What’s New feed updates are now in Windows Live Wave 4 style

By damaster on April 11, 2010 10:42 AM

7 comments

Today I was just coming across my friend’s Windows Live Profile page when I’ve noticed something different with the way the What’s New feed updates are written. After checking LiveSide’s old Wave 3 screenshots for Windows Live Profile, I was able to confirm my suspicion that they are indeed different. Here’s an example table comparing the wordings between Wave 3 and the new Wave 4 style:

We’ve gone back and checked this new wording style against the leaked screenshots of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4, and we are able to confirm that the new style matches the new “Social feed” text in Windows Live Wave 4. Here’s a screenshot of an update showing sharing photos via Facebook in Messenger Wave 4, which matches the wordings in the example we saw above:

Although this update may seem trivial, it does mean that Microsoft is getting closer to the Wave 4 launch. The fact that we’re seeing the Wave 4-styled feed updates means that the underlying platform for Social feeds is already complete and ready to launch. Do remember that the upcoming Wave 4 social feed will allow you leave comments for each individual update much like Facebook do – a much needed update for the “social” side of Windows Live. Looks like we’re another step closer to Wave 4!

Posted in News | Tags: Profile, Wave 4, Windows Live

Comments

http://about.me/mackenzieprice mackenziepricee

Just a little change adds a great feature. Still don’t know why they cant just roll out little updates like this inbetween new releases.
Lexus Yuen

wonderful!
http://gregsedwards.wordpress.com Greg Edwards

The What’s New Feed is one of my favorite features of Windows Live, and I noticed this subtle change over the past week or two. Unfortunately, the new format is a little awkward. For instance when I share a PSM on Facebook like “Release the Kraken!”, it comes over to WL as Greg Greg Edwards Release the Kraken! – via Facebook

I know people may have different usernames on various services, but it just looks clunky to see the information repeated. Furthermore, links contained within What’s New Feed updates are still not clickable, even when they’re obviously (http://bit.ly/…) links. Maybe the WNF format in Wave 4 will improve the layout and usability.

But the most annoying thing I’ve noticed is that many of my web activities are no longer working, presumably since the change. I’ve shared items on YouTube that haven’t shown up in my WNF for days. I’ve tried removing and re-adding the web activities, which temporarily resolves the problem, but soon updates stop populating. When you have to keep jumping back over to WL just to make sure your updates are populating correctly, it kind of defeats the purpose of having web activities in the first place.

Damaster – LiveSide.net

Yes – agreed. But if you look at how it will work in Messenger Wave 4, the latest changes probably make more sense in there and probably be better in terms of both layout and usability. Hence I think this update is intended for Wave 4 apps and services rather than Wave 3.

I’ve had had YouTube web activities problems too. They tend to come in a lump instead of updating real-time as I update YouTube. Not sure what’s causing the problem…could possibly be a change on YouTube’s end, you never know which side is the problem with these Web Activities.

majg

I can’t see why they wouldn’t tweak the service for the arrival of Project Pink. Seems to go hand in hand with the rumors surrounding what that project is about.

JohnCz

Speaking of Proj. Pink, I will reserve judgement till after the reveal tomorrow. At the moment I don’t see why they are releasing this in light of Windows Phone 7. Free phone and Zune subscription?

http://twitter.com/thefalcon2k Joe Rider

For those of you who used the leaked M2 build of WLM 2010, you would have noticed (from your friends) that they were unable to send you winks, nudges, or view your webcam successfully.

Today, on top of the updates to Windows Live Profiles, I have also learned that your friends can now see your winks and view your webcam! Unfortunately, nudges aren’t working … yet (as far as I know).

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