Facebook Gets Redesigned

Facebook is celebrating its sixth birthday the way any good six-year-old would: with some serious facial surgery. The home page redesign will make it easier to find certain features, streamlining the Facebook experience. The update began to run live last night, when many of its 400 million users got official access to the new look.

The redesign reorganizes some core features including messages and photos in the left-hand menu. A red notification bubble will now appear on the top left corner of the screen, providing instant access to new notifications. Home and Profile have been moved to the top right of the screen.

New Applications and Games dashboards will make it easier for you to find recent applications that you used, as well as ones that your friends are using. You can control whether or not friends view your recent applications and games through a new privacy setting option.

For a full list of updates, check out the blog post about it or just head over to Facebook and poke around. For those that have already used it: do you prefer the new layout or were you happier with things the way they were? [Facebook Blog via PC World]