at all, it just says
You are using an incompatible web browser.
We detect that you’re using an old version Internet Explorer that doesn’t work very well with Facebook..
To get the most out of Facebook, please upgrade or download one of the following browsers:
Note: The beta site is currently disabled in IE6 because it’s all messed up and broken. Don’t worry, we’ll have it working IE6 soon.
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Safari
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Flock
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:20 am
i cant log in at all, it just says
You are using an incompatible web browser.
We detect that you’re using an old version Internet Explorer that doesn’t work very well with Facebook..
To get the most out of Facebook, please upgrade or download one of the following browsers:
Note: The beta site is currently disabled in IE6 because it’s all messed up and broken. Don’t worry, we’ll have it working IE6 soon.
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Safari
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Flock
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
The new facebook has more glitches:
1. Wall posts rarely show up when users with new facebook write on the wall of a user with the old facebook.
2. When you delete a story from your minifeed, it doesn’t delete properly, half the time
3. Sometimes, when you try to add a new tab on your profile, it doesn’t stay as a tab.
4. When using FB chat, users appeared to be signed off in middle of a conversation when they never logged off. Within minutes they “sign back on” without doing anything special. It just happens.
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
The new facebook has more glitches:
1. Wall posts rarely show up when users with new facebook write on the wall of a user with the old facebook.
2. When you delete a story from your minifeed, it doesn’t delete properly, half the time
3. Sometimes, when you try to add a new tab on your profile, it doesn’t stay as a tab.
4. When using FB chat, users appeared to be signed off in middle of a conversation when they never logged off. Within minutes they “sign back on” without doing anything special. It just happens.
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:41 am
Here are more:
5. When you add a box tab with an application in it, then delete the application, the box tab still remains with nothing in it rather than disappearing.
6. The photos section does not show newly tagged photos all of the time.
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:41 am
Here are more:
5. When you add a box tab with an application in it, then delete the application, the box tab still remains with nothing in it rather than disappearing.
6. The photos section does not show newly tagged photos all of the time.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
A problem I’m having is whenever I try to view a profile, it doesn’t go to it, and I have to hit refresh to make it go to the page I wanted.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
A problem I’m having is whenever I try to view a profile, it doesn’t go to it, and I have to hit refresh to make it go to the page I wanted.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Another glitch-
Some of the oldest wall posts don't appear on the wall itself.
To be explicit, when I got to the profile and click “Older posts,” I get a message that “____ has no recent activity.” I am positive there are older posts; as a matter of fact, these missing posts appear when I access Wall-to-Wall.
September 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I realize this is an old thread, but I thought I'd post this glitch anyway, as I've found many, many users are experiencing it. I have been tagged in 160 photos from countless friends' albums and several of my own (for which the permissions are universally set so that everyone can see their contents). When I'm logged in, I have the option of viewing these photos and I have the new “Tab” feature I can click to see all the albums. The problem is that none of my friends can see either link on my profile. In researching the problem, I've found that most of the people experiencing the glitch are international users. I've also contacted Facebook and gotten no reply. If anyone finds a solution, please post it here