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I can't imagine my Fridays without being able to check in on "This weeks Photos" and I'm already looking for to the Year in Review Photos. Always a highlight for me.
Bazi, Lincoln, NE

I loved your little app -- MSNBC alerts. I really miss it. And I'll never forget it -- it's how I found out about 9/11. I was running late to work, booted up my computer, and a little yellow breaking news alert popped up in the lower right-hand-side of my monitor -- "Plane hits World Trade Center." I'll never forget that.
Cathy Dee, Ft. Wayne, IN

You're co-owned by one of the 10 largest defense contractors-GE, and that gives me great pause and doubts that hard core issues like the mountain of evidence about 9/11 will ever be dealt with. However, the flyouts are back and, so thanks for that and doing the best you are able to.
Barry Rifkin

Your website changed my life forever, but maybe not the way you think. During the Elian Gonzalez fiasco … I met a group of people (on your message boards). When you all started shutting the boards down because of the nastiness, we created our own message board. A year later, I flew to Miami to meet everyone including the man that is now my husband. Thank you MSNBC!!!!
Vicki Hobb, Coconut Creek, FL

Complaints, you have a few
MSNBC has been my home page for at least nine years. …  Your requirement that I use IE browser before I can see a video presentation however, has been a bane to my enjoyment of your site. Consequently, I refuse to watch your videos even though I already use Windows Media Player as my main source for videos.
Jack Tancredi, Sun City, CA

It's too bad that the best news page on the Internet is bogged down by advertisements at the opening of every page.
Bruce Stanley, Cedaredge, CO

You need to make your site compatible with the Firefox browser. It is annoying to see the poor displays on some stories.
Steve, RI

If I could afford it, I would buy your website a proofreader for its 10-year birthday.
Anonymous

You like us, you really like us
My husband and I keep MSNBC on our home page on our lap top which is always plugged in on our counter in our kitchen, so MSNBC is a part of our lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Whenever we share news with family or friends, they ask, "how did you find that out" and we say MSNBC.com.
Lisa, East Haven, CT

I think MSNBC.com is the best and most thorough American online source for news. … I use msnbc.com articles all the time to teach current events, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
L. Werner, Chicago, IL

For the past seven years I have been a stay-at-home mom who has relied on the quick trips to the computer to see what is going on in the world that is not related to Elmo! It is faster than turning on the television and waiting for the commercial breaks to be over. Thanks for keeping me an up-to-date mom who never feels out of place at dinner parties.
Shannon, Maineville, OH

I have been reading MSNBC o line for two years now and LOVE IT. I read it everyday and have been more informed than I have been ever in the world news. I love it when I go home and my husband starts reading an article out of the local paper, and I stop him to say "I know all about it," then continue to finish the story." He says "How do you know all about it already," and I tell him I read it online this morning on MSNBC.
Colleen Hinson, Stuart, FL

Every weekday for the past six years, MSNBC.com has been my main source of news. Timely articles, finely crafted editorials, and an intuitive menu system have kept me coming back. If only my employer knew how many hours have been lost to your "killer app" of a website. Here's to 10 more!
Berkeley Goodloe, Richmond, Virginia

MSNBC.com is a part of my life - just like breathing.
Barbara, New York

Looking to the future
I continue to get most of my news online. I will soon have to find a new source of print paper for use in the litter box and unfortunately the paper carrier may soon be obsolete.
Janine, Elizabeth City, NC

The Internet has changed how I read and watch news. Before the Internet, if I had time, I would try to catch the nightly news or a morning program before heading off to work. What makes the Internet so special is that it's being updated every half an hour or so. Breaking News events can be sent directly to your e-mail. We get the critical information at our finger tips. MSNBC is the best news site on the Internet because of all the highlights and in-depth analysis and streaming video. … In the future, news on the Internet will expand to high-definition news sites and really show the environment where these gutsy news journalist expand coverage. Some news sites will charge extra for live coverage of certain events: maybe war coverage, a sporting event, or a political party rally (Democratic or Republican convention). It won't be like live TV, it will put the viewer in the action. This may be another 10 years away, but I think MSNBC will likely be the news site that will bring the best coverage. Good job, MSNBC. Happy 10 years!
JW Tucker, Fishers, Indiana

10 years ago reading the paper was a necessity and surfing on the internet a luxury. 10 years later, for better or worse, the opposite is true. The paradigm shift to today's 24x7 cable TV/internet driven information on demand world, has made reading my newspaper a Sunday morning "luxury".
Jack Harding, Hillsborough, NJ

MSNBC has evolved from a mere novelty to the prime real-time connection with the outside world - international, national and local. Newspapers are fine for opinion and local items but are useless for breaking news. Television news is a slow and cumbersome way to acquire information, dumbed down to a fourth-grader's interests and abilities while its intrusive commercials waste time. Thus, the Internet is the current modern standard until direct brain reception of the news becomes a nightmarish reality.
Michael S. Lehv, Columbus, OH

We feel old, too
Ten years? Wow, that makes me feel old. I had just graduated and moved to Los Angeles as the first official hire of one of many internet startups sprouting up at the time. I've probably been on MSNBC.com several times a week since your initial launch. You're doing much better today than the startup I was a part of. Congrats and thanks for keeping me informed.
James Lamb, Seattle, Wash.

Wow! Ten years? It seems so much longer. Ten years ago, I was still reading the newspaper every day and using the Internet news sites mostly to get the late-breaking news and updated stories. But it's got to be two years or more since I picked up a paper (except to read the funnies), since virtually everything is online now. The best parts are that I get great news service AND I don't lug twenty pounds of pounds of old newspapers to the recycling center anymore.
Judith, Youngstown, Ohio

No, no way can you be 10? Where did the time go? How did you grow up so fast? You don't look one day older. You are just as fresh faced as when I first knew you. I have been a fan for all these 10 years and I remain a loyal viewer. My home page has always been MSNBC.com. Did I grow old and complacent with my choice? No, I daily view other websites but no other website is so informative and eye pleasing as you are. Happy Birthday. Just don't be a Terrible Teen!
Beth Warner, Round Rock, Texas

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