iA:

From December 2006 to February 2007 we were in touch with the product manager of facebook. The prospective: Redesigning facebook. Eventually. Since the contract was never signed, we kept our designs in the drawer.

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Our basic idea: To create an mail-application like interface with an elastic three-column layout that clearly separates filter, information-stream, and reaction:

1. Filter: The left side column works as a sorting instrument
2. Information-Stream: The center column shows the filtered results
3. Reaction: The right side column is used for discussing the individual feed items.

Hugely prefer this to Facebook’s current layout, though I’d argue that the ad should be moved to the left column and the right column shouldn’t be visible until I click on the “Comments” link.