This is a big 180 on the part of Facebook, and a very welcomed one at that. Now, whenever someone sends you a private message, you are no longer forced to go and login to the site to read it. Rather, the message itself will be contained within the notification email and you can then decide whether or not it’s important enough to go and answer. Yippee!

That was always one of the most annoying things for me about Facebook, having to login to see what someone sent me. It was especially annoying during work hours, when you are unable to use the Web for entertainment purposes as such, and you’re forced to sit and ponder all day about what the person might have written. Now imagine you’re waiting to hear back from someone about a potential date — not that you’re into asking people out through Facebook private messages, but you get my point.

This is definitely a welcomed move by Zuckerberg and Co. It’s surprising to see that they would sacrifice so many page views for the enjoyment of their users. Maybe yesterday’s apology from Zuckerberg really was genuine, and Facebook won’t be selling us out to large corporations. Only time will tell…