From my friends’ (non-social media users) points of view, the increased opportunity for interaction is probably a small plus, if it’s even factored in at all. I’ve seen comments on statuses, but by the same pple who were vocal before the change, and I don’t think that that many have grasped the new opportunities here, because the commenting doesn’t extend to the other updates that can be commented on (eg. joining a new group, relationship statuses etc) I don’t think many users ‘get’ the real-time feed, whereas for friendfeed users it’s a familiar and useful feature.

My friends seem to prefer the old FB interface because they find it easier to access things, while the new FB splits up things unnecessarily. (of course as a social media user I love the new stuff this surfaces and the greater filtering capabilities!) Hopefully, they will eventually be eased into the idea of increased interactivity and participate more

@iammyy: Yup! It’s a good change, I think! I’ve never actually played wit the bookmark bar… I should take a look!

@Ange: Yes definitely the “photos” tab has made life much easier for me too. It’s probably #2 for me as well, behind IM. Blogs don’t even factor in, mostly.

I suppose it has become a new playground, sharing photos become so convenient and that FB photo upload rush happens with my friends after every party/ball/dinner we took pictures in.

It’s awesome really. It’s probably the no.2 medium of interaction for my friends and I online. Most possibly following behind Windows Live Messenger and even before blogs.

I like the bookmark bar best because you don’t have to search for your applications anymore ! And of course,your mentioned status updates page does wonders – distraction in class! =x

On the comments about the apps, I actually feel that application developers benefit more as now activities their friends are performing on FB apps actually get sent to the user’s notifications in the bottom right bar. This attracts attention to applications where with the old interface, these were seen as “noise” and often ignored.

And yes, you are right on the point about good apps with good interactions are still popular. An example is PackRat which until today has 73K active users per month. The game is fun, addictive and growing daily as time goes by with the new interface

It has better privacy controls than before too. One thing I’m not particular happy about is removal of applications. Users might miss it altogether as it’s sitting right at the bottom and require a few clicks to remove them.

It used to be that a profile page load apps and all in one page so with the new UI and tabbing in place, users might miss it. I like it tho, page loads faster than before.