Tech_Dude_5000 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Check out the new microsoft.com page. Its officaly out of beta. On December 14 we introduced a new home page for Microsoft.com. The new page incorporates months of research, testing, customer feedback, and refinements. We hope the new page makes it easier to find what you're looking for on Microsoft.com, and that you find new items of interest along the way. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Cool! Thanks for the heads up! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: Lyon :: Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Ooooooooh :o Don't really go their site often, but it certainly looks much more professional now! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetik Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Sick. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helba Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Well, I like it better than the old one, anyway... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKuro Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 very nice Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted December 15, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2006 Beautiful! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstar Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Smart stuff! Now to wait for AU site to also be updated! :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: Lyon :: Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 LoL this is the first time I hear people praising Microsoft :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Wow just five errors to HTML 4.01 Trans. That's a record for Microsoft! http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&am...%2Fdefault.aspx CSS is awful as usual though... http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validat...%2Fdefault.aspx I like the design a lot. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amrinders87 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Thanks for the news. The site looks awesome. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrobs Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 And when you click on the right menu items you get a menu-windows-vista-control-panel-esque pane. .. and even different views: tile, icons (with little website thumbnails), and details. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Why do people like this now, but not when it was in beta? :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pc_Madness Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Looking good, seems to show up fine in FireFox. :) And a cookie to the OP for a descriptive thread title. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Why do people like this now, but not when it was in beta? :p I *still* not liking it. Sure it's nice like desing, but all other pages aren't on the same style, so it's have a crap feel like browsing. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I *still* not liking it. Sure it's nice like desing, but all other pages aren't on the same style, so it's have a crap feel like browsing. but it looks so nice :D and i doubt many people will browse throw it. at least not i. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazX_Napalm Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Shows what can be done with SharePoint. It is not as good as the Office site thought. US only? Come on MS. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I *still* not liking it. Sure it's nice like desing, but all other pages aren't on the same style, so it's have a crap feel like browsing. I agree. Even without the consistency between pages... I've said this about the beta version of that site too, but there are no lines on that new page... Some content touches the borders, some doesn't; that sidebar on the right isn't aligned with anything, the enormous Microsoft logo is sitting in the middle of nowhere in relation to the other content... I don't know... maybe I'm weird but it just doesn't look right to me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 It is not as good as the Office site thought.True! Just looked and damn! What a nice site!, everything is on the same "patern" great :)http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaSoldier Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Looks hell of a lot better than before id say they done a decent job with the site :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smctainsh Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Very nice site update. I saw this when it was in beta, and I was very impressed. :) Smctainsh Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmxer Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 That looks very nice. Very nice indeed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588138944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mrbester MVC Posted December 15, 2006 MVC Share Posted December 15, 2006 (edited) Wow just five errors to HTML 4.01 Trans. That's a record for Microsoft! http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&am...%2Fdefault.aspx CSS is awful as usual though... http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validat...%2Fdefault.aspx I like the design a lot. Running the homepage through the Fox (with HTML validator) flagged 117 warnings. Let's see: there's incorrect nesting of elements, a peculiar instance of about:blank, proprietary attributes (the validator might mention "tabindex" on a h1 only once, but it's everywhere), inline JavaScript (in this day and age?), unescaped character entities, empty attributes for things that should have value (like img height WTF?), named anchors with + in them (invalid character according to the specs, use - instead) and a whole bunch of empty spans for no good reason. Also included is the idea that the source should be on one line (yet they don't remove excess tabs), even though there are rendering issues in older browsers if the linelength is too long. The content-type <meta /> is repeated, with different values and to top it off, the very first <h1> is a list header for related sites, not where you are right now. As for the CSS, all the usual proprietary crap is in there, instead of being in a separate file. As far as accessibility goes, the homepage passes 508, fails WAI and is rated A. With a little effort it could have been AA. With just a little bit more effort it could have been AAA. Months of testing? That testing took me 30s in just one browser. Addendum: Why HTML4 Transitional? Transitional from what? 3.2 is obsolete, so there's nothing to transition from. Edited December 15, 2006 by mrbester Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588139022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Errors aside, it looks nice. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588139027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourjays Veteran Posted December 15, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2006 It's messy. It could be nice, but you get the feeling that they just chucked bits together. Everything right of "Try the new office" looks like it doesn't belong there. The menu box doesn't look like it is part of the page - in design, or position. It is also very slow to respond too - menus are supposed to be quick easy access to the rest of a site. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/521741-microsoftcom/#findComment-588139049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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