May 15, 2006

New MSN.com = Yahoo!?

May 15, 2006, 7:41 PM | 2 Comments

I was browsing around the other day when I stumbled across the new MSN.com. Now, originally I didn’t think much of it because it looks very similar to the old version (or current version at the time of this writing) of MSN.

It wasn’t until today that I felt a little déjà vu though when I went to the Yahoo! home page and was reminded of that new Beta version of MSN. Perhaps I’ve been under a rock for a while, but I can’t help but notice how similar these new designs look. In my defense, I never use Yahoo.com, I never really have. I just have never found their site to offer me better products or services than other sites - but that’s hardly the point of this.

Take a look at the screenshots for yourself:

Old (current) MSN.com:

New MSN.com:

Yahoo.com:

On the plus side, Microsoft is continuing to support web standards by example. The new MSN.com is once again fully CSS styled, even if the markup is a bit on the heavy side.

Thoughts?

UPDATE: MSN.com has now switched over to their new version… just one day after I wrote this article.

UPDATE 2: Chris tipped me off on Yahoo’s upcoming redesign of their homepage. Click here to check it out.

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