How to simplify Facebook's interface on the desktop

Today's tip is a little frivolous, but it's Friday so what the heck. I use Facebook a lot, but I really don't like how it looks on the desktop. There's just so much stuff in the interface--especially on the left side of the news feed--and most of it I rarely use. That's why I was glad to hear about the recent changes to a Chrome extension called Flatbook that makes Facebook on the desktop a lot cleaner. The extension has been around for a while but recently upgraded its look. In fact, it's very ...