Re:AH: Did applications ruin Facebook?
by pasbesoin on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @12:31AM
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Perhaps I will try that.
After the last major redesign, I found and continue find the enhanced emphasis on graphics -- e.g. larger profile thumbnails and whatnot -- distracting; I find it isn't as easy to quickly scan the page.
I've idly thought a time or two of using a filter to block the thumbnail images. This thread made me think to try simply blocking all images. Result: A page much easier for me to scan. And while the quiz results are still there, their annoying graphics are not.
Mind you, I like seeing my friends published photos, and sometimes a friendly profile thumbnail cheers me up. But the rest is mostly visual busy-ness that slows me down.
As for the personal images in ad's, there's a way to effectively opt out of that, now. I believe it was mentioned here on HN. In Facebook, it's under
After the last major redesign, I found and continue find the enhanced emphasis on graphics -- e.g. larger profile thumbnails and whatnot -- distracting; I find it isn't as easy to quickly scan the page.
I've idly thought a time or two of using a filter to block the thumbnail images. This thread made me think to try simply blocking all images. Result: A page much easier for me to scan. And while the quiz results are still there, their annoying graphics are not.
Mind you, I like seeing my friends published photos, and sometimes a friendly profile thumbnail cheers me up. But the rest is mostly visual busy-ness that slows me down.
As for the personal images in ad's, there's a way to effectively opt out of that, now. I believe it was mentioned here on HN. In Facebook, it's under
Settings / Privacy / News Feed and Wall / Facebook Ads
Set the value of Appearance in Facebook Ads to "No one".