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The new microsoft.com. I went through the hover menu and went for "See all products". Then instead of showing me the page I asked for, it asked me to sign up, w

by vhf 14y ago

The new microsoft.com. I went through the hover menu and went for "See all products". Then instead of showing me the page I asked for, it asked me to sign up, with no way to go back. I went back and tried again. Impossible to access the page I requested without signing up. Too bad. I've been a happy Linux user for the past 10 years but I'm always curious about what others have to offer. They don't want me to see, fine. Sorry Microsoft, I won't sign up, I won't see your product, and you lost me again for the next 10 years. Just as you did with the new outlook.com, by asking me to either {0} [1] or give my phone number. [1] http://i.imgur.com/auM4J.png http://i.imgur.com/auM4J.png

jonny_eh 14y ago
Must've been a bug. I just went to the "All Windows Products" page and it didn't ask for a signup. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products
- vhf 14y ago
  Yeah, that's my point. I wanted to see their new oultook.com (I had seen screenshot, it was looking great), they fed me a bug. I wanted to see their new microsoft.com, they fed me a bug. Trying again gives me this : http://i.imgur.com/th3sW.png http://i.imgur.com/th3sW.png , same with your link. Actually I really don't want to troll about Microsoft, bugs, and how many times their product had to fail on me before I finally decided not to use their product again. I have not used their products for 10 years but heard both here and IRL great things about them. But sorry, "must've been a bug" is unfortunately not the best way to seduce me again or to welcome me back.
  - talmand 14y ago
    Funny that you are doing the very thing that you stated you didn't want to do.
    - Metrop0218 14y ago
      Heh
  - uvTwitch 14y ago
    If encountering one or two bugs is such a seriously debilitating experience for you, I strongly suggest you stop using any software labelled with the word "Beta", or in this case, "Preview" - or any software at all, for that matter.
  - nivla 14y ago
    It seriously looks like you are trolling. I tried to replicate the bug in different browsers, both signed-in/incognito mode but to no show. Either you are on some major ip blacklist or you are just pissed you din't get your dose of Microsoft hate from everyone this time.
    - vhf 14y ago
      I'm not trolling, though. May be it's only bad luck. Shit happens, I know it as well as I know that shit can happen twice, and it seems that this just happened to me both with this new Microsoft homepage and with the then-new outlook. I don't see any interest into pretending to encounter bugs, don't worry. :) And I must say this homepage looks great. I like to think that if was displeased with this design, I would have closed the tab without wanting to see other pages. Instead of that, I wanted to see more and we (Microsoft and me) had bad luck. Just as I honestly liked the new Outlook interface, tried to use normally and ended up with bad luck (i.e. blocked account and buggy error message). But you're right, I came here to complain about a coincidence and it looks like troll. I'm now wiser and see it as what it is : coincidence, bad luck. (And may be bad cookies due to Outlook problem explained earlier, since I just deleted all my Microsoft Live cookies and it fixed the problem and can now enjoy this website as everyone else. :)
cydonian_monk 14y ago
I see nothing of the sort, and I'm not logged into Live. When I select any of the 'See all products' from the Products hover menu I either get the product suite's landing page, or the Site Map [1]. Is this possibly a regional issue? [1] http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/sitemap.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/sitemap.aspx
- parasubvert 14y ago
  I pick "See All Products" off the Products hover and get a 404 error (Canada region).
lotso 14y ago
Wait, because you encountered a bug (that no one else has replicated), you are putting off Microsoft products for another 10 years? No offense, but that seems like a silly reaction.

by vhf 14y ago

jonny_eh 14y ago

Must've been a bug. I just went to the "All Windows Products" page and it didn't ask for a signup. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products

vhf 14y ago
Yeah, that's my point. I wanted to see their new oultook.com (I had seen screenshot, it was looking great), they fed me a bug. I wanted to see their new microsoft.com, they fed me a bug. Trying again gives me this : http://i.imgur.com/th3sW.png http://i.imgur.com/th3sW.png , same with your link. Actually I really don't want to troll about Microsoft, bugs, and how many times their product had to fail on me before I finally decided not to use their product again. I have not used their products for 10 years but heard both here and IRL great things about them. But sorry, "must've been a bug" is unfortunately not the best way to seduce me again or to welcome me back.
- talmand 14y ago
  Funny that you are doing the very thing that you stated you didn't want to do.
  - Metrop0218 14y ago
    Heh
- uvTwitch 14y ago
  If encountering one or two bugs is such a seriously debilitating experience for you, I strongly suggest you stop using any software labelled with the word "Beta", or in this case, "Preview" - or any software at all, for that matter.
- nivla 14y ago
  It seriously looks like you are trolling. I tried to replicate the bug in different browsers, both signed-in/incognito mode but to no show. Either you are on some major ip blacklist or you are just pissed you din't get your dose of Microsoft hate from everyone this time.
  - vhf 14y ago
    I'm not trolling, though. May be it's only bad luck. Shit happens, I know it as well as I know that shit can happen twice, and it seems that this just happened to me both with this new Microsoft homepage and with the then-new outlook. I don't see any interest into pretending to encounter bugs, don't worry. :) And I must say this homepage looks great. I like to think that if was displeased with this design, I would have closed the tab without wanting to see other pages. Instead of that, I wanted to see more and we (Microsoft and me) had bad luck. Just as I honestly liked the new Outlook interface, tried to use normally and ended up with bad luck (i.e. blocked account and buggy error message). But you're right, I came here to complain about a coincidence and it looks like troll. I'm now wiser and see it as what it is : coincidence, bad luck. (And may be bad cookies due to Outlook problem explained earlier, since I just deleted all my Microsoft Live cookies and it fixed the problem and can now enjoy this website as everyone else. :)

cydonian_monk 14y ago

I see nothing of the sort, and I'm not logged into Live. When I select any of the 'See all products' from the Products hover menu I either get the product suite's landing page, or the Site Map [1]. Is this possibly a regional issue? [1] http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/sitemap.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/sitemap.aspx

parasubvert 14y ago
I pick "See All Products" off the Products hover and get a 404 error (Canada region).

lotso 14y ago

Wait, because you encountered a bug (that no one else has replicated), you are putting off Microsoft products for another 10 years? No offense, but that seems like a silly reaction.