Facebook Lite is Live!
Facebook lite is now available to current facebook subscribers in North America, India and the UK. The stripped down version offers a much cleaner interface a la 2006 style social network.
I really don’t give two cents what your virtual mafia war crime boss is doing and I’ve become a little weary of farm animals on my news feed (although the black sheep is cute). Kiss me all you want in YOUville… I’m just not feeling the love! My facebook homepage consists of watching friends giving each other psuedo-drinks and digital food (bits & bytes if you will). I was really more interested in keeping up with what friends were doing in real life which is why I joined facebook in the first place. What happened to meeting on facebook to discuss plans for a real event?
The good news for people like me is that it seems that facebook lite appears to be much cleaner and simpler. It seems to be a better site for Facebook newbies or for anyone who finds the current site overwhelming or noisy, remaining app free.
The profile page is simple with a side menu of tabs where you can find a collapsed version of info, friends and photos widgets. On the wall you will find some recent news, but little source info. A simple post interface allows visitors to write on the profile wall.
The homepage is much lighter, there is little in the way of suggestions, highlights and requests unlike the original facebook, but you can see new friend requests much clearly.
Facebook lite is not complete. There are still settings pages under construction but I am sure they are working as hard and fast as possible to complete this project (considering how well received this has been). No worries about security, as the privacy settings are still controlled and stay true to those set on regular facebook. So far no glitches or holes to be found (and you know a nerd like me was looking)
See the few screen shots of the Lite version of our favourite social space, and also a shot of regular facebook to which you can compare. Really though, why fake it by just looking at my blog… go see for yourself by signing into your profile at the new http://lite.facebook.com
