Stupid facebook lay-out change!

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Aaaah! Facebook just changed his whole lay-out! And i'm not amused! I hate those kind of stuff!
Why do people need to change what's good? Really don't get it! Ofcourse, there are worst things in life.
But aaaah! Stupid people with their stupid idea's to change stuff! Just total chaos! Where's the 'dislike' button when you need it?
Not cool, facebook! Realy not cool! Sooo, since this is out here, anyone else feels this?

I like it. It makes me feel so uncomfortable I spend less time on Facebook, and that's always a good thing for me.

I'm not even on facebook, but I always have this sort of reaction with YouTube layout changes. I gets gradually worse the way they do it! There was once a design I thought of as perfect and then they changed it!

I hate these changes too!! !! It's really frustrating

They did the same with Yahoo Answers. Managed to avoid the changes for a while but eventually I just stopped using the site. Got an e-mail of them recently suggesting I check out the new site. I can't be asked.

My local supermarket got modernised in line with national policy. Been a year now but I still head for the sweets aisle to get cat food. My quest for tinned food lands me in the washing powder aisle.

I quit runescape after 10+ years when they the 'majority' wanted changes to combat. So they introduced EOC. With it came the possibility to spend real cash to improve your character.

And that is what is is all about in the end. Money. The changes might have enabled them to introduce new technology (read 'others ways of making a profit through your use of the site') but the loss of players (and they lost many) didn't matter as the ones they kept were spending real cash. Membership money kept them going for years but in the end it was about more profits.

In the case of my supermarket their changes were a catalyst to change my habits and step out of my comfort zone. Hell, they shut two weeks and the place was a building site! So I had no other choice than to shop elsewhere. And I still do and spend considerably less than I used to in their shiny 'modernised' store

I hate the new yahoo answers. I could avoid the new layout by going on my iphone, but that is starting to fail. They keep on making the layout worse and worse. I also hate when they got rid of unlimited questions and answers for level 5 and yahoo avatars. I used to enjoy that site because I could just talk about all my stupid and nonsensical obsessions without any real consequences.

I dislike the new Facebook lay-out too. Ironically it actually looks more outdated than it used to look!

That is a good point.

The New York Times recently changed their whole look, and they have been my homepage since they went online in1996. I have paid for online access every time they offered... and I pay now. I think their new look is awful. Im surprised their new look is so confusing and half a dozen type faces on the front page... all kinds of different type sizes. Little scrolling boxes that change, and a banner thing at the top of the page that is utterly useless. Crazy make work for many people, and countless meetings no doubt!

Youtube and gmail both annoy me.

I was once messing around with wordpress and a UI change made it impossible for me to use the back end, so that was that.

I might have to add that Firefox went with a change once that really did upset me...
It was the default homepage. It was changed - it was not the look that bothered me all too much (changes were minimal) but the search bar I have on my upper right of the window (where I usually have a dictionary or Wikipedia selected) decided over what the homepage would search for. It was not Google anymore!
When I had my dictionary selected in the quick-search bar on the upper right, would open the homepage and input something into the homepage to search for, it would seach in my dictionary - which was annoying as heck! What was the point of the change to begin with!? Might as well remove the bar on the upper right then. I really couldn't deal with that. I need Google (at all times) on my homepage, this was not a timesaver at all anymore, it was annoying!
The second day I got so angry that I googled for the old firefox homepage from roughly 2 or 3 versions ago and use that one nowadays... Not cool!

Take heart and just remember, Facebook will change their look again soon enough...probably right when you start getting used to the "new" look...because that's usually when they decide to change it again.

That's so true. It's too orderly. I see more boxes. It used to have wider spaces that weren't all squished in by this boxy look.
I loved when they brought in the timelines though.

Wordpress changes their layout too but I just adapt to it. I like having my blog through there.

I suppose I assume a lot of people will complain about changes so I do my best not to. It's bad enough I have meltdowns over buying my groceries from a different store. Still won't. I panic too much. So when small changes happen with these websites it's no biggie to me. I notice the changes but don't dwell on them.

Did any of this have to with autism?

Disliking changes in routine/environment, maybe?

I noticed rather minor changes and was not all that bothered by them.

I think so, at least a little bit yes. That's why i put this topic on this forum in the first place, because i knew you guys would understand how frustrating this kind of situations are!
But i don't think it is only autistic people who get annoyed by new stuff. People are creatures of habits, so i think it's bothering a lot of people if things change. But i also think people who don't have autism, are a little more flexible when it comes to changes, and can switch much faster and adapt to the new situation.
It's gonna take some time that i'm used to all the new details again in this situation. And that's how its always works with me. And yes, i blame the Autism for that.