Facebook is constantly growing in popularity with over 700 million users worldwide. The biggest complaint most Facebook fans have about the site are that Facebook seems to make changes to its look, feel and features constantly. This hurts usability and goes hand in hand with another key issue many users have with Facebook: it’s not customizable enough.
Facebook users want to be able to change Facebook’s interface to suit their needs and eliminate meaningless updates, app notifications and other things that can clutter their news feeds and make using Facebook a chore. Luckily, there is a browser extension that gives users the ability to totally customize the look of Facebook and eliminate the clutter, confusing layout and meaningless posts.
Better Facebook is a free browser extension that lets users tailor Facebook to their needs with fully customizable features designed to give users the power to change the interface of Facebook. It even adds features that Facebook fans have been demanding. Here are some of the stand-out features of Better Facebook:
Feed Filters: Better Facebook has an advanced, fully customizable filter that lets fans completely control how news and updates are displayed in their feed. It looks like a standard Windows application and allows for very fine control over what apps, users and notification types go on a feed. For example, if a user does like Farmville updates, but only from two specific people, the Better Facebook Feed Filter can manage that.
Comment Filters: Commenting on popular threads is fun, but subsequent comments can flood a user’s feed in minutes. Better Facebook gives better control over this. Comments can be hidden altogether, or there’s an option to hide them after a set threshold of comments has been reached.
Friend Tracker: Facebook doesn’t let users know when someone has unfriended hem. How many Facebook users have demanded this feature? Better Facebook will keep track of changes to friend lists and notify fans when friends have dropped them.
Static Header and Left Column: Better Facebook locks the header – the top bar with “Profile,” “Search,” “Home,” etc in it – and the left column, both of which are really handy for navigation. This keeps users from scrolling up and down all day to get where they need to go on Facebook.
Tabbed News Feed: tabbed browsing has become second nature. Now better Facebook adds tabbed news feeds. Users can create tabs for apps or even friends and drag posts to them, allowing for easier reading and convenience.
Mark posts as read: Why didn’t Facebook think of this? Better Facebook adds the ability for users to hide posts they have already read, greatly reducing clutter.
Expanded left column functionality: The column on the left in Facebook is very handy for quick navigation to photos, apps, groups and more. The problem is that Facebook locks it down and it’s isn’t customizable. This limits its functionality. Better Facebook gives users the ability to add links and navigation panels to this column, making it easier for fans to get to frequently-used pages. 
Better Facebook has many more useful features, including enlarged thumbnails when hovering, character counts for posts, a friend activity panel, customization of the notification area and more. All these features add up to a great browser extension that finally give Facebook fans the individual customization and features they’ve been asking for.
This is a Guest Post by D. Carter. D. Carter is a marketing specialist from Australia, who enjoys writing articles on various topics in her free time. She is currently working as a marketing coordinator for Banner Maker, a website on which you can create free Facebook banners.
