When was the last time you accessed Facebook through the web (laptop / desktop)? I’m sure it’s been quite some time for most of you. A lot of us probably don’t even remember our Facebook password because we are just always logged in to the Facebook app through our phones and just don’t feel the need of logging in through the web. However, on those rare occasions when you do have to login through the web, the user experience totally puts you off. It feels like it’s just been quickly put together by someone in no time and is there just for the sake of it. There is no way it looks like a product with 16 years worth of rich UX data and insights. In my opinion, the Facebook Web user experience is dead. It’s not just “not good”, it’s bad.

Facebook’s web page can be broken down into 5 major components –