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    August 13

    Reminder about My.Live.com Suggestions and Feedback Forum

    In case you missed it in our last update, we have created a new "My.Live.com Suggestions and Feedback Forum" over in the Forums Community on Microsoft.com.   You can access the forum at http://forums.community.microsoft.com/en/MyLiveCom/threads/ 
     
    Check out what others are saying about the recent updates to My.Live.com, tell us your own opinions, ask questions of our developers, and report problems directly to the team.  We've gotten a lot of great feedback and welcome more!
     
    - The My.Live.com Team
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    August 07

    Important Update to My.Live.com

    Exciting news today as we're pleased to annouce the release of an important update to the My.Live.com personalized pages!   The biggest change that everyone will notice is the new header, along with some slight usability changes, other improvements based on user feedback, support for both IE 8.0 and FireFox 3.0, and corrections to a handful of bug.  Overall, we took time out of upcoming project to address a total of 74 changes and bug fixes.
     
    Header Change
    The new header provides a cleaner, more streamlined look to the page, along with links to Hotmail, Spaces, OneCare, and other MSN services, all from your My.Live.com homepage.

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    Additional Windows Live services are available by clicking on the Windows Live jewel:
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    Usability Improvements
    Based on usability studies and feedback from you, we've added a confirmation prompt to prevent accidental deletions of gadgets and feeds, renamed "Add Stuff" to "Add Content" and increased the visibility of the link, changed "Edit" to "Customize" in the gadget chrome and added more space between the Customize link and the delete gadget "X" icon.

    Delete Confirmation:
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    Usability improvements to the gadget chrome:
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    IE 8.0 and FireFox 3.0 Support
    My.Live.com now supports the Beta for IE 8.0 and the final version of FF 3.0.  Users will now be able to access their pages and feeds using these browsers.

    Add Content Directory Updates
    Check out the Add Content directory for new feeds and gadgets.  The updates are part of our on-going effort to ensure quality content, provide better organization, eliminate dead feeds and redundancies.

    New items include the full line-up of content from Xbox.com, selections from Office Online, MSN Video, WeatherBug, and more!

    Minor Bugs and Glitches Fixed
    As part of our switch to My.Live.com, embarrassingly, we forgot to change some of the wording on the site to reflect our new name!  That's been fixed, along with some minor quarks and hiccups that have been reported.

    Suggestions and Feedback Forum
    Because you asked for it, we've created a My.Live.com Suggestions and Feedback forum on Microsoft.com Forums.  This forum will provide users with a way to interact with our development team by telling us what you think, ask questions, and provide your suggestions for what you think will make My.Live.com better.   Access the forum at http://forums.community.microsoft.com/en/MyLiveCom/threads/.

    What's Next?
    We'll start planning for our next update to My.Live.com, aiming for a minor update in the Fall.  Right now, most of our time is being devoted to another project that we'll have more information about in the coming months.  Until then, we hope you like the changes, and look forward to reading your feedback in our new forum.

    - The My.Live.com Team

     
     

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