Facebook some time ago offered their users an alternative version of the social networking site dubbed Facebook Lite which was a stripped down version of Facebook designed for users with slow Internet connections to speed up page loading times.
Facebook Lite on the other hand was not designed for mobile users who can access Facebook mobile to access the website from mobile phones.
Users had problems with Facebook lite in the past, for some a blank login page was displayed for instance with no apparent option to resolve the situation.
Facebook has now officially confirmed that Facebook Lite has been discontinued. Facebook users trying to access Facebook Lite will be redirected to the main Facebook page instead where they can login and use the site.
No reason was given for the decision. The message posted on the official Facebook page simply states that Facebook is no longer supporting Facebook Lite and that they have learned a lot from testing the slimmed-down site.
Users with slow connections who have been using Facebook Lite previously will notice increased loading times as the regular Facebook pages contain additional elements that the lite page did not contain.
Have you been using Facebook Lite? If so, what do you think about the discontinuation?
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“Facebook Lite” ripped off the idea for a slimmed down version of Facebook from innovative Greasemonkey script “Facebook Purity” (now called Fluff Busting Purity due to legal reasons)
the script strips out all the spammy crap the site spews out, leaving a much leaner cleaner homepage and newsfeeds. The script gives many options to let you choose which messages you want to see, which Facebook itself does not offer to its users.
The script is available for Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. You can get the script here: http://www.fbpurity.com
I always thought the “facebook lite” website was a phishing scam… Ahwel.. it don’t matter now…
I used facebook lite nearly everyday! i found it extremely useful on my Zune. much easier to access than the entire facebook website, which contained many elements of which mp3 playerz are not meant to handel. 1 for example is flash.
kinda bummed that they shut it down, cause now i can either use the slow full site on it, or the mobile version which, in my opinion, is crap…it was made for flip phones, so not a very fun experience on modern touch devices
I wabt to register
i really liked facebook lite it was the only version of facebook i could use in china as i could not access my messages or update my status on regular facebook. i now have to use my mobile phone to try and access facebook messages but as i am out of the
UK it costs me a lot of money. Why remove something that works fine and that a ot of people use. Why does fb keep changing things for no reason, layouts etc, IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT, SO ANNOYED WITH FACEBOOK RIGHT NOW!!
Shame really, fb lite was the only version of fb that I could access my mails and upload pics in Nigeria. Facebook should sort it out
y don u ppl try touch.facebook.com (Facebook Touch)…. it is much simpler version of fb compare to fb lite!! :)
but i still prefer Lite!!! R.I.P. fb lite :(
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