New beta builds of Windows Live Mail,
Office 2010 Product Key, Windows Live Messenger (eight.5) and Windows Live Author (a blog-authoring service/tool) are obtainable to testers for download as of Might possibly 30, according to Microsoft.The next version of Windows Live Mail went to testers in nine markets currently. The new version will integrate “features from OE (Outlook Express),
Windows 7 Download, Windows Mail AND Windows Live Mail desktop” (WLMd), according to an early May possibly posting about the Windows Reside Mail team blog.Other new Reside Mail features,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, based on the team weblog:* “New and improved UI: Cleaner design,
Office 2007 Keygen, and now with Aero support!
* Setup and account migration improvements: Smoother experience overall - you will now have fewer steps in order to get started with the client.
* More parity with OE and Windows Mail: S/MIME and LDAP support are just two of the features that we’ve been working on for WLM which will bring us more parity with our other free Mail clients.
* Performance and stability: The new product will be faster and more robust than WLMd.
* No Ads: Yes, it’s true – there will be no graphical ads in the WLM beta build.”A company spokeswoman emphasized that users of Microsoft;s Windows Live Hotmail and Window Live Mail Desktop users will be able to access their mail via the forthcoming Windows Reside Mail release. She sent the following company statement via e-mail:“Microsoft is investing to help ensure that Windows Reside Hotmail customers can get their e-mail any way they want it - from the web to mobile to client access. While Outlook remains our premiere e-mail client, there are millions of people who use free, consumer e-mail clients and we wanted to have a solution to meet their needs. Windows Live Mail desktop beta testers will be automatically updated to the new Windows Live Mail services via Microsoft Update (if they opt-in).”Microsoft is characterizing the Reside Messenger 8.five release as “primarily a back-end update.” However,
Office 2010 Professional Plus, according to a company spokeswoman, it will include some “consumer-facing feature updates such as new look and feel in sign-in and conversation window, new emoticons, and integration with Windows Live OneCare Family Safety.”The LiveSide.Net bloggers have been dissecting Reside Messenger 8.five for the past few days. The new build includes integration with Windows Reside Folders — Microsoft;s “storage in the sky services. (But not Windows Reside FolderShare, the forthcoming synchronization services), the LiveSiders noted.Around the Live Author front, Microsoft has made a first version of its blogging instrument out there in the U.S. since August 2006. No official word yet on what new features are coming in the new Live Author beta build. Microsoft officials are simply calling it a “refresh.”Update: Here is some additional info from the Live Writer team weblog on what;s new in what they are calling “Live Author Beta 2.”