Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Movie Maker’

Wave 4 Beta A closer look at Essentials 2011 beta 2

No comments August 17th, 2010

Now that you’ve had chance to download the Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 (2011) Beta refresh, it is time to take a closer look at what is new and changed.

Source: LiveSide.net What’s new in Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4)

Comments Off May 27th, 2010

In June, Microsoft is going to release a Public Beta of Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4). Are you wondering what’s new? Read on.

Windows Live Essentials 2009 QFE2: What is new?

Comments Off August 26th, 2009

“QFE” is short for Quick Fix Engineering—and that is exactly what the latest Windows Live Essentials updates are for. In this post, I will highlight the Release Notes for Essentials 2009 QFE2. So, what is new or changed? Windows Live Messenger conversation window: Chinese/Japanese/Korean IME (Input Method Editor) reset to English in the Messenger conversation [...]

Windows Live and You: “Making my views known on behalf of the ‘little everyday user’” (Technogran)

1 comment August 21st, 2009

Talking about Windows Live always means talking about its users—the tech-savvy ones as well as the “normal” users. Today I am talking with Technogran, a ‘geeky grandma trying desperately to keep up with it all’, as she describes herself. She lives in the UK and likes Windows Live very much. mynetx: Technogran, it is nice [...]

Windows Live Essentials 2009 get another refresh: Wave 3 QFE 2

1 comment August 19th, 2009

The silence is over—for now: the Windows Live team has released updates to Windows Live Messenger, Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery and Sync. Furthermore, Windows Live Movie Maker has been released and its beta has ended. Watch the following video to get an introduction to the all-new Movie Maker. Introduction and Walkthrough—Windows Live Movie Maker Download [...]

Ribbon UI and Windows Live Writer

2 comments August 18th, 2009

Ribbon is everywhere. Originally introduced as new way of using User Interfaces in Office 2007, today I see it in Windows user tools, such as Wordpad and Paint, as well as all the Office applications, of course. Windows 7 has made a big move in implementing the underlying Scenic Ribbon UI Framework, and according to [...]

Windows Live and You: “Windows Live services help me keep in touch” (Lance Manasse)

1 comment August 12th, 2009

After a longer break, the summer edition of the series “Windows Live and You” is finally back. Today I will be talking with Lance Manasse, who lives in the United Kingdom and is also known by his nickname “Salem”. mynetx: Please tell me a bit about yourself. Is your life directly or indirectly involved with [...]

Windows Live and You: “Development of Messenger has been phenomenal” (Sean Bradford, Neowin)

Comments Off June 5th, 2009

Ever wanted to meet an unofficial Microsoft Evangelist? Sean Bradford is one of them, and he has some interesting points on Messenger and the other Windows Live products. mynetx: Wonderful that you take some minutes to talk with me about Windows Live and You. Please tell me a bit about yourself. Is your life directly [...]

Windows Live and You: Interviewing Will Ingles, star designer

1 comment April 26th, 2009

For this second interview of the series “Windows Live and You”, I have talked with Multimedia designer and Messenger skinner, Will Ingles. mynetx: Nice that you got some minutes to talk with me about Windows Live and You. To get started, please describe yourself and your connection with Windows Live, in one sentence. Will: Well [...]

Windows Live Essentials Beta: RCs now publicly available

Comments Off December 15th, 2008

After some delay in shipping, the Windows Live team has now updated the public downloads and the Release Candidate of the Windows Live Essentials Suite is now available for free download. The Windows Live Essentials include Windows Live Mail 2009 RC, Windows Live Messenger 2009 RC, Windows Live Photo Library 2009 RC, Windows Live Movie [...]