You can now preview your new Facebook profile, as the redesign has been released in beta. It’s a real beta though (as opposed to a perpetual beta) and some things just aren’t working. Playing with your profile in beta will not change your current profile. It’s more of a sandbox. Log into your Facebook account, then go to new.facebook.com. You’ll see your profile in the new design.
They went with Boxes as the label for your Applications tab (I would have gone with Apps). I tried to add a Causes tab to show off my Causes application, but that function is apparently not working yet.
My Wall tab is actually a feed of everything, including my original Wall. This operates a lot like FriendFeed and is something Facebook has been gently nudging its users toward in the last few weeks. In addition to the Wall and Boxes tab, there is a tab for Photos and for Info. Info displays all of your general profile information (quotes, education, jobs, etc). Photos displays your albums as well as any photos in which you’ve been tagged. I also saw an empty album called “Mobile Photos.”
This is worth playing with, if only to see what the Facebook developers have been working so hard on these last few months. It’s a great little sneak peek.
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