Microsoft also recently updated Office Web Apps and Hotmail. The recently released beta of Internet Explorer 9 is also incompatible with Windows XP. “If your computer is still running Windows XP you can, of course, continue to use the current Windows Live Essentials software, and then switch to Windows Live Essentials 2011 when you buy a new PC or upgrade to Windows 7,” Chris Jones, vice president of Windows Live engineering, posted on The Windows Blog on 30 September. With Windows Live Essentials 2011, Microsoft is also continuing its recent tradition of denying its newest products to Windows XP users. Microsoft has said its engineers used the Windows Live Essentials beta to weed out some 95 percent of reported bugs ahead of the final version’s release.
The company has a tradition of launching software betas for millions of users, and then using the inevitable tsunami of feedback to adjust the product ahead of its final release. Microsoft originally rolled out its Windows Live Essentials beta on 24 June. Messenger incorporates feeds, photos and updates from social-networking services such as Facebook and LinkedIn it also offers Hotmail notifications, and the ability to add comments to others’ social-networking updates without needing to leave Messenger. Users can also take advantage of Windows Live SkyDrive to send albums’ worth of high-resolution photos to others. Email accounts can be colour-coded for easier management. The Windows Live Mail 2011 email client supports multiple email accounts, and brings calendar and RSS feeds to the platform. Windows Live Photo Gallery lets users share photos on SkyDrive, Flickr, SmugMug, Facebook and similar services it also incorporates new facial recognition technology that allows the program to tag people in photos. In addition to updated versions of Messenger, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker and Mail, the suite includes features such as “Family Safety” parental controls and Windows Live Mesh, which allows users to access and synchronise files on different computers. Windows Live Essentials 2011 can be downloaded here. However, it is available only for Windows 7 and Vista users. The software suite offers services for photo sharing, blogging, email and document productivity.
Microsoft made its new Windows Live Essentials 2011 available for download on 30 September.
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