Microsoft's MSN.com has undergone a clean up, focusing on a cleaner look and access to essential information.MSN has also unveiled a new logo to complement the fresh looking web portal. The new site also allows Windows Live, Twitter, and Facebook users to easily update those services from the home page. MSN will also be offering inline high-quality streaming video, employing Silverlight technology, from more than 300 sources including Hulu, National Geographic and FOX Entertainment Group.
Microsoft is using the latest web technologies to power MSN.com to ensure the site loads seamlessly. An array of tabs are available for users to flick between content such as Sport, Finance and Games. The new layout is a radical shift from how MSN.com used to look when it first launched in 1995:
According to a Microsoft spokesperson the MSN home page receives 600 million customers worldwide every month, nearly 100 million in the U.S. alone. The new home page has 50 percent fewer links, and is focused on providing access to the information and services people care about most.
A preview of the new MSN look is available now and the new homepage will begin rolling out tomorrow and become widely available to over 100 million U.S. customers early next year.
That's what she said.
Well played sir
LOL Thanks for the laugh.
I used to used the igoogle page but went back to plain simple google because it loads faster and is less cluttered.
Don't forget, it is the default homepage for Internet Explorer and millions of people never bother changing it, especially as all browsers now have a built in search bar.
I hated installing IE8 onto a new machine and seeing users get the dated msn page. This is much more fitting for modern web design. Hopefully it will be rolled out internationally ASAP
Unless you can show me somewhere MSN is listed as number 1
but i had a look around and im pretty sure its
1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. Live.com
4. msn.com
etc
PS: Site IE7 its been a option that comes up during setup/config to set you page and google is even listed amongst the providers so id imagine some ppl would change it....everyone i know uses Google.. except a few noobs that have it set too yahoo lol
Stats I've seen are for page hits rather than what is set as a homepage. Maybe some anti-spyware vendors have that info as they usually monitor when a homepage is changed as a sign of malicious intent.
Not really important to me. I use iGoogle but know plenty of people who use a blank page, msn, yahoo, facebook.
The design is a lot better but it does look quite generic. Maybe that's a good thing
I'd say Live/Bing is the product they are pitting against Google. Msn is somewhere I would go for news and other things (yes I'm aware google has news searches too) and Google what I'd use for search.
Still very impressed though.
Live = Apps and services
MSN = news and info
Live = Apps and services
MSN = news and info and a crap load of ads
Fixed it for you.
Live = Apps and services
MSN = news and info and a crap load of ads
Fixed it for you.
What ads? I don't see ads in the old or new MSN.
They need to add some color on the sides, enclose the edges of the table, or need to do something...
It doesn't have any "local news" and "local event" info on where I live so I might aswell just remove those boxes.
What I like is the hotmail widget & the facebook widget, basically. But I'll be keeping the BBC as my homepage for now.
oh, im still remember the old good Internet using a amazing a pallete of 16 dithering colors.
and btw., msn butterfly doesnt look like butterfly anymore.
and btw., msn butterfly doesnt look like butterfly anymore.
I don't see ads! What ads are you people talking about?
That just boggled my mind!
and btw., msn butterfly doesnt look like butterfly anymore.
I don't see ads! What ads are you people talking about?
They are on the right. For example, the Walmart ad in the screencap.
I don't see ads! What ads are you people talking about?
They are on the right. For example, the Walmart ad in the screencap.
I don't see any ad. Is it because Microsoft bans Firefox from ads?
How much stuff is Microsoft going to do right this year? I know tons of people who keep this as their homepage, so this is a big deal.
You do?
For one, I hope their photo galleries start to use AJAX so you don't have to constantly keep reloading the whole page just to see the next photo.
Yup. They just need to settle on the branding. Windows Live, Bing, MSN... but at least it looks nice
1. What's wrong with the old butterfly? It was actually a really nice logo, in my opinion. This one looks too tall and seems to be showing its side to the user.
2. Why the Bing-style stretched typeface?
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