The redesigned profile for Facebook users will finally be rolled out as an optional beta on July 16th. If you're a developer, this date is rather important to you, as you'll need to be ready with the new design implementations that will affect your applications and their presence within a user's profile.

The sandbox has been open to developers for a couple months, so many will be very close to being ready for the July 16th release date. But what about the users? As with most of Facebook's actions, the self-proclaimed objective is to make the overall experience better for the end users. And the redesign is no different. The changes being made to the user profiles essentially break content up into various tabs, and make sharing and viewing profile content easier and more digestible to profile visitors.

The organization options for users are also modified, with tweaks being made to the newsfeeds. Things like the size of newsfeeds and the amount of content present in a newsfeed update are being changed, as well as the placement of information surrounding added applications.

The end result is a varied set of options for pushing application-related content out to users, which they may or may not appreciate. Given the presence of newsfeed updates in the recently-launched Facebook chat tool, I imagine that more access to newsfeed content won't go over well with a large number of users. But a good amount of the modifications to the newsfeed system seem to at least be reflective of individual behavior pertaining to each user, so there will be some action-oriented customization on that end.

Facebook's platform is about a year old, and we've seen loads of changes that have been made to the whole of Facebook as a result of permitted access to portions of its database by third-party applications. But this next major shift in the Facebook user experience will nevertheless lead to even more changes being made, some of which will appear to be unnecessary and controlling, but hopefully will indeed be in the best interests of the users.