A birthday surprise from Windows Live

Disclaimer: If you want to keep it as a surprise, we recommend you to not read this post, as it might spoil the surprise for you on your birthday. In today’s Windows Live Wire ... Read more »

A look at the Dynamic Themes in Windows Live Wave 3

Over at The Space Craft blog the Windows Live Spaces team had written up an overview of the upcoming Windows Live Profile, and of course here at LiveSide we’ve covered that long before they ... Read more »

Windows Live Wave 3: New Header UI

As the 2nd part in our Windows Live Wave 3 series, we’re taking a look at the new header UI that Microsoft is working on. It was almost exactly a year ago that we ... Read more »

The death of Flair? Windows Live's new look

The “Flair” user interface (seen above) has become a familiar sight for the users of Windows Live products and services.  It has become the standard look for any of Windows Live’s websites or applications.  ... Read more »

More info on Windows Live Mail (the desktop client)

In case you missed it during the Windows Live Hotmail announcement, the press release contained a brief sentence relating to the Windows Live desktop email client, now just called Windows Live Mail - ”Windows Live ... Read more »

Live Mail gets update to M8

Today's Live Mail update features numerous UI and userability enhancements, but currently is only available to users on selected server bays. The update also includes: “Send Email As” feature that allows users to send mail ... Read more »

Windows Live Mail Desktop gets new UI

As the Windows Live Mail Desktop Team inches closer to the next beta stage, they've decided to reveal plans for changing the UI in the new email application.   Windows Live Mail Desktop will ... Read more »

Windows Live graphics

Several people have been asking about the graphic branding Microsoft plans to use for its Windows Live services. While everything is still in beta and subject to change, we cannot be certain how it ... Read more »

Windows Live ID upgrade – New UI and more

The rollout of Windows Live ID continues, this time with the new sign-in UI. From the Live ID blog: Today we are rolling out a new sign-in experience for Windows Live sites like Live.com, ... Read more »

More Messenger updates

After Brandon posted a few of the updates we can expect to see in the Messenger refresh, Michael Sun went and posted some screenshots of the currently internal only, April refresh build 683. Two ... Read more »