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Official Windows Live download site goes live

Posted Sep 17 2008, 08:55 PM by Chris with 10 comment(s)

Oh Hai. Looks like http://download.live.com has now been switched on, so if you still haven’t installed the new Windows Live Wave 3 betas that we posted earlier today, now is your chance. Anybody else notice that the Wave 3 header on the public site isn’t the same Wave 3 header as on the private beta sites?

Chris Jones also made a post a few hours ago, giving some chat very similar to that which we’ve seen over on the e7 blog. Chris talks of feedback loops and impact on design, yet anybody who’s ever tested a Windows Live beta (especially Messenger) knows the beta feedback loop tends to jump over to the v.next.next release. He also talks of regular blogging, so you all better enjoy these few months of posts from the Windows Live teams, before the silence begins again!

Bonus link goes to Long for dissecting the new ribbon-UI (“Windows Scenic”) in Movie Maker and in the new Windows 7 applications such as Paint.

 

Here’s a quick recap of the LiveSide Windows Live beta reviews so far:

Wave 3: Windows Live Photo Gallery – New Features

Wave 3: Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta – What’s New? A Comparison With 8.5

Wave 3: Windows Live Mail - Calendar, Calendar, Calendar (And More)

Wave 3: Windows Live Movie Maker Beta

Wave 3: Windows Live Writer – A First Look

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BV2312 wrote re: Official Windows Live download site goes live
on Wed, Sep 17 2008 4:57 PM

maybe a silly question whats choice guard?

Alber1690 wrote re: Official Windows Live download site goes live
on Wed, Sep 17 2008 5:54 PM

I'm happy they included Outlook Connector, but where's Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant?

Also, are the LiveSide servers doing ok back there? The site keeps comin' an' goin' for me...

CalumJR wrote re: Official Windows Live download site goes live
on Wed, Sep 17 2008 6:51 PM

I don't seem to see a difference between this download site's Wave 3 header & the other ones.

Am I missing something?

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damaster wrote re: Official Windows Live download site goes live
on Wed, Sep 17 2008 8:19 PM

Is it me, or have they dropped the "OneCare" label from Family Safety? =) I can't find any traces of "Family Safety from OneCare" anymore, neither on the website or the application.

Oh and the new Family Safety website (accessible from the Download site's new header) is also available, at http://fss-beta.live.com . This also have the same header as the Download site.

@calum-r-: The Wave 3 header is supposed to show "Home, Profile, People, Photos, Mail", while this Download site's header shows the original wave 2 ones like "Home, Hotmail, Spaces, OneCare".

bf1977 wrote re: Official Windows Live download site goes live
on Thu, Sep 18 2008 8:42 AM

I enjoyed these new betas.

I'm using the Windows live mail beta, Windows live Messenger beta, Windows live writer and Windows live photo Gallery.

The penalty that is not for Windows 2k3 and Windows 2K8, after any person who develops would like to have Windows live mail beta and Windows live Messenger beta, not only beta but also the original versions.

senthil wrote re: Official Windows Live download site goes live
on Thu, Sep 18 2008 10:51 AM

You can compare download's header with home-beta.live.com/default.aspx=1046, there are some differences between those.

BV2312 wrote re: Official Windows Live download site goes live
on Thu, Sep 18 2008 11:36 AM

the difference being Mail is hotmail on Download site and it's missing People and Profile links

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