Facebook's new Timeline.

Just released into field trial is Facebook's new “Timeline” feature. Instead of just seeing one long list of messages and status updates on your profile page, you can now see them on a neat timeline. You can select the year and month that you want, and it will immediately scroll into view. No loger will you be pressing the “Load more...” button a thousand times to find the status update you were looking for.

This is great news for obsessive-compulsive types like me, who like to review their own history in detail. Others will rebel and blame Facebook for exposing their private information. Before you go batshit on Mark Zuckerberg, let me pause you: Facebook had already stored all of this information. Now they're just making it easier to use and more visible to you.

Timeline is not released to the general public yet. If you want to try it out for yourself, you can follow these instructions.

Update: Apparently you can also view other people's timelines, if they chose to publish them.