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3月30日

favorites gadget, first run improvements and more

now you can view your favorites right on live.com!
cool feature: you can add any link from your other gadgets as a favorite to your live favorites gadget by drag and dropping it!
 
to add this gadget click on 'add stuff' -> 'windows live' -> 'favorites'
 
sticky hide
is search the only component you want on your homepage but you still like having pages and gadgets? you can now load live.com with pages hidden. you can do so by clicking on settings -> 'always start with pages hidden'
 
first run
we've also improved the first run experience by making it less cluttered and faster.
 
enjoy!
 
 
 
3月17日

see you at MIX!

are you going to MIX? a few of us (steve, todd and me)  will be there and we'd love to talk to you.
 
our talk and hands-on-lab:
 
Overview of Live.com Gadgets
March 21, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Ballroom C/D
Phillip Bensaid (frog design), Sanaz Ahari
Live.com, the front-door to Windows Live, enables users to consume and manage their services in one place using gadgets. Learn about the benefits of live.com, the use of AJAX and "Atlas" for building rich gadgets, and reaching Windows Live customers by building gadgets.
 
Building Live.com Gadgets
In this lab, you'll create a gadget that mashes up concert event info from podbop.org with images from flickr.com
 
related talks

Developing a Better User Experience with "Atlas"

Designing a Better User Experience with AJAX and “Atlas”

Building Components and Services for the Programmable Web

Building AJAX Applications Using Yahoo! Web Services

Using Web Services in Your Gadget/Widget


we're super jazzed about this conference, and can't wait to meet and talk to our customers: share with you some cool stuff and hear your thoughts.
 
not related but super important: I want to let you know that performance is our top priority right now and we plan on rolling fixes continuously.
 
thanks!
 
3月8日

live.com refresh!

We’re super excited to announce that the live.com refresh has shipped! 

 

 -          The new and improved first run experience

o        best place to search using the new Windows Live Search

o        best place to grasp Windows Live as a whole

o        a great customizable homepage with the user at the center of their experience

 

-          Improved user experience and features

o        You’ll notice our hot new themes!

o        Integrated experience for adding and managing your stuff (feeds and gadgets), drag and drop items right from that area on to your page

o        The much improved RSS reading experience

o        The much improved experience for ‘my stuff’ – try importing your OPML file!

o        Pages!!

§         Yes, now you can have multiple pages for all the gadgets and feeds you want to you

§         Double click to rename your page

§         Drag your pages to re-order them

o        Search for feeds using the new Windows Live Search and add them to live right from search

o        Like a search query, save your search by adding it to live.com using a mini-search gadget

o        Find feeds using the new Windows Live toolbar and add them to live.com right from the toolbar

 

-          What you can’t see

We have done a tremendous amount on our infrastructure; live.com was built on our start.com incubation infrastructure…. With this launch we’ve deployed a scaleable, geofederatable, higher performance backend which we’re looking forward to growing in to

 

-          New gadgets

o        Image search – search for images right on live.com and enjoy a little slide show of your images powered by the hot new Windows Live search

o        Windows Live gallery – view all windows live services and add their gadgets if there is one available

o        Gadget gallery – the latest and greatest gadgets from microsoftgadgets.com, add the gadget you like to live.com with one click

o        Weather – gorgeous icons, drag and drop of cities and see the current conditions for your default city when collapsed!

o        Stocks – drag and drop of stocks, collapsed form now shows your stocks in ticker form and chart integration

o        Clock – track the time in multiple cities, we even have a nice effect for sunrise and sunset!, collapse it to see the time for your default

o        MSN Video – search for any video you like, or browser across categories and watch them inline right on live.com