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Facebook hovercards: Now with Timeline cover photos
As tech news goes, this is no Microsoft tablet announcement, but it’s still interesting in an “oh that’s cool” kind of way.
Hover over someone’s profile picture in your news feed. After a while their basic bio information will pop up. That’s been around since 2010, but it just got a little prettier. Along with the information that’s always been there, you’ll now see their cover photo.
As The Next Web notes, Facebook appears to be taking a business card-style approach to its hovercards.
In fact, the format of the new hovercards closely resembles the offering from Moo.com, which allows people to make their own business cards using information from their Facebook timelines.
The tweak means that people are just that little bit more likely to be instantly recognisable. That aids connections, which — when you think about it — is what Facebook’s all about.
