Facebook Messages get a new look

While you were busy updating your status, uploading that pic from last week parties and commenting and liking and you know the drill........while you were busy facebooking, Facebook silently upgraded the way you share messages on Facebook 

Facebook announced on 22nd August 2012, that they've improved the messaging features and overhauled the look. I just received the upgrade and hence sharing the info.

Here's how the new layout will look like.


My observations on the new features & layout:

• Looks very much like MS-Outlook, isn't it?
• You can now see thumbnails of pictures in a better fashion than before. 
• The typebox is more or less how it was before. 
• The recent messages list in the left is what I liked best. I don't have to go back a step to change the message window. 
• You can now know, if the person you've messaged has seen it or not. It will also give you the exact time the message was viewed. A privacy threat? Nah...
• If you wish to learn more about Facebook Messages and care to improve them click here. 
• I am happy with the new layout, expecting Facebook to keep surprising me time and again. 

What do you feel? Leave a comment and let's get talking. 

Facebook's new ad - Chairs are like facebook?

You must have already heard or read that Facebook today has One Billion active users. Few hours ago Facebook also released an advertisement trying to suggest how it is now an everyday thing in our lives. 

If you do not auto sign in to Facebook, you can check this advertisement on the LogIn window of Facebook., 

Like chairs, aeroplanes, bridges, floors etc which we humans use on a day to day basis to connect with each other, take a break, share emotions, etc. Facebook is also no different now. 

The caption to the video suggests that they honor everyday things that brings us (we humans I presume) together. 

However, is Facebook really like a chair? or a bridge? or a social tool? or just another avenue to past/waste time? What do you think? What does it mean for you?

See the video here:  

How to activate the new Facebook Timeline

source: cnet.com

If you are impatient and want to experience the new Timeline Facebook announced earlier today, you can turn it through the developer section of Facebook. The process is simple, takes a few minutes, and will require some patience as Facebook tidies up any lingering issues and bugs. You game? Read on.

As reported on TechCrunch just a bit ago, users can quickly enable the Facebook Timeline on their account in a matter of minutes. Here's how you do it.

1. Visit the Facebook Developer page, and enable it for your account. If you aren't currently logged in, you will be required to do so. 

2. The button to create a new app can be found in the top right corner of the Apps page. Make sure to give your app a display name and name space when requested (it doesn't matter what you enter here, no one will see this app, just make something up and continue). Accept the Platform Privacy agreement by checking the box. You will have to have a verified Facebook account, meaning you have either a credit card or phone number on file.

3. After the app has been named and terms accepted, you will then be taken to your shiny new apps' settings screen. You will see an Open Graph option on the left-hand side. Click on it.

4. You will need to define an action for your new app. You can enter whatever you like; no one is going to see this app when all is said and done, so don't fret too much over the details. (We entered "People can 'high five' a 'video'" as our action). Click on Get Started once you have entered your action.
























5. Once you are presented with the screen above, you don't actually have to do anything, just scroll to the bottom and select Save Changes. You may have to do this on a couple different screens; just remember to scroll to the bottom and select Save Changes.

6. After you are taken back to the Dashboard for Open Graph, you have completed the setup process. Give it a few minutes, then go back to your Facebook home page. You should then see a big invite to enable Timeline. If you don't see it right away, give it a few minutes.

That's it. Once you click on Get It Now, you will then be redirected to your new Timeline. Your Timeline is private, by default, for the time being. You can either edit it until you are ready to publish it, or you can ride it out and let Facebook publish it for you on September 29. 

One more note: if you access your Facebook account from another computer, your Timeline is turned off. To get it back, enter the follow URL into your browser: http:www.facebook.com/[yourusername]?sk=timeline. Make sure to replace [yourusername] with your actual Facebook username.

Happy Facebooking everyone.

Source: CNET

Facing the New Book - Welcome to Timeline

Take a look at the new profile timeline video below.

The annual Facebook conference F8 was wrapped up a while ago, and it was one boring conference. There were a million viewers initially and then the number kept decreasing steadily: so much for the new changes and layouts facebook has announced. To start with, their is a very intersting new upgrade to facebook called Timeline. Naaaah....i am not talking about the twitter TL, its the facebook version. Take a look at it and sign up for it to upgrade your profile by clicking here.

There are a lot of changes one will see in their profiles starting today. The music on facebook will be one of the first updates apart from movies and radio(iheart). A whole new family of interesting apps can be expected as the Open Graph has been given an overhauling. With all these new changes facebook is bound to get a little complex and messy than it used to be and it will intrude a little more into your personal life than before. Nothing will remain personal anymore until you prefer not to put it up on facebook. The secret services and other agencies must be feeling so relieved at this move by Facebook.  So, just be careful and mind your script and watch your actions whilst you are facing the upgraded book.

If you want to know how facebook defines this new changes then click here to go to Facebook's blog. And, just incase you don't like the new changes and would like to switch back to good old facebook try this Better Facebook addon.
Ciao!

How to download your Facebook profile in 7 simple steps.

If you ever thought of saving all the information that you have on your facebook profile, it is very well possible and although this tool has been made available by Facebook long back, not many of us know about it.

Given below is a brief instruction as to how you can download your profile.

1. Click on Account on the top right corner of your facebook page and click on Account Settings. 

2. Scroll down a bit on the page that appears and click on Learn More as shown in the picture.

3. A pop-up now appears giving you the details of what you'll get after the download and that file has all your personal details that you've put up on facebook already. It will also caution you a bit about the security of it.  Just read it through and click on Download as seen in the picture. 

 4. Once you click Download you'll get another pop-up telling you that the download may  take some time to start depending on how much data you have on your profile. Click on Download anyways.

5. There comes another pop-up which tells you to check your email after some time to get the download link.

 6. Once you click Okay you'll get the below info box which says that you request is pending and you'll be emailed shortly.

7. The download link is ideally sent on the email within 30 minutes, it may take a little longer if you have too many photos or other info in your profile. The notification email would be something similar to what is shown below.

8. That's it. Click on the given link and enter your password to confirm your identity and save the file on your hard disc. You can share this file or even upload onto other services or just keep it in your hard disc as a back up of your Facebook Profile.

How to tag whilst commenting on Facebook

Facebook for most of us undoubtedly has become a daily routine. With ever increasing number of facebookers, I thought of sharing some gyaan that might be helpful to anyone or everyone who happens to come to my blog. 

To start with, I shall be discussing one of the many new features thrown at us by Facebook. I am talking about tagging friends while we comment on any friends status, or a shared video, or a link maybe or perhaps something random. This tagging feature was there before but used to work only with the status updates'. But now the same feature is available in comments. 

How to do it? Very simple. Whenever you want to tag any of your friends in any comment just start with '@' and start typing your friend's name.  A drop down list should appear (in case you have many friends) and makes your job of selecting the friend easy. Once done compiling the comment just HIT enter and your tagged friend will receive a notification as follows; "ms-cube has mentioned you in a comment".

Why would you want to mention anyone in a comment can have many reasons, you know them better.

Refer the screen shots below for further help.