Hotmail: The Next Generation
- Posted: May 19, 2010 at 1:38 AM
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On Monday, the Windows Live team previewed the next version of Hotmail. This release was built on a foundation of saving time. Attachments, for example, often take you away
from your inbox, requiring you to wait for each new application or new window to open one at a time. Now, Hotmail allows you to see a Silverlight Gallery of attached images, or even images linked from
Flickr and
SmugMug. They have made it possible to send up to 200 photos @ 50MB each in a single email using
Windows Live SkyDrive. Using the new
Office Web Apps, Hotmail will now open Office attachments right in your inbox (even links to
Hulu and YouTube will play within the email).
Another new feature is the ability to sweep your email to remove unwanted mail. This goes beyond spam and into "graymail," which is mail that you requested but really don't care about. You can also sweep your Gmail and Yahoo! mail accounts.
There are many more features, so be sure to check out the Windows Team Blog. Our good mate Nic Fillingham will be connecting with the Windows Live team when they get back for a video, so if you have questions please leave them here.
Another new feature is the ability to sweep your email to remove unwanted mail. This goes beyond spam and into "graymail," which is mail that you requested but really don't care about. You can also sweep your Gmail and Yahoo! mail accounts.
There are many more features, so be sure to check out the Windows Team Blog. Our good mate Nic Fillingham will be connecting with the Windows Live team when they get back for a video, so if you have questions please leave them here.
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Yes the New Hotmail is Super Cool !! It increase the efficiency to a new level .... Its all convenint and efficient.
But some are asking for this feature -
Ability to save the chats in the mail box like it does in gmail. The chat histories at present are saved to local machine , I think.
Will this feature be considered ?
Thanks and Congrats to Windows Live Team for the Wave 4 .
In general, Wave 4 is a huge improvement. Some other things I wish to see in the near future...
Considering this on10.net report, http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Xobni-Lets-Developers-Port-Gadgets-to-Outlook/
and that GMail will be displaying contextual gadgets in their web service... I don't see why Hotmail's (Wave 4) ActiveView couldn't offer developers the same opportunity with "ActiveView" compatible gadgets running on Azure.
People want to stay in touch on their phones and on the go.
The content of email is different.
Get more done in your inbox
Sweep away clutter.
People send and receive more email than ever, but the types of email are changing.
Shipping updates, social updates, photos, and videos.
Get your mail, calendar, and contacts anywhere you go
And there’s a whole lot more….
So, the evolution goes like this: Yahoo mail, Gmail, Hotmail...
Looks like they have added a lot of new features!
Where is Nic's video
?
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