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Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:24:09

This week we are starting to test a new build of the Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta.  As part of this, we’re beginning to invite some additional folks to join the beta, hammer on our code and test out some new features (live link on features to the Active Search blog post).  We’d like to extend a big welcome to our new victims users and to thank all of our existing beta testers for helping us build a stellar new desktop email experience.

 

Progress

Since our initial release, we’ve been camping out in beta newsgroups, dogfooding Mail Desktop internally and getting early feedback from beta participants — all to help us release an update that we hope you’ll consider making your primary experience for managing email, RSS and newsgroups.

 

We’re not done yet!

In the coming months, we’ll be working on a number of improvements and new features.  Oh, and opening up the beta.  Stay tuned there’s more to come!

 

Oji Udezue, Program Manager



Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:53:29
Our team has published a Channel 9 video listing the new features in Windows Live Mail Desktop beta.  This is a great chance to get a tour of the features that are being released.
 
This video covers most of our current features.  A few are not shown, such as Active Search (see blog post on that feature).
 
 
The WLDM Channel 9 video is available here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=200389
 

 

 

-Bryan

 

Bryan Starbuck

 

 



Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:37:56
Tanja is the newest program manager on our team and will be officially heading up the blog! In the past, our blog was headed by a small group of internal bloggers interested in talking about the product. But now that Tanja’s on board, we’ll have a dedicated person who’s going to be maintaining the blog and posting on a regular basis.  That doesn’t mean the rest of the team won’t be posting but rather our communication with you will be speedier and more responsive. I’ll let Tanja introduce herself in her own words.
 
-Lei Gong



Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:52:27

Channel 9 Video on Active Search!

We released a Channel 9 video on the Active Search for Windows Live Mail Desktop feature.  See video...

 


Here is the link to the blog post giving the details about the feature. 

 

-Bryan

 

Bryan Starbuck

http://spaces.msn.com/BryanStarbuck

 

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Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:51:38

You Talked – We Listened!

We have another Beta refresh build available for you to download today!  I am always excited to give the news that we’re releasing an update, but this one is especially exciting for me because I think you’re going to be incredibly pleased with some of the new features that have been added since the last build. 

Why do I think that?  Well, just take a look at the list below and let’s see if I was right… ;-)


Here are just a few of the great new updates you’re going to see in this build…

  • More bug fixes
    • Over 150 of them since the last refresh build – including lots of accessibility and stability updates
  • Current View settings are now sticky 
    • We admit it, we made a mistake.  In the last refresh build, every time WLMd was launched, the Current View settings were lost and needed to be reset.  What a pain – especially when reading newsgroups!  I’m happy to announce that this has now been fixed.
  • Update Feeds Button
    • In the RSS tab, we have added a new button for you to be able to automatically sync all your RSS feeds.
  • Easier Help Options
    • Now under Help you’ll see the option for getting Technical Support.  This will take you right to our Support site so you can fill out a ticket and get assistance from our support team!
  • Minimizing to System Tray
    • I think I may have just heard a small roar of excitement from our Beta testers. J  You all have been asking for this one for a while, so here you go!
  • Support for Windows Live ID sign in (for non-MSN Mail, Hotmail, and Windows Live Mail account holders)
    • Adding the ability to use non-Windows Live ID accounts in WLMd was a popular customer request – and I am super-psyched that we are able to provide it for you!  You can now sign in to WLMd using any Windows Live ID account, not just one that has an email account associated with it (such as @messengeruser.com).  And for those who don’t yet have a Windows Live ID, WLMd allows you to create one as a part of sign-in! Remember that this is a very new feature for us – so please spend some time playing with it and let us know what you think!

One last thing – and then I’ll let you go to install and play with the new build…

I’m just about finished pulling together a list of Known Issues to provide to our Beta testers.  We wanted to ensure the list would be easy to navigate through, so the Known Issues won’t be completely comprehensive, but it will contain some of the larger items that we’re already aware of.  Look for another Blog (and Newsgroup) post from me in the next couple days which will contain more information.

That’s about it – now go and enjoy the latest build!  And keep the feedback coming!

--tanja

 

 

 



Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:58:31
Hey all!  In case you couldn’t tell from the title…there’s a new Beta Refresh build available for your testing pleasure!
Please go up to our usual spot and download the latest build today. 
Build specifics: build # 8.0.1223 and is available for English, German, Japanese and Dutch.
Known issue: As usual with our beta builds, please be aware that you may run into problems while upgrading.  Please consider uninstalling older versions first to avoid issues.

With this build, you’re not going to see a lot of large feature changes.  What you will see, however, is even better - which is, simply put, an improved overall experience while using the product. 

We’ve spent the majority of the time since the last refresh focusing on making WLMd more stable and reliable.  These are the types of changes that our customers may not notice right off the bat.  But, weeks from now you’ll be sitting at your desk (using WLMd, of course) and it will suddenly hit you -

“WOW!”, you’ll say to yourself, “This build is WAY better than the last!  In fact, this one runs more smoothly than any build they’ve ever released!” 

With this latest refresh you’ll see a shortened first run experience, better integration between Windows Live Messenger and WLMd, updates to our interaction with the Search Box, and hundreds of other fixed issues across all of our features…

I also wanted to point out a new option under our Help menu in case you didn’t see it there last time.  As you may have noticed, you can now migrate your Windows Mail data on Vista to WLMd.  Give this a try, and let us know how it works for you.  If you have any trouble, please use the “Migration Failure” option under the Help menu.

Finally, thanks to everyone who’s been submitting issues to the product team through the Connect site!  Since we added this feature, we’ve seen a lot of great issues and suggestions come in.  Please keep it up!  We love to get this type of feedback from our customers… J

I know I said “finally” in my last paragraph – but I actually have one more thing to say, so…
Finally-finally, I think this might be one of the last posts you’ll see from before the new year rolls around as I’m going to be heading off to different parts of the US to spend time with friends and family.  So, I just wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a happy holiday season, and best wishes in the coming year!  See you all in 2007!

--tanja

 



Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:21:30

As many of you know, we’ve released a number of Beta builds since last April…and many of you were eager to install them and try out the latest features.  But, there are still a bunch of people out there who haven’t been upgrading their builds, and we wanted to make this process easier for them.  Part of the problem is just the barrier behind letting people know that an update was out there.  Up to this point, we’ve only really been able to inform customers about new builds through email invites, and blog and newsgroup posts.  But, with the build that’s going to be available in the next day or so – we’re going to change all that!

From now on, any new builds that are released for WLMd will also be available through Microsoft Update.  So, in the next couple days, everyone should see a notification letting them know that an update is available.  We’re hoping that with the addition of this feature, more and more of our customers will upgrade to newer builds so you can all see the amazing work this team has been doing on the product.  It also helps us out because the feedback that we receive from you will be more recent and will help us get a better understanding of the quality of the current builds. 

In addition to hooking up support for notifications on new builds for WLMd, this build also contains some changes in the contacts space.  There aren’t a whole lot of major updates here, but you might notice some improvements in stability and also a couple small bug fixes.

Just a few more quick comments…

  • The update that you’ll be notified of in the next couple days will be an optional one – so you don’t have to upgrade if you don’t want to.  In the next couple weeks though, anybody who is running 1172 or higher will be required to go through a mandatory update to the latest build.
  • The “Check for Updates” option in our Help menu should also be functional now.  This should take you to the Microsoft Update site where you’ll be able to see whether or not we’ve released anything new.
  • This build will at first only be available through Microsoft Update, but in the next couple weeks we’ll be able to post it up to the ideas.live.com site as well.
  • The only issue that we’re aware of at this time when upgrading through Microsoft Update is that you will lose the WLMd shortcut.  To get it back, just go to c:program fileswindows live mail desktop, right click on wlmail.exe and choose the “Create Shortcut” option.

Even though we’re only aware of the issue above, this doesn’t mean that it’s the only issue out there!  Please try the new update feature out and let us know if you run into any problems.  The Connect database is still open to everyone – so keep the data flowing in!

That’s about it for now…  Have fun with the new build!

--tanja

 



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