Facebook has started rolling out a new, slick and speedy version of its website worldwide primarily aimed at those with slower connections. Facebook Lite (http://lite.facebook.com/) loads much faster than the regular version. The HTML is optimized, so there’s less code for browsers to download. The new version has fewer and smaller ads and pictures.
Facebook Lite’s news feed lets users write, post photos and videos, but unlike the regular Facebook, there is no toolbar for enabling access to Facebook Pages, Status Updates, Photos and Links. Lite’s profile pages are leaner, too. While the middle column of users’ profiles in Facebook Lite looks similar to that of the regular Facebook profile, the left and right columns in Lite are pretty bare, lacking the glut of photos, ads, applications and gaming invites of the original Facebook.
Lite could help attract new users. “We have found that people who are new to Facebook tend to be most interested in a simpler experience, and focus on establishing their network of friends by writing on their walls, sending messages, and looking at pictures” the company said.
Stripping away to the most commonly used functions seems to be the aim of the design, allowing users to see and post status updates, events, inbox messages, wall messages, photos and video. The lighter version has no application support, and on a whole seems like a welcomed return to the earlier days of Facebook.
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