The live developing team just announced the release of Windows Live Mail, Writer and Messenger betas on their respective blogs. The interfaces looks awesome. Windows live mail is a major competitor to Thunderbird and from what I have see of it so far it beats Thunderbird hands down. I have been eagerly waiting for the new Windows Live Writer since I found ScribeFire to be lacking when trying to maintain a huge number of drafts.
Download the Betas from these Links
Download Live Writer Beta: http://get.live.com/betas/writer_betas
Download Live Messenger Beta: Windows Live 8.5 Beta
Download Live Mail Beta: Windows Live Mail download
What New in Windows Live Writer.
New Authoring Capabilities
- Inline spell checking
- Table editing
- Ability to add categories
- Page authoring for WordPress and TypePad
- Support for excerpts and extended entries
- Improved hyperlinking and image insertion
- Paste Special
Integration and Compatibility
- SharePoint 2007 support
- New APIs enabling custom extensions by weblog providers
- Automatic synchronization of local and online edits
- Integration with Windows Live Gallery
- Support for Blogger Labels
Plus…
- New look and feel
- Available in 6 languages
- Improved accessibility and keyboard support
- Many other frequently requested enhancements!
What New in Windows Live Mail.
- It’s much faster than it was in the past.
- Shortcuts for Windows Mail and OE will be replaced by WL Mail shortcuts. NOTE – Windows Mail and OE bits will remain on your computer and if you uninstall WL Mail, the old shortcuts will return.
- New Windows Live location in the Start Menu. After you install, you’ll see that there is a new location under All Programs for all the Windows Live clients that you have installed.
source: Liveside
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