Facebook Rolls Out Redesigned Events; Users Can Choose Calendar Or List Format
Facebook’s overhaul of its events feature took a big step forward Wednesday, enabling users to view their events in either a calendar or list format, with the changes originating from one of the social network’s hackathon events.
Facebook’s overhaul of its events feature took a big step forward Wednesday, enabling users to view their events in either a calendar or list format, with the changes originating from one of the social network’s hackathon events.
Wednesday’s introduction of the calendar and list formats followed Facebook’s moves in June to allow users to export events to users’ calendars and introduction of a revamped gear menu, as well as a test by the social network, also in June, of notifications alerting event organizers when their invites were declined.
Facebook described the new functionality and the process behind creating it in a note on the Facebook Engineering page by Software Engineer Bob Baldwin:
Today we announce a new list and calendar view that makes it easier to scan upcoming birthdays, invites, and suggested events.
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