Last night we put out our latest release. We’re excited about the new opportunities it brings.

First of all, we’ve redesigned the homepage, the about pages, and given tweaks to various graphics throughout the site. We hope that first time visitors to the homepage will now get an understanding of what SendMeHome is quickly and easily. Our mantra of minimalism still remains, but we believe that presenting a range of extremely useful and relevant information can still embody simplicity. We’ve moved the login and sign-up functions onto the homepage itself. This reduces clicks and help all our users get to where they are going faster. Also, it looks prettier :)

Second, we now have a Facebook application! However, there is 100% integration between SendMeHome.com and our Facebook application. You can see the same data and do exactly the same things on both, there is just a slightly different look to each one. The Facebook application lets you share Stories with your friends, get notifications about Stories you’re following, distribute content virally through news feeds and wall posts, and find more about authors who are also using SendMeHome through Facebook. You can even start using our Facebook application and then jump to SendMeHome.com and you’ll be logged in there if you prefer not to be constrained by 2/3 of a page. This feature is still in Beta, but we’ll be doing a press release and an official launch soon.

Thirdly, we’ve upgraded our search. Finding the relevant stories you’re searching for is now faster and easier.

Lastly, we’ve increased the visibility of our “Follow” buttons. They now have graphics and are located on the Front Page, the Story Browser, and the Story Page itself. Hopefully this will give you an easier way to keep up with stories you like.

Have a play around with the new features and let us know what you think!