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Comment by jandrese

5 years ago

Some people are going to call the design dated, but to me that kind of layout is timeless. Just the facts and it has good information density.

But LOL that the "Maps" link goes to mapquest.com. In other news Mapquest still exist.

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drewzero1  5 years ago

My dad recently had me help him remove "Maps Galaxy" which had taken over his Chrome homepage, and which he had accidentally picked it up trying to get to Mapquest (which he apparently still uses regularly).

He is also the kind of person who wants an iPhone because he was impressed by the quality and capabilities of the Apple ][ computers he used in college. It's difficult for me to understand, but I have to respect that kind of loyalty in our rapidly-changing digital world.

  • HenryBemis  5 years ago

    I don't use Apple, but I understand "old people" (like I am rapidly becoming) follow the 1) It works!, and 2) If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

    You don't specify, but can I assume that he has the same iphone for the last 5-7 years, or he upgrades regularly?

    • drewzero1  5 years ago

      Oh no, he has a low/midrange Android and upgrades every couple of years. But occasionally he mentions he's thinking of switching to Apple, and mentioned that as the reason every time.

      Incidentally and unrelatedly, I have had the same iPhone for the last 7 years, but I've been using a feature phone for the phone part the last 5. I'm reemerging into the smartphone world with Verizon's 1X network shutting down and I've realized I am also definitely rapidly becoming "old people" myself.

      All of the phones I thought were so cool are now hopelessly obsolete, and most may not even be able to activate on a current network. Even beyond the obvious headphone jacks, physical keyboards, and removable batteries, what happened to phones with FM radios, tiny secondary screens, and IR blasters? Everywhere I look all I see are big screens and fancy cameras.

basch  5 years ago

Compare that to the garbage that is the default msn page in Edge. I’m disappointed Microsoft isn’t using their new tab page to be more educational. So many scammy ads.

  • mikestew  5 years ago

    One of the lists I'm using on the home pi-hole apparently isn't fond of MSN, either, because "Safari can't find the server 'www.msn.com'. Sure enough, the pi-hole query log says it's being blocked. Maybe I'll disable for a few minutes and see for myself...

    Yeah, now I see why. The MSN home page is worthy of an article, hell, a series of articles. I wouldn't dare click a thing on that page.

    • basch  5 years ago

      Even worse, the msn.com website has an alright layout. Too many ads. But the edge default new tab msn is hot trash.

ma2rten  5 years ago

I think it what makes it look dated are the shadows and gradients. If they got rid of those it would look pretty modern.