FriendFeed Beta Moved the Sidebar: Community in an Uproar (Better Beta FriendFeed v0.2 Released)

// September 12th, 2008 // Tech

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FriendFeed users are outraged today that they were not notified there would be a change in the layout of the popular aggregation site before it was put into place. The sidebar was moved from the right side to the left side and made slightly smaller.

FriendFeed should have tested the design first, maybe on a Beta site of some kind using a select group of users who could provide intelligent feedback. The early-adopter community would have been a perfect fit for something like this and it is still unknown as to why the FriendFeed developers chose not to go this route.

Wait…this just in: The changes were actually made on the Beta site a http://beta.friendfeed.com. We are still not sure what all the fuss is about, http://friendfeed.com is still intact and running the same boring layout that it has been using all along.

In other news, a new version of the Better Beta FriendFeed GreaseMonkey script has been released to accommodate the new design. If you miss your tabs with the latest upgrade, you can download the new version of the script here:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/32513

Let me know if you have any issues….with the script.

Here are details on the FriendFeed Beta Design Update

To complain..uh…provide feedback on the new design visit the FriendFeed Beta Feedback Room.

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Phil Glockner

Nice use of sarcasm, Rasheen! Nice article. A++ would snark again.

Rahsheen

HaHa!!! Thanks. I love your use of "snark" in that comment.

ChaCha Fance

Thanks for the update & updated script........ This is what I get for sleeping late - I come online to all these crazy updates & such. I won't be complaining though, I like the change just fine; it's their site so they can do whatever they want IMO.