Facebook Lite Beta Screenshots
The world's no. 1 social-networking site Facebook has sent out invitations to select users to beta test the site, termed “Facebook Lite”. This news came only a day after Facebook made its blockbuster acquisition of FriendFeed and rolled out its Realtime Facebook Search. Some people believe that this new Facebook Lite is just like Twitter.
Check out Facebook Lite now at facebook.com. The full text you see on the homepage if you are selected is as follows:
You have been selected as a beta tester for Facebook Lite!
“We are building a faster, simpler version of Facebook that we call Facebook Lite. It’s not finished yet and we have plenty of kinks to work out, but we would love to get your feedback on what we have built so far.”
You may be thinking that what is Facebook Lite? You can get the answer of the question that arises in your mind regarding Facebook Lite here. We have also screenshots of the new Facebook Lite to help you.
1. What is Facebook Lite?
It is a completely stripped-down version of the Facebook platform. From what we can tell, it is almost like a Twitter stream: you can see your most recent status updates and the updates of your friends. There is a left-hand navigation with four main categories: Wall, Information, Friends, and Photos & Videos. It does little more than that.
2. What does Facebook Lite looks like?
You can see below the screenshot of Facebook Lite.
It looks like stripped down, very basic, very reminiscent of Twitter and FriendFeed
3. Is this Facebook integrating with FriendFeed?
Most likely not, the deal is still new to integrate their technologies in this way, and we are hearing reports that these tests have been ongoing for the last 2-3 days. That would put its development well before the FriendFeed acquisition.
4. What is the point of Facebook Lite?
Speculation says it is a direct assault on Twitter. Facebook continues to find ways to make itself competitive with Twitter. This is why Facebook has been launching features such as public profiles, profile fans, public status updates, and realtime search. Twitter is simple, so Facebook’s fighting back with the same.
However, we do not know for sure. They may just be making a speedier version for slow connections. We will find out more from the Facebook team soon.
5. How can you access Facebook Lite?
It is a limited test for only a subset of users. The fact that thousands, if not millions of users got the test notice was a bug. Most likely Facebook will open up the test to more users very soon, especially since everybody now knows about it. More information about Facebook Lite.
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