So Facebook is going ahead and forcing users to adopt the latest design changes, despite all the criticism from users. Could this be a huge mistake or a fuss over nothing?

Well Facebook is after all about the user generated content, its users aren’t like in ‘traditional’ site part of the model for the site, they are the site model, the content generated by the users is all they have and if you make it harder to use then surely you add barriers to the model?

I use face book and if don’t like the new design, not enough to protest, but its not good, usable or intuitive, and I’m a ‘power user’, I can’t help thinking that this is may be a mistake, the fact that one of the project manager for the site can say “..we really think you'll like the new Facebook once you get used to the changes”. Doesn’t bode well for their approach to their users.

If your users are having issues with a design then is it the design that has a flaw or the user?

One to watch..