You will have to get used to the new Facebook interface. The social network has started to warn its users that its classic design, built around a navigation bar and four panels, will be definitely replaced in September by the new refined experience in test for several weeks, closer to the last mobile version of the site.
“The classic Facebook experience will be phased out in September, but before Facebook.com’s new interface becomes the default experience, we would like to know more about the improvements we can make“, indicates the social network on its site. It was possible to switch from one to the other so far.
Launched at the start of the year, the new design illustrates the strategic shift initiated in spring 2019 by Facebook to prioritize private interactions to the detriment of the historical news feed but also the desire to rough up its different platforms to optimize them, make them easier to use and build bridges between them in a logic of harmonization.
Whiter and less cluttered, the new Facebook offers more generous spaces with larger icons and fonts. He puts groups, stories and events at the heart of the experience, the emphasis on Watch, Marketplace and Gaming functions, and undermines the importance of the timeline, now framed by two sections as on the web version of Twitter. This interface also gives the possibility of switching the interface to dark mode with a dominant of black and gray.
