Ticker haters, rejoice: Facebook appears to be testing a new layout for its homepage, where notifications appear in a column running down the left-hand side. Read the rest of this entry »

Relax! Facebook didn’t change your account settings — only the look and feel of the page got a makeover.
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We’ve heard from several readers this week about signs that Facebook might be testing yet another redesign of the home page and possibly the photo viewer.

Facebook routinely updates various features of the site on an ongoing basis, so any limited beta tests of new layouts or designs is simply business as usual for the social network.

Just as routinely, however, users of the site tend to get uppity about profile redesigns in particular, which makes the whole process of redsigning an interesting dance for Facebook.

So we’re curious to know, dear readers, whether you’re seeing any of the signs of a possible redesign on your home page or other features on the site — and do you even want to be seeing them in the first place?

Please share your opinions by participating in our poll below. Plus, we’d love to see the rationale for your vote in the comments section.

You can add your own replies if the choices already listed don’t suit you. While the poll blocks repeat votes, you can select more than one option. Don’t forget to check back to see how everyone else is voting.

Facebook has been continuously iterating on their new design with the latest version showing a new location for Facebook Chat. Over the past few weeks we have been receiving messages from users who have been part of Facebook’s ongoing user testing of the new homepage design, however this latest design has one significant change: Facebook Chat has been moved to the sidebar.
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A new Facebook group has surged in popularity over the past few days as it claims to provide instructions on how to revert your Facebook to the old design. The group titled “I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THE OLD FACEBOOK BACK!” gives step by step instructions on how do just that. While I haven’t tried out the process, it sounds logical.

Numerous users that have joined the group claim that it doesn’t work. Regardless of the tutorial’s accuracy, users are joining at a rapid pace. Just in the last hour I’ve counted over 300 new users. What has accounted for the group’s rapid growth? The primary growth is due to the group administrator’s decision to post step by step instructions for promoting the group prior to listing out the instructions for reverting back to the previous design.
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