Poor UI Design of the Week Award Goes to Microsoft

Upon recently starting my MSN Spaces account I was happy that I could, in an automated fashion, not only add the covers of my favorite CDs and DVDs to my profile, but I could also have my Amazon.com Associates ID pulled in with those hyperlinked images, earning me money if anyone buys through those links.

The problem comes when trying to maintain the specific sequential order of a media list while adding entries to the middle of the list. Adding an entry puts it automatically at the top of the list. It is an unbelievable hassle to get that entry in its proper place further down while maintaining the list's order, you would have to experience this typical Microsoft bungling to understand it.

While I still recommend MSN Spaces as a small, ancillary component of your online presence only because it is from Microsoft and you need multiple social networking accounts to establish as many contacts as you can, this problem with ordering media combined with only a few content options for my public area make MSN Spaces even worse than MySpace. Facebook is still the best, even though MySpace is more popular.

My Favorite Tracks from The Mollusk by Ween:

• 7 - It's Gonna Be (Alright)
• 5 - Mutilated Lips
• 4 - I'll Be Your Jonny on the Spot
• 13 - Ocean Man
• 1 - I'm Dancing in the Show Tonite