That's an F Major barred chord yeh..

The one I meant was:
||-----|-----|-----|
||--1--|-----|-----|
||-----|--2--|-----|
||-----|-----|--3--|
||-----|-----|-----|
||--T--|-----|-----|

It's easier to play, if you can curl your thumb over the top, than the proper F chord:
||--1--|-----|-----|
||--1--|-----|-----|
||-----|--2--|-----|
||-----|-----|--3--|
||-----|-----|-----|
||-----|-----|-----|

And of course, as you have already pointed out, much easier than a barred chord... even though eventually we all have to learn to do barred chords in the end. :)