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Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month

Posted Sep 01 2008, 09:46 PM by Chris with 18 comment(s)

If you’re a blogger and have written a blog post today using the latest Windows Live Writer Technology Preview (Wave 3 Milestone 1), then you were probably greeted with this update prompt.

 writer expire

This is the first time we’ve seen any of the Windows Live teams take this approach. While the obvious conclusion is that the prompt is set to popup one month before the expiry date of 1 October 2008, it still comes as somewhat of a surprise. Great news for those people who like to know exact dates for the next set of downloads, all being well it should be within the next 30 days.

Just for completeness, the “download now” button only goes to get.live.com, but we have a feeling that’ll change very soon…

(So this post bends our Manifesto a little bit, hey its not often Microsoft starts throwing out release dates into the public arena!)

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Slimy wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Mon, Sep 1 2008 4:29 PM

Hmm this looks awfully familiar, where'd you first see this Chris? :P

Chris wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Mon, Sep 1 2008 4:34 PM

Not on a public website that's for sure :P

It would be when I opened up Live Writer to write tomorrow's post ;)

(In good spirit here's Slimy's post:

arstechnica.com/.../windows-live-writer-beta-update-likely-coming-this-month )

Slimy wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Mon, Sep 1 2008 4:54 PM

Thanks Chris, but now I'm just really curious about tomorrow's post :(

Alber1690 wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Mon, Sep 1 2008 8:36 PM

Wow, I had used it earlier today and didn't get that. I'll try it again when I get home.

vipwoody wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Mon, Sep 1 2008 10:07 PM

I got it today :)

artfudd wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Mon, Sep 1 2008 10:23 PM

RE: "..the “download now” button only goes to get.live.com." -- but when I got that notice, I did click on that link and then clicked the "Get it free" button, reinstalled it and then I didn't get the notice anymore. Just to be sure, I opened and closed Writer several times and still did not get the notice.

Slimy wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Mon, Sep 1 2008 10:56 PM

@artfudd, you won't get the download notice for a while if you click the "download now" button

yertthedestroyer wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Tue, Sep 2 2008 12:38 AM

I think I'm missing something; I reviewed the manifesto, but I don't know which one exactly you guys are bending.

Which is it?

Kip Kniskern wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Tue, Sep 2 2008 12:43 AM

lol we pretty much bend every rule we can get our hands on ;), but in this case  I think he was talking about #5.

Chris wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Tue, Sep 2 2008 2:21 AM

Yeah it was #5. Not a big issue though.

nikhil_jain wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Tue, Sep 2 2008 3:31 AM

Srry.. for the Off Topic post.!!

Google Launches Chrome Internet Browser..

Chris wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Tue, Sep 2 2008 3:21 PM

@Slimy: As nikhil mentions, Chrome is launching today. Maybe we'll leave it a day or so before posting. More time for you to guess though  :)

Slimy wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Tue, Sep 2 2008 3:29 PM

I find Chrome to be better than Firefox, but other than that I don't really like it. It needs a lot of work; IE8 and Opera are better imho.

BV2312 wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Tue, Sep 2 2008 5:06 PM

I unistalled IE8 as it crashed whenever i was navagating Skysports.com i tried to trace the error, i think it's something to do with a share voilation but i can't be certain... Back to IE7

Chrome seems ok already at 78/100 Acid3 but it will be interesting how good it is against security rememeber the days where FF said they were the best and the most secure browser....

Sunshine wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Wed, Sep 3 2008 3:55 AM
BV2312 wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Wed, Sep 3 2008 6:42 AM

I knew it ;)

Sunshine wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Wed, Sep 3 2008 1:36 PM

:)

Vasudev wrote re: Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month
on Wed, Sep 3 2008 10:00 PM

It was a False Trigger.

WLWriter Team clarifies.

Technical Preview Triggers False Expiration

windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/.../cns!D85741BB5E0BE8AA!1530.entry

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