Facebook has released a redesign of profile pages which eliminates the pop-ups, changes the look and feel, and according to Facebook makes it easier for users to “share and tell their stories”.

The new profile page opens up with a summary of your personal information such as who you are, where you work, and where you grew up. It also includes a recently tagged photos at the top of your profile (of which you have control in your privacy settings or can change on the fly).

Your navigation has changed. Say goodbye to tabs. Now, all your old tabs are available in a menu below your profile picture. Your wall looks cleaner and most of the functionallity is the same. Your status bar is not open by default instead, it is located under your featured photos. In order to post something new, you must select an option such as status, photo, link, or video. It does appear that you are no longer able to post a status update and add a link, etc to that status update. If that is incorrect, let us know.

Click on the Info link and in the main segment where your wall posts were, you now have additional information about yourself including employer information, experiences, philosophy, arts and entertainment, activities and intersts, and your contact information. Everything you ever wanted the world to know and more. This layout is a bit cleaner and easier for visitors to navigate. Photos, notes, and friends are also displayed in the same manner.

Poke and Send Message links are now located at the top right of your friend’s profile page as well as the link to “see friendship” which shows you a summary of you and your friend’s shared connections including photos, wall posts, and comments.

For now, you can keep your old profile layout. But if you would like to take on the change, you can do so here . Be forewarned, once you change to the new profile layout, you cannot revert to the old.

If you do make the change, let us know what you think.

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