Whatever the folks at Facebook are guilty of, standing still is not one of them. Even as we are waiting for our messaging invites, the company has gone ahead and shown off a new format for its profile pages. On the Facebook blog,, Facebook software engineer Josh Wiseman has talked about the new design, which seems to be more graphic driven. From what we have seen, tabs seem to have been done away with and replaced by buttons, and the profile picture is much larger now. In fact, pictures seem to be playing a prominent part in the new design with – there is a row of recently tagged pictures of the person shown to the right of the profile picture. Just above this row of pictures are a series of factoids about the person such as their occupation, hobbies, etc.
There is a featured friends section which allows you to display friends you consider important and a New Experiences section where you can write about your interests and activities, be they projects undertaken, the teams you support and so on. You can also now search for people by name, hometown, school and a number of other parameters. Finally, a new look Photos page can let one see all one’s pictures at one page, saving one the need to hit the “Next” button.
So, when can you upgrade to the new profile? Well, right away. All you need to do is click here and click on “Get the new profile.” How much do we like the new profile? We will let you know when we have made up our minds about it.
