Industry Reviews

“Simplicity will replace clutter. The blue background will go white. The new page will load faster. Content will be more prominent. Video clips will play right from the home page. And of course, MSN will also jump on the “social” bandwagon, giving users the ability to check and update their Twitter and Facebook accounts.”

“The biggest change you’ll notice with the new MSN homepage is how much cleaner it looks, and that's not just because it ditches the blue background for a white one. Microsoft claims that the new site has 50 percent fewer links than the previous homepage. If you look at them side-by-side, you’ll see that this is definitely true.”

“MSN Redux: Significantly Less Blue. But With Added Facebook and Twitter! The most notable change is a new logo and lots less blue. Everything is sleeker and easier to read. Not as many links. More video (hot HD stuff using Silverlight). Lots and lots of Bing bling and Live.com services. And of course, there’s Facebook. And Twitter. Log right in on the bottom right of MSN. Half of their monthly visitors are already Facebook users, says Microsoft. And 15% use Twitter. So having the ability to read and create Facebook and Twitter messages right from the portal page is a good idea.”