Archive for December, 2006

Beta Refresh Build 1223 now available!

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

 

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