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MSNBC visual newsreader

Check out MSNBC.com’s visual newsreader. Super simple interface to choose the news categories you want to view and fun to explore the results in a 3D space. I would use it as a screensaver vs replacing my news reader… but I like it. (Via ThreeMinds )

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Zee M
17 May 2008, 02:41 ( Permalink )

i dismissed it before i even saw it because it was MSNBC...but honestly, this is slick.

Wanda C.
20 May 2008, 21:33 ( Permalink )

This is ‘fun’ to play with, but has zero substance. You can’t even select a headline out of the pre-arranged order.

Arasmus
28 May 2008, 15:39 ( Permalink )

A complete waste of time. I went there, added the “channels” I wanted to read. And then it just got stuck, buffering, minutes pass – next!!

lauren
29 May 2008, 13:21 ( Permalink )

Not a very easy way to read the news. It maybe slick, but they are not focusing on the usability of the task at hand, reading the news.

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Howard Mann
President, Dig Business Design
Howard is the president of DIG Business Design Inc. a leading strategy, marketing and innovation consultancy based in New York City. DIG’s big ideas and big results help a select group of entrepreneurs make their businesses more fun to run. You can read his blog here.

MSNBC visual newsreader

Saturday May 17, 2008 by Howard Mann

Check out MSNBC.com’s visual newsreader. Super simple interface to choose the news categories you want to view and fun to explore the results in a 3D space. I would use it as a screensaver vs replacing my news reader… but I like it. (Via ThreeMinds )