Facebook have announced that in the coming weeks they are to release a new ‘cleaner and simpler design’. The company plan to trial the improved design on users which is to include previews of the new features and functionality.

Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg commented: ““We’ve made the changes rolling out today in order to highlight the most recent and relevant information that users value, give users even more control and ownership over their profiles and simplify the user experience. Facebook’s new design makes it a lot easier for users to share information, and we encourage them to check it out.”

After listening to over 100,000 user suggestions Facebook have been constructing the site since early 2008. Access to the new design is believed to be limited initially but is to gradually become available to all of Facebook’s more than 80 million users within upcoming weeks.