Facebook , the second most visited website on the internet, behind Google, with over 240 million users you’d think that it couldn’t get much better. Unfortunately though, some of us like me just don’t use all of the features that Facebook provides, to be honest the things that I do use are fairly basic and I really don’t need the “excess baggage” that Facebook provides.

All is not lost though, because Facebook being a nice company who listens to the wants and needs of it’s customers has introduced Facebook Lite – a version of Facebook that isn’t as graphic intensive, one that doesn’t constantly bug you about people asking you to tell them what you think about them through stupid little quizzes and apps that just get right on my nerves.

Facebook launches a Lite Version of it's service.

So, Facebook Lite, what about it?  Well, you can access it via www.lite.facebook.com, and it’s just come out today (in the UK) and is now in beta. It lets you do the bare basics of Facebook such as:

• Add Friends, Pictures and Videos
• Edit your profile
• See events
• Read your mail
• See your news feed
• Post Updates
• Change Settings
• Search for friends
• Write on walls
• Comment / like updates and pictures
• Become Fans of Pages

If there’s something not on that list that you like to do on Facebook, then just don’t use it, but if all that is adequate enough for you then, I’d strongly recommend that you use it.

On another note – it’s very zippy, even on mobile broadband. Page load speeds and getting around the whole system is a lot easier compared to the normal Facebook, when on mobile broadband – you’d think that they’d made it for us mobile users! So if you’re like me and use mobile broadband, then it’s a must.

Oh and lastly: vanity URLs still work, so to see my profile and to add me as a friend, visit lite.facebook.com/roryclapham.

Pretty good, I know my phone has been having trouble loading the full normal version of facebook, and m.facebook is useless for me.

Can’t wait to test this out on my phone, hopefully should be as good as is expected from a renowned company and website.