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MSN.com gets its first major redesign in a decade
A prettier, less cluttered layout and a prominent Bing search bar aren't the only upgrades to the homepage. In a touch that says Microsoft actually knows what year it is after all, you can add your Facebook newsfeed and your Twitter stream to an area on the right side of the page. The news is still there, but it's more customizable, and the layout presents fewer stories at a time than the cluttered old MSN.com did. There's also a local focus, with local weather and a Bing-powered local news widget at the bottom left.
I have to say that, compared to the MSN of old, this new design looks attractive and functional. Speaking of comparisons, though, have a look at our gallery of MSN.com designs since 2001. Looking at how slowly the site changed over the years only underlines how much it just changed overnight.
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Subscribe to commentsRUGRLNNov 4th 2009 10:52AM
Which currently seems to be exclusive to US...
the pl4gueNov 4th 2009 7:01AM
I wish it retained some of the blue it used to. Now it looks like some boring news website like all the others (CNN, Faux, etc. etc.)
JoshNov 4th 2009 12:01PM
CNN's new design is a lot better than it was with the color usage.
Sir LoinNov 4th 2009 10:10AM
Remember how huge it was when MSN's designers switched from table layout to CSS? Thanks for the gallery, interesting to see the updates over the years.
motangNov 4th 2009 11:13AM
Actually looks better now that it has a white background.
michas_piNov 4th 2009 1:14PM
Reinstalling Windows and launching Internet Explorer for the first time (to download Firefox, of course) is always scary because I have to see the travesty that is the MSN page layout.
chrisNov 4th 2009 2:19PM
I'm not a fan of all the white...tends to hurt my eyes being to bright.
KarolNov 4th 2009 5:13PM
It does kind of boggle me sometimes how some don't do frequent updates. I suppose microsoft thought a lot of ppl were used to what they had. Makes me vawncast inside but I guess I'll see what's in store from them, should be good though, they tend to never let down, I like them..ya..
chrishighNov 4th 2009 6:40PM
It seemed really empty to me - then I realized it's because of Adblock :)
chrisarozNov 4th 2009 8:32PM
It looks the same as always on my end. (and I'm in the US)
DiRTNov 5th 2009 3:32PM
Yeah, the same old MSN for me (in the US too)