Facebook, the new interface with the dark theme arrives: how to activate it on desktop – One day later than the end of the announced deadline (before spring) Facebook started the roll-out of the new design for his web experience to all users.
There new user interface is similar to what the company launched last year on mobile devices and includes the dark theme. The new interface is already accessible via browser for most users, but activation is manual and not yet available on all web clients.
Facebook showed changes to the design of the platform for the first time last year, with the new UI arriving first on iOS, in May 2019. Last January it showed the design expected for the web (actually not too different) with a lot of dark mode and declaring that it would arrive “before spring”. So it was not, to want to be picky, with the beginning of the roll-out announced just after the end of winter and during the first day of the spring season.
Facebook has made it known that the “facebook.com, new and simpler” will be launched “to all in the coming months”. We are sure that the new “and simpler” interface will dissatisfy many desktop users since it contains many elements typical of mobile interfaces (not very comfortable with mouse and keyboard): a lot of space between one element and another, a lot of space left unused within the screens and more playful style are elements immediately evident in the new style.
Usual and functional features in the mobile field, but useless on desktop. The new interface will replace the classic one we are used to today in the coming months, but in the early days it will be the user’s responsibility to activate it. We explain to you how in the following paragraphs.
How to activate the new Facebook interface
Click on the down arrow at the top right of the main Facebook screen, and then select “Switch to New Facebook”.
How to activate dark mode on the New Facebook
You must first activate the new web interface, and then click on the arrow pointing down, at the top right of the main Facebook screen, selecting instead “Dark mode”.
What if there isn’t the word “Switch to New Facebook”? In this case it will be necessary to wait a few days (or weeks, in the worst cases) before being able to activate the new interface. The new Facebook with dark mode will arrive on all Facebook accounts within the next few months and will include several new features in addition to the simple aesthetic modification: the Stories have been moved over the line to update the State, while above them there will be a new menu with five tabs which lead to the News section, Facebook Watch, Marketplace, Groups and Events.
Big news of the new design is the presence of the Groups within the list of tabs (the same menu previously was in the left column), which highlights the company’s willingness to push this specific part of the social network. Clicking on the specific button will access a personalized update feed from the individual groups followed, with the platform that will suggest new groups based on the user’s interests.
