When Facebook announced the new Timeline, many liked it, several hated it and some compared it to MySpace.  We do not think Facebook timeline is even close to the clunky, messy and heavy-loading MySpace profiles!

Facebook’s new timeline is designed and developed in a way to make your social experience online more valuable and effective.  From the design to the backend implementation, the site is nowhere close to MySpace and it’s poorly designed profiles.

• Highly Structured – the Facebook Timeline is not fully customizable and random, heavy loading graphics, music players and videos cannot be added.  The only custom part added is the top large banner that can be selected and cropped from your existing images.  All the apps and add ons stay as separate features and do not load upon the loading of a profile.
• Standard Color Scheme – it does not look like you can change the background or tab colors to your Facebook Profile.  The same clean and srisp Facebook design is present throughout your profile/timeline.

So, do not worry, Facebook is very unlikely to look like MySpace.  As developers, we have played with the new Timeline and we find it very well designed and original.  It is highly structured yet it gives you enough changes to make it look like fully customizable.  To find out how this new profile design will affect how brands will market themselves on Facebook, read our blog on The New Timeline – Is this for Personal Profiles or Business/Brand Pages.