Monday, July 30, 2012

Facebook’s Updates Photo Viewing


Facebook has once again redesigned the look of its Photos service. Facebook is rolling out the new features out slowly to its 955 million monthly active users. Facebook has been regularly tweaking the look of Photos on its site since the service first launched and this appears a big improvement.

With the new design, when you click on the Photos tile at the top of your own timeline, you’ll be directed to a new kind of page. Instead of white space separating thumbnails, you’ll see a mosaic of pictures that fills up the entire page. From there, you can use the menu to find images you’re tagged in, pictures you’ve posted, and albums you’ve created.

It seems obvious to me why Facebook is focusing on the photo viewing experience – Pinterest’s popularity has demonstrated a user preference for a more visual experience.

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