Facebook launched a limited preview of its next website design by inviting members of the Facebook community to try out the new version of the site. The company's officials said the new Facebook will gradually be available to the site’s more than 70 million users in the following days. Facebook advised its users to not be disappointed if they did not immediately see the changes, but come back in the next few days and check out the new features.

Among other things, the new design will include a feed tab, as well as photos and applications tabs, and much more. Not all features will become available instantly. Facebook is currently focusing on the way users want to share information with their friends, as well as be updated with their friends’ latest activities.

Another reason for making the change is to get rid of an overcrowded interface. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the changes were necessary in order to highlight the more relevant information that users value, as well as to give users more control and ownership over their profiles. Navigation has been simplified with tabs, such as the Wall tab, the Info tab, the Photos tab and the Boxes tab, and users can add individual tabs of their own.

On Friday, Facebook pressed charges against studiVZ, a Germany-based social networking website; the latter was accused of having copied the former’s interface. studiVZ people feel differently, as they consider Facebook’s move to be fear driven, rather than intellectual property protection oriented. Marcus Riecke, CEO of studiVZ, said Facebook is trying to prevent his company from developing its website on the German market, because, up to this point, it hasn’t managed to do so well in this particular country.