Showing posts with label social networking sites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social networking sites. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2009

So, What's new about Facebook Lite?

Facebook Lite is here. So what's good about it? Simple. The Slimmer the better.
The new "Lite" Facebook is available for users of US and India.
Try it out for yourself here - http://lite.facebook.com
Facebook Lite at a glance is really clutter-free version of the Facebook "Classic". Newbies and those who find the original Facebook to be just a bit too noisy, will feel at ease with this newer look. It also pushes the old-school Facebook apps off a cliff, which is just as well for the newest Facebook-connected services.

Some visual changes include the deletion of the left navigation panel alongwith the removal of the bottom taskbar. The overall look and feel is quite soothing and uncluttered. The input box is removed with buttons like Write, Post Photos and Post Videos and these pop down only when needed.
Birthdays and Friend Requests are shown right on top followed by the normal news feed.

Here is a view of the two pages of the same account:
(Credit: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET)
Facebook Lite Version





Facebook Classic




Other small hard-to-identify tweaks include that the "Friends" tab is missing in the navigation bar. That is replaced by a small Events link.

All pages are cleaner, faster and easier to read, thanks to the Facebook team.
Part of the game is the HTML optimization Facebook's been working at. Advertisements are low on FB Lite but you never know once this thing begins rocking!

Better still, its fast, its efficient, what else do we need?
Something else...reply in comments.

Friday, July 10, 2009

I am back again!

Phew! That was way good time out of the Internet thing. But who can keep themselves away from such interesting thing that connects you with the world. NOT ME!

Well, its really been a long time that I have written a blog entry. I even did think of deleting my blog, but when I opened up my blog (that is after 2 YEARS! Can you believe that?), I saw some of my posts commented that kept me from doing that disaster. So, I'm here back again!

Well, you know I'm kinda interested in Tech and all, so I post frequently about tech and other things, but I AM interested in other things too and I like to post things that may be common interest to all that is my audience.

So, I was looking on the net when I came acroos this blog from TechRepublic.com from Debra Littlejohn Shinder or just Deb Shinder what she is known better in that community about 10 ways to stay out of trouble when you post to Social Networking Sites.
As is illustrated, it is really quite easy to get yourself embarrased when you post to such sites when you really don't know what consequences a little post of yours to Uncle Ed making joke of him can result as a bad impression of yours in front of your boss if he reads it. The blog post points out the seriousness of the issue most people forget when trying to distribute info on such sites. However, thanks to Deb Shinder, you have these 10 ways you can save yourself from such embarrasement.

I hope you people cope up with me as I promise all you guys that I'll now be timely with my posts and give you the bit of this large E-Web that holds us altogether.