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"New Facebook Hands On\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe new homepage\nNote the new black bar down the side, the news feed options on the right side, and the lack of the word \"Facebook.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlack bar\n\nHere you'll find all your apps, Pages, games you're currently playing, and friends you can message right now. \nOn the website, this black bar is impossible to remove. Better get used to it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll Friends\nThis is the first of three feeds where Facebook gives you content chronologically. It will, however, still only give you content from friends that the algorithm predicts you'll want to hear from.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'Following'\nThis new configuration of your News Feed lets you see all the Pages and public figures you're, er, following.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos\nBig pictures are front and center on the new Facebook, and this feed lets you see them all at once.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGames\nNot just what games you're playing, but what's going on in games your friends are playing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic\nYou may see some overlap with the \"Following\" feed here -- but it's all the musicians you and your friends are following. Notice the slots on the side where Facebook encourages you to Like more bands.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGroups\nSee all the groups you've joined -- or been added to -- in one place.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'Close Friends'\nFacebook is trying to make it a lot easier to customize your friends lists -- by highlighting the one that really matters.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAcquaintances\nWe've got to wonder about this one. Who would go to the trouble to create a feed full of people they don't really care that much about?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStill in line for the new Facebook News Feed? Want to take a look at the menu while you're waiting for a table? We've got you covered. Check out the gallery above.\nThe News Feed changes, which start kicking in for users Thursday, aren't just about making the site look cleaner (and more Google+ like) or increasing the size of photos. It's about giving you more options than you could possibly want for how to view content on Facebook.\nFor the first time in a long time, Facebook is actually making some of those feeds chronological. \"All Friends,\" \"Following\" and \"Photos\" will appear in the order they came in \u2014 though this is still an experimental arrangement, a company spokesperson said.\nAnd besides, even chronological order means the algorithm is making decisions for you on which of your friends you're most likely to want to see content from. \nSEE ALSO: Facebook Gets Simpler, More Complicated\n\nOne of the first things I noticed in the new-style feed: Facebook is giving more space to each post. No longer will you see a \"more\" link when one of your friends has written a long screed. \nWhile photos are big and beautiful, Facebook has made the questionable decision to run a title over the top of some of them (there appears to be no rhyme or reason as to which get this treatment). If the image happens to be one with text at the top in the first place, the result can be an unreadable mish-mash. \nAlso confusing: sometimes your Likes appear to be displayed by name, sometimes by number \u2014 even if you have just one or two Likes on a given post. We assume Facebook is still working out some of the kinks.\nDo you have the new Facebook News Feed yet? What do you make of it? Let us know in the comments. \nImages courtesy of Facebook"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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