Has anyone else gotten this? When I click on the link, it takes me back to the homepage.
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UPDATE 1: It looks like @Mashable and @TechCrunch have both posted limited information on Facebook Lite. As @Carl pointed out, TechCrunch has posted a screenshot from a few days ago of what appears to be the stripped-down service.
Facebook hasn’t published any official explanation as of this post.
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UPDATE 2: It looks like the lite.facebook.com page has already been indexed.
Do you work best at home? At Starbucks? Perhaps a Library? I do a lot of web design and development in my spare time, and I’ve noticed some interesting patterns in my productivity over the past few years. I used to think that I could work anywhere and be equally effective, but I’ve come to realize that my assumption was simply untrue.
I don’t work very well at home. As a matter of fact, I don’t even work well on my main PC (a fire-breathing custom-built Vista box with two widescreen monitors and an obnoxiously powerful sound system). I have a comfortable computer chair, a wireless keyboard/mouse combo, and everything that should turn me into a bastion of efficiency when I slide into the command center.
The problem is…I rarely do creative work there. At all.
As you can see (in the sidebar), I added a Google Friend Connect widget to my site this evening. What is GFC? From the website:
Google Friend Connect instantly awakens and strengthens the community that visits your site by enriching it with social features. Watch the video below to learn more.
There are some pretty neat ways of garnering visitor feedback using Google Friend Connect. Depending on the response, I’ll be rolling out more of these in the weeks to come. It was extremely simple to implement it on the site (FTPing two files and filling out a form).
There are a few obtrusive widgets available that I’ll steer clear of, like the Social Bar (see an example on this site). Maybe it’ll grow on me and although I think the functionality is important, I can’t justify stealing 30 or so pixels from people without them explicitly enabling the bar.
At any rate, I look forward to seeing the response from my “readership” (smile), and I welcome your feedback.
Would you mind signing up and letting me know what you think? Thanks!