i have just loaded the new realease and it looks better (the previous was – IMHO still a disaster) – BUT it has 1 obvious dreadful bug!! [lets NOT allow it to be called a feature.]
When you close the application. It does not close it goes into the Icon Tray (yuch!) Now I think if minimized it should go to the tray that would be great!!! This design, not closing when you tell the application to close, is not acceptible, and is not consistant with Microsoft design methods….

ScottIsAFool, It had not occured to me to look at it as equivilent as IM. But it is always a problem when applications do not do as instructed, i.e do not close when I close them or ask me am i sure a hundred times when i have already made an explicit decision…
Why though does the Desktop mail need a seperate icon / process to IM; should they not be combined? When mail waiting then show envelope. Also, for mail to behave as IM with its hiding in icon tray, is there not an implied promise that its footprint on the system is minimal? As SauronReaver noted it sure is not.
Well, WLMD is certainly improving which is real good…

Good now add these, WLMd team:

- Parental controls
- Virtual folders
- Scheduled backing up/archiving and restoring of messages
- Integration with Windows Live Contacts
- Cool transitions in photo slideshows

Fix small annoyances like:
- MIME implementation (opening attachment inside an attachment inside an attachment……goes on..)
- Respecting the email program option in Internet Options/WLM OPTIONAL integration