FB home page redesign - d'oh!
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Derek Wood
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Oops, they did it again. An FB redesign implemented just now has broken the script, as I'm sure everybody noticed. FB redesigns are like Groundhog Day, except about three times as frequent. So, Vaughan... is a revision of the script on the way? I'm sure you're busy as anyone, so if it takes you a little while, that's cool. I just really like the script and look forward to having it fixing my FB again. Thanks for all the work you've done on it so far. |
DoSMaN
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Mine facebook didn't change yet... i still have the facebook that we all love... :p
If Vaughan's facebook doesn't change he can't start to "fix" FB Fixer... so guys.. wait.. |
Balki Bartok...
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I just got hit with this abomination. I didn't really mind the other changes that much but this time it is horrible. |
Vaughan Chan...
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I'm still waiting for them to give me the updated version so I can see what they've done this time and start working on a fix. I've been really busy lately, but hopefully I'll be able to get it working again soon. |
cotik
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It broke almost the whole script and made some features obsolete. But I guess that it won't be extremely difficult to fix since they just changed the appearance. |
Örpli Hinter...
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To be honest i like the newest update. Usability got improved (the top-menu-bar is awesome). Some features are missing, sure, but i think the changes aren't that bad. |
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Balki Bartok...
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I liked the notifications on the bottom as I find them awkward opening down in the top middle. I also don't like having menus on the left and right and having the feed in the middle. Something about it doesn't feel right. With the old version, I put all the menus on the right and the feed on the left. |
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DoSMaN
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Vaughan check the new layout (facelift) of the "new" facebook... http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7844/newfb.png P.S.
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sizzlemctwizzle
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I was waiting for them to give me the new version too Vaughan. My users started reporting it yesterday and I just got the new version about an hour ago. Looks like you and me have a lot of work ahead of us lol. I think putting notifications back on the chat bar is important, because it stays fixed when you scroll. Whereas you have to be at the top of the page to see notifications in the nav bar(unless you've fixed positioned that too). The chat space on the home page is very redundant. |
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Vaughan Chan...
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Yeah, lots of work ahead... they never want us to rest. I'm still waiting for the new version. I wish they would hurry up, cause I actually have some time to work on the script. Thanks for the screenshot DoSMaN. I can't say much until I have the new version myself, but so far it doesn't look bad at all. Do you have stuff hidden or is the home page really that sparse now? And what's that 98% thing about? |
AlmostKilledMe
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I just woke up to the redesign, so it shouldn't be too much longer. That 98% thing is linked to translations, so I can only assume that it's the completion percentage of that particular language translation. The redesign is not bad, but having to go to the top of the page to see notifications is a big oversight in my opinion. |
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Vaughan Chan...
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Oh, so thats what its for... Don't worry, right now I'm working on keeping the top menu visible, so you won't have to scroll up for the notifications. |
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sizzlemctwizzle
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Vaughan Chan... wrote: No it really is that sparse(though their is a weird gap between the nav and the page in that photo). I actually think it looks rather nice. You still can't reorder the app links on the home page, but I bet that is just around the bend. They've simplified the nav bar pretty nicely. The absolute width is driving me nuts. If you figure out how to fix that Vaughan, please let me know. I've never been to great at CSS. |
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Vaughan Chan...
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You can get the home page to be full width by adjusting the width of .fbx #globalContainer { width:100%; }
But I'm not sure if I like the content going all the way to the edges, so I changed it to this: .fbx #globalContainer { width:auto; margin:auto 5px; }
This is only for the home page though, and I only tried it in Firefox 3.6 |
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sizzlemctwizzle
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Vaughan Chan... wrote: Thanks man! I'm liking it more with a margin of 15%. I managed to get the whole home page to have relative width. Seriously, who uses fixed widths these days? |
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cotik
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Vaughan could you please think about repositioning the friend lists (used to filter the news feed) and the status updates filter from the friends sub-menu as an always visible submenu of newsfeed?
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Vaughan Chan...
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A new version is up which restores several broken features. I still have some to work on, but at least this is a start. @cotik, I'm still trying to figure out exactly how I want to handle that sort of stuff. For now I'm thinking of something similar to the application bookmarks that Facebook shows in that column, but you would be able to add your own bookmarks there for any page (including status updates etc). But I haven't decided anything for certain yet. |
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AlmostKilledMe
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Seems the timestamp problem I posted about is fixed partly:
Now shows 'Yesterday at' correctly, but still in 24-hour time when that option is deselected and the script no longer shows 'Today at' at all now. |
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cotik
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@vaughan, I guess it would be almost excellent. I just use extensivley the list filters and I now I need to search for them in stupid submenus.(btw videos under photos? really?) |
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Vaughan Chan...
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Well technically videos are just moving pictures :P
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MickBim
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Stupid question. But how do we make the settings of the script appear in the new layout ? (yes, I've installed the new script) FYI, the keyboard shortcuts were disabled on my PC EDIT : Wait, nevermind, I'm an idiot, I didn't think of the greasemonkey icon. |
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Vaughan Chan...
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Wow... I can't believe I didn't think about that... I'll have to add back a menu item to bring up the config screen. But yeah, you can either use the Greasemonkey icon or go to People who aren't using Firefox/Greasemonkey will need to use the C (Shift + c) keyboard shortcut or wait for the next release. |
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MickBim
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Vaughan, maybe you should make the C (Shift + c) keyboard shortcut available anytime, even if the keyboards shortcuts are disabled. Because on Chrome it would be the only way of getting the settings page when a new FB layout messes up with the script |
PTPapa
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Thanks FB! Vaughan you did great work on this script and I've used it for a long time but the recent update I installed removed the left margin full page ability. I know your busy and was wondering if there will be a fix in for that? |
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Vaughan Chan...
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@MickBim, I don't want to have any shortcuts in an always-on mode because Facebook may make a change that will result in the script thinking you're doing a shortcut when you're really typing in a text field of some kind (this has happened before). Don't worry though, I've already added a link to the 'Account' menu for the next version. @PTPapa, I'm not sure exactly what you're talking about. For the homepage there's a fullscreen mode, a left-align mode, and an option to hide the left column (which is still labeled as hiding the filter list and needs to be renamed). All of these should be working still, so are you talking about something else? btw, the next release will also add a Logout link to the main menu so you can get to it without having to go into the Account sub-menu. I'm surprised nobody asked for that yet, maybe nobody's as lazy as me :) |
