However, if you’re seeing this message, Viewport Media Player is already installed on your computer, probably because you also have something like AIM installed as well. You can un-install from Windows using Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Viewport Media Player.

Viewpoint Media Player is installed on user’s computers during the install process of many types of software (AOL IM, some Adobe products, Netscape, etc.) It is a ad media player. If you are getting a call to this add-on, it is because you already have it installed. You can go to “Add/Remove Programs” in your Control panel and remove it to have this issue go away.

MSNBC is not installing any add-ons or software on your computer, though an ad on the website may be making a call to it.

And earlier by what I meant by CNN’s style was that they have fixed-columns and the content is spaced out evenly, unlike many TV stations that use Internet Broadcast where you have-to-make- sure-there-every-space-has-to-be-filled. Better yet, CNN is a bad example, LR design is better.

For one, I don’t do the customized stuff. They have all of these customizable features yet I’m just too lazy to care. I log to browse the stories and what’s going on.

Also, it just seems too cluttered. Like it was designed by a management team that wanted everything and more thrown in. They might as well put NBC Entertainment programming and push Microsoft Windows Vista on there as well. I mean logging on to hotmail from the site?! Was that on the original MSNBC? I don’t remember noticing it if it was.

I get the whole “spectrum” positioning statement but seriously, the rainbow color spectrum looks very mid 90s. Granted, graphics are more matters of taste than usability but still…

The more I look at it, the more I realize what’s bothering me. The Top Stories section. I think if they moved the “categories” navigation up and organized the top stories section like the sections below it, I would really like the site.

I recognize people put a lot of work into this and had I been a part of it, I would be proud of the work, but as a user, I am not too happy with this update. Who knows, maybe this will work out and my opinion will be worthless. Congrats on the relaunch and I look forward to seeing the local news section.

Of course, I guess that I also have to say that MSNBC has never really been the first site that I turn to for news and I usually only visit the site to get to specific stories or for the individual NBC/MSNBC shows, so maybe only time will tell if the personalization angle is enough to get me to turn to MSNBC more often or on a more regular basis.