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> As a standalone website (available on Microsoft Edge and Chrome) – MicrosoftStart.com No way...this is absolutely insane. If you are on a Mac, go to Microsof

> As a standalone website (available on Microsoft Edge and Chrome) – MicrosoftStart.com No way...this is absolutely insane. If you are on a Mac, go to MicrosoftStart.com on Safari. (Safari on iOS is an equally laughable result) They gave MSN a fresh coat of paint and broke it for half their potential audience. Truly an astounding feat of engineering. I'm crying thinking of the engineers and PMs who probably got promoted after this announcement.

ToFab123 5y ago
You mean the same people that changed the start page on the ios "news" app. Instead of showing the latest news when you launch the app, it displays a link to "Groceries" allowing you to do something related to "Groceries", and then after a ~10 second delay, it will eventually start to display some news stories [1] It is a act of genius to change a "news" app to have "groceries" button displayed left, right and center instead of showing some "news". I think they should add an "laundry" button. Maybe even a "garbage sorting" button so we have to a place to put this Groceries app, sorry news app. PS: I have been using this news app on a daily basic since it was called "MSN News Beta" some many years (> 10?) ago. When I first saw the redesign with the Grocery link, my first thought was "they got a new product manager that wants to fix something that wasn't broken". Because of the grocery link I have now stopped using it, at that "feature" really really annoys me. Just display some freaking news for crying out loud and leave the grocery shopping to another apps. [1] What the IOS news app look like the first 10 seconds after launch. It has always displayed news at start up. Now you can do your groceries instead. https://imgur.com/a/XYvYq88 https://imgur.com/a/XYvYq88
- ToFab123 5y ago
  The app just got updated and the groceries link has been removed and the news has returned. Thank you :)

ToFab123 5y ago

You mean the same people that changed the start page on the ios "news" app. Instead of showing the latest news when you launch the app, it displays a link to "Groceries" allowing you to do something related to "Groceries", and then after a ~10 second delay, it will eventually start to display some news stories [1] It is a act of genius to change a "news" app to have "groceries" button displayed left, right and center instead of showing some "news". I think they should add an "laundry" button. Maybe even a "garbage sorting" button so we have to a place to put this Groceries app, sorry news app. PS: I have been using this news app on a daily basic since it was called "MSN News Beta" some many years (> 10?) ago. When I first saw the redesign with the Grocery link, my first thought was "they got a new product manager that wants to fix something that wasn't broken". Because of the grocery link I have now stopped using it, at that "feature" really really annoys me. Just display some freaking news for crying out loud and leave the grocery shopping to another apps. [1] What the IOS news app look like the first 10 seconds after launch. It has always displayed news at start up. Now you can do your groceries instead. https://imgur.com/a/XYvYq88 https://imgur.com/a/XYvYq88

ToFab123 5y ago
The app just got updated and the groceries link has been removed and the news has returned. Thank you :)