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MSN Search - From A UI Perspective

Posted by timothy on from the competition-tunes-the-world dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The user interface community has also started poking and prodding away at the latest iteration of MSN search and has discovered some interesting findings including: XHTML strict, CSS for layout and the death of IE 5 support. You can also read first-hand MSN designer insight into the design process as well."

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  1. XHTML compliant? by drivinghighway61 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So it won't render correctly in IE, then?

    1. Re:XHTML compliant? by FyRE666 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes very funny, or at least it was once I managed to read your comment after Slashdot rendered like this in my web browser...

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  2. Weird. I tried with Firefox AND IE by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 2, Funny

    and the layout is fine on either browser.

  3. Go Standards! by delta_avi_delta · · Score: 2, Funny

    With any luck this also implies that the next release of Frontpage won't create pages in a magical mystical microsoft invented language similar, but importantly different from HTML or XHTML...

    1. Re:Go Standards! by dapyx · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, the thing generated by Frontpage is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike HTML.

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  4. Whoa! by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    XHTML strict

    If they can be strict with this standard, that can only mean they have pre-emptively co-opted it! They have embraced and extended it before anyone else had a chance to simply follow it. They must have bribed the committees. This has to have been an inside job.

    This cannot be allowed to stand. We must stand up and fight for our rights to unpoluted standards. It is time to find a new standard.

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  5. MSN Criticism by sameerdesai · · Score: 5, Funny

    From TFA: Some of you may be interested to know that folks from the MSN team have definitely seen this page, and are aware of the feedback, compliments, and criticism
    Yep, they did a search in their own search engine for "Miscrosoft Criticism" and found this website.

  6. I just tried it with lynx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yes, it works. But will they also send cops out to break down my door and arrest me?

  7. Broken? How bout kills IE5 by Bobbysmith007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We were curoius how broken it would be in IE 5. In IE5.5 everything was mostly ok. In IE 5 it hard crashes IE. I dont know if I've ever seen anything quite so beautiful as that browser going down in flames on its own homepage.

  8. developers developers developers ! by flacco · · Score: 2, Funny
    search for "developers developers developers" on google and you get a solid first page full of ballmer-dancing-monkey-boy links. on msn search, not a single one.

    hmmm.

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  9. I'm very disappointed with MSN news look! by af_robot · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was hoping for a friendly 3D animated Clippy to help me decide where i want to go today!

  10. W3C Validator fight! by thefogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google vs. MSN Search

    Round One!

    Fight!

    Google Validation: 44 Errors
    MSN Search Validation: 1 Error

    Google Wins! Eh...

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  11. In other news by eremitic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft has now purchased all rights to HTML/XHTML and effectively redefined the words "standards compliance."

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