We are VERY HAPPY to announce that you can once again see your Windows Live Hotmail using the Live.com mail gadget. You can add the gadget back to your page by clicking here.

Remember, you must be a Windows Live Hotmail user to see your mail - be sure to upgrade if you haven't already!

Thanks everyone for your patience. Please let us know if you're seeing any issues.

Late last week, we released a minor update to Live.com. This update included the following changes:

• International Collection Sharing - Users in many more countries can now share their collections in Windows Live Gallery. While all users have the ability to share their collections via email, we're excited to launch gallery integration for users around the world. We can't wait to see the collections our international users come up with!
• Bug Fixes - We fixed a number of bugs, including one that caused some users to have their name displayed incorrectly. We'll continue making quality improvements to the site with every release.
• Digg Feeds in the directory (U.S. only) - We've added some Digg feeds to the directory. Digg is very popular with several members of the Live.com team, so we thought we'd make these feeds easier for others to find :)
• Mail gadget infrastructure - It's not turned on yet, but this release includes the big changes we need to get the mail gadget working again. There's a bit more work required from both us and the Windows Live Hotmail team, but we're happy to get this milestone behind us. We still can't offer any dates, but we're inching closer and closer to restoring this functionality. We'll keep you posted as we continue to make progress.

Thanks everyone - keep the feedback coming!