Another thing to add to Alasdair's list of differences between the two screenshots of the main window:

The favourite contacts have their display picture showing in the first one, yet in ...

Makes sense given journalists don't just go searching YouTube for the first part of a new $300m ad campaign...

The UI is pretty inconsistent with other Windows Live stuff. I love the Ribbon, but this is a pretty poor implementation of it, even for a beta. I wonder if it'll also have the similar Office f...

Interesting. It does look improved, on the UI front. I'm going to miss the buddy icons, but the new ones are much better and to the point.

I'm not digging the chat window though. I ...

@tekfan, well, I'm assuming it has the basic 'subscribe to a remote .cal' which basically every browser app, including Windows Calendar, has had in the last 5 years.

Yes - according to the CNET article (linked above) "A source familiar with the campaign said the first ad is designed mainly as a teaser."

So it's been said it is a teaser ad?

What happens to Windows Calendar ??

@DorianGraph: Yeah? Nice! I think I read here on LiveSide that in order to access and sync Windows Live Calendar Beta with the calendar in Windows Live Mail, I would have to sign in with a Windows ...

Totally agree, calum-r-

I really up set about WLMail Header, why not Wave 3 header for it too ? like WLMessenger M2 build ?

Microsoft, please keep your promise, and do it for Photo Ga...