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The new UI is (finally) in Xena

So, after a ton of work and re-work, we finally have the new UI finalized and rolled out into production for MSDN Subscriber Downloads.  There isn't any new major functionality here, just an update to the current masthead look-and-feel, and some small bug fixes (we now take you to the correct logout page, for instance).  Anyway, hope you like it; I'm just glad it's finally done.

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Posted: Dec 02 2004, 05:12 PM by ntmatter | with 3 comment(s)

Comments

AJ said:

Why was this a "ton of work and re-work"? Doesn't look like much.
# December 3, 2004 1:00 AM

Andy (MS) said:

There are a number of back end changes that were included in our management tools that weren't visible, and in particular we had an issue with VL downloads. Originally the purpose of this update was to allow Volume License downloads for VL subscribers; the UI update was a side benefit. We had this planned, dev'd, tested, and in our pre-production environment when we discovered that there were tax implications with providing VL downloads out of Washington State and Tokyo to certain types of subscribers. So, after 2 months of work we had to scrap a bunch of the updated code and re-build everything in the new UI. Anyway, this one was a bit of a slog but it's finally done.
# December 3, 2004 1:50 AM

Deniz said:

screenshots?
# December 4, 2004 12:36 PM