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Facebook could look like this - Complete redesign
Brandon Davenport
When I use Facebook, I can’t help but wonder why it has to look so crappy. I know it takes a lot of resources to serve images, videos and heaps of data, and adding a design like this would only slow it down even more — but I can’t help but dream about a Facebook that looks like this.
The design that Jonathan Moreira on Dribbble came up with is astounding, and blows the doors off of what Facebook offers today, in terms of design that is. Everything from the chat box, social feed and icons have been overhauled, and the website is now a designers wet dream — I mean… wow!
Folks on Dribbble and Deviantart have been going crazy over Jonathan’s design, and rightfully so. We just hope that somebody takes it seriously and creates a Firefox or Chrome addon that skins the Facebook homepage with this amazing design. We just still can’t get over how great this looks, and we really hope down the road, Facebook considers a redesign like this.
Why Facebook hasn’t used a design like this
When you visit Facebook, you are there for one reason, and one reason only. You are there to connect with friends, and you do that in hundreds of ways — but it all trickles down to being connected. The average user could probably care less if Facebook is “beautiful” because all they want to do is post photos and play Farmville, and a design like this would only slow things down.
Also, Facebook has to work everywhere, on any internet connection and on any device. This means if Facebook doesn’t need it, Facebook isn’t going to waste time designing it. With a design like this, the website would be significantly slower, and the experience for 80% of users would be deteriorated to nothing.
Facebook made the right choice to choose simplicity and speed over good looks, and maybe that’s why they beat everyone else in the social networking space — but we can’t help but wonder what Facebook would be like down the road if it looked like this. I know for sure if Facebook looked like this, I would use it every day — but that’s not the reason Facebook want’s you to use their service.
