The New Facebook: New Dashboard, Download Your Stuff, and Groups
10/07/2010 02:10:00 AM
kenmouse
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As expected, Facebook's big event today was yet another redesign.
The first feature Mark Zuckerberg announced, Download Your Information, lets you download all of your photos, messages, videos, etc. Simple enough! It all goes into a single zip file, so that it's all in one place, which will then be emailed to you. As for privacy concerns, you'll need to provide a password and possibly answer more security concerns.
There's also a new dashboard, where you'll have the ability to see what permissions are granted each application and what information it's using. It'll also, crucially, make it easier to handle your app privacy settings by making them more transparent.
The third main problem, according to Mark Zuckerberg, is making sure you're most connected to your Facebook friends that you actually, you know, care about. While he spent a lot of time talking about ways to optimize subgroups that won't work—algorithms, separate friend lists—the actual solution will be a "social" one. Translation: tagging your friends like you would a photo.
The goal is to map all real-world groups in a way that's all-inclusive and can be used in several different contexts. Facebook wants to be the place you go for group email, group chat, etc.
You can sort people by family, activities, sports teams—pretty much whatever you want. And just like anyone can tag a photo, each group can be controlled by any of its members. In terms of a design implications, Groups will live on the lefthand side of the page. You can send and receive email within the Group, even edit a document. It's not clear if that can take place in real time.
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