Jérôme

You can also hold your mouse over the room name - we have info popups for rooms now. - Bret Taylor

Point...pause...read...point...pause...read vs Scan...read. I preferred the other way. - Jack Baty

but that's not really instant since I have to patient for 2 seconds for every room... - Jérôme

+1 Jack. In the previous version it was much easier to see if a room had any recent activity. I'd like to have that back... - Ray Metzen

http://beta.friendfeed.com/roo... also contains room activity - Benjamin Golub

Not only that, but try hovering on the first room's name. For me (Safari) the popup prevents me from then hovering over the room name below it. - Jack Baty

But why the navigationbar on the left side? There is plenty of unused free space on the right - Niki Costantini

+2 Jack - Jérôme

And what is the "Friendfeed Be" room? Oh, it's just the name being cut off. I don't love it. - Jack Baty

Noted :) The navbar on the right was causing a number of issues for people. People with large monitors complained it was too far away from the content, which made it harder to navigate. People with small screens complained it was too wide. This design performs well on all screens. Let us know what you think after using it for a bit. - Bret Taylor

I don't doubt it Bret, and there are nice improvements here. I'd suggest that the folks with large monitors (which include me) simply reduce the size of the window, since that is an option :). As it stands now, no matter what I do to the window I'm stuck with less information than before. I imagine I'll get used to it. - Jack Baty

Yeah I miss the activity count over there.. - Steve Isaacs

How about a resizable sidebar? As it gets bigger, it automatically shows more information? - Slippy Lane

Good idea, Slippy Lane. +1 - Ray Metzen

I actually liked the one line of summary info. Really handy for a quick lookup. Hovers take time and they are not always obvious. - Rob Diana