Yesterday was Facebook’s sixth birthday, and, as a gift to itself and all its friends, it has begun to rollout of a new design that anchors and organizes navigating power on a meatier left sidebar, features the search box up front and center, and streamlines the menu bar by removing most text and adding new icons. For a more detailed report of the changes, see PC World. The redesign has been met with criticism (Surprise!), but, as usual, once users get the hang of the new site the grievances will subside. According to TechCrunch, Facebook also plans to provide free e-mail service in the hopes of becoming the next big webmail provider. “Internally it’s known as Project Titan,” writes Michael Arrington, “Or, unofficially and perhaps over-enthusiastically, the Gmail killer.” Nothing like a birthday to prompt a makeover and the addition of a few lofty items to one’s lifelong to-do list! [Photo from Techie Buzz]
