↓ Video: Facebook Facelift

Facebook just implemented another homepage redesign by implementing the highlights in the News Feed. Maybe they should take advice from Barton Smith‘s Facebook Facelift project which aims to “challenge the form and functionality of Facebook”. The radical proposal integrates a much more structured and linear interface which makes the social network more comprehensible, enhancing the user experience.

Many people are against Facebook’s constant redesigns, we can’t blame them when they keep changing the order and placement of information boxes and menus. But what if Facebook proposed something as sexy and minimalistic as this one?

The home page features many new benefits: the publisher toolbar enables users to post content from any page within facebook, saving time in navigating needlessly through profiles; the streams’ two-tiered filter (content type & content contributers) also creates a more coherent structure with the core elements retaining their position throughout most of the site; and the live feed displays a constant stream of all content posted in a users network, which expands upon mouse over.

Profiles also integrate with the system more seamlessly. Just as friend lists filter the stream by a select number of people, user profiles simply filter content to a single person, creating a clearer and more comprehensible layout.

The Facebook Publisher subsite is designed to support the growing use of Facebook as a primary form of contact as email once was. The separate address, publisher.facebook.com, would be permitted in businesses where Facebook is banned, allowing users to send messages without the distractions of user generated content. The interface is a mirror of the publisher toolbar ensuring a consistent interface.