Earlier this year, Facebook rolled out the new version of its site to users around the world, and it was almost inevitable that the classic Facebook (the old version) would go its separate ways one day. Now, that day is about to come.
The social media giant has started sending notifications to user profiles, announcing that the classic Facebook interface will be discontinued and become inaccessible to everyone from September. It's not yet clear whether this will be a gradual process or whether Facebook will simply hit the OFF button on September 1.
Here is the screenshot posted by a user on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JJhumantorch/status/1296264289528041473?s=20
In the notification, Facebook also asks users if the new Facebook.com has made their life easier.
However, there are other places where Facebook has mentioned that the old version will be phased out in September. For example, the drop-down menu in the upper right corner when you go back to the old UI.
The new Facebook.com started rolling out to users in May and brings major changes to the user interface. For the first time, Facebook has made a big change from its predominantly blue interface.
As you may already know, Facebook's old interface had a blue theme because its co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind, and blue is the color he sees best.
But the change was long overdue because the social network has crossed more than 2 billion users around the world. The new UI has everything from icons, text, and other larger elements with a cleaner look to top it off.
The content now appears to load faster and the new streamlined navigation buttons at the top are closer to what we see on the Facebook mobile app. It even comes with dark mode support, plenty of apps and web services.
