[MC mac]

Well, 1 hour ago, I loged in into one of my hotmail account and I saw that the look has changed, in fact, I got a message that sayed me (did'nt really read it, was sure it was a stupid message popup from another site so I closed it) thing like : Would you like to switch to the new version of Windows Live hotmail. Anyway, I logged on all of my other accounts but nothing has changed.
Here is a screenshot



For now, I can see that there are new themes like in WLM Messenger 9.0.

Speed: ~2 seconds after hitting Enter button. My connection is 512 kbps so its good. Old version was taking 5-9 seconds to load

Themes (note; my french to english translation could be wrong):

Bamboo;
Cherry;
Arabesque;
Circular;
Peas;
Floral;
Victorian;



The configuration of the old version of WL Hotmail will be kept exactly as you leaved it.

I'm curious to know if somebody other than me got it. I asked 5 of my friends and they dont. What do you all think about it?

Edit: Taking screenshots of themes
Edit 2: Screenshots uploaded, searching for new things
Edit 3: One of my friend just got it. Its coming....
Edit 4: I took again the screenshots because Neological was a little suspicious about them (its not a problem because I could have
though the same thing) so now the address bar is not blurred the blurred and the one at the bottom is same address that on address bar

This post has been edited by MC mac: Sep 29 2008, 12:05 AM

[bns06]

MS are really going for this UI style... well things will look more integrated

[X-Cillo]

Nothing yet in United Kingdom / ie.
I'm not sure about this one, I think the current theme looks decent; But I'll have to play with it before I can properly comment on it.

Thank you MC mac.

[Neological™]

why are you covering the address bar?
makes me a little suspicios?
still very nice, very... wlm.

[MC mac]

Thank you MC mac.

No problem

why are you covering the address bar?
makes me a little suspicious?
still very nice, very... wlm.

It is real... anyway I just though it that the address was specific to user so it is something that should'nt be showed to everyone.
Proof (not the mail view but the first page you get after signing in):  Windows_Live_Hotmail_3_proof.jpg ( 651.26K ) Number of downloads: 66


Edit: Took new screenshots of them without blurred address bar and at the bottom, its exactly the same as on the address bar
Edit 2: Even if the account login ID is shown, it changes everytime you login so it should'nt be a problem

This post has been edited by MC mac: Sep 29 2008, 12:16 AM

[wbar8417]

what firefox theme is that?

[MC mac]

what firefox theme is that?

It's chrome package available there: https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/8790

[X-Cillo]

* Enhanced address book, allowing customers to easily see emails they’ve exchanged with contacts and keep contacts in one consolidated place to use across Windows Live services.
* Ever Increasing Storage - 5 GB to start, with an additional 500 MB per month if customers hit their limit
* Integrated web-based IM with Windows Live Messenger*
* Improved spam fighting technologies that significantly reduce spam.
* Integrated calendar features and Outlook Connector.

*Some features will take several months to reach all users globally

Still no changes on Bay 118 (see url).

This post has been edited by X-Cillo: Sep 29 2008, 12:24 AM

[Neological™]

Hummm, sorry for doubting you.

[dsh]

Damn, that sure does look good. I just checked my 3 live ID's (Denmark), but none of them have gotten an upgrade yet. I do have the new calendar though, it's pretty good aswell.

For those in doubt, have a look at http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/comingsoon/da/default.htm

[poma]

Nothing new so far in Sweden either.

[Laguna]

The same: still nothing new here in Portugal.

[X-Cillo]

Microsoft has gradually started rolling out the Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 update but at some point in October every Hotmail user will have access to the new version. Part of the update are a new, clean look with themes support (not unlike the Windows Live Messenger Scenes in 9.0), a more convenient contact picker and overall faster performance.

Back in August there was some talk of bringing back WebMessenger to Hotmail, but from what we\'ve seen there\'s currently only the presence of Messenger Display Pictures at (see screenshot). The new About page promises more advanced Messenger integration starting early 2009:

\"IM through Hotmail. See if your Messenger contacts are online and say \"Hi!\"

This post has been edited by X-Cillo: Oct 2 2008, 12:13 AM

[poma]

Still nothing in Sweden damit.

[MC mac]

Saw that yesterday (was'nt loading before... dont know why). Its pretty cool but I would liked to have something more like Yahoo! Messenger for web because its like more simple. Anyway, hope it will be released soon because I hate to have only one of my mail boxes looking like that. Anyway, I think they have maked a pretty good job at Microsoft with this new Hotmail version.

[dj_cityboy]

yeah i havent seen any updates in Canada as of yet either....

*waiting

it looks really good though man i really like it!

peas
cityboy

[Ludacris]

Nothing for me. In the official news, it said that it is going to take all October long to set all accounts to the new version...

I tried to enter the url manually - nothing

[dsh]

Seems like it'll take a good month still if you're in the last batch of conversions. Meh. Still no dice on my account either.

[Krambo]

Nothing yet in the UK either....

[MC mac]

yeah i havent seen any updates in Canada as of yet either....

*waiting

it looks really good though man i really like it!

peas
cityboy

I'm on Canada too and my other friend who got it is in Canada too. Anyway, Yup, it looks cool.

Nothing for me. In the official news, it said that it is going to take all October long to set all accounts to the new version...

I tried to enter the url manually - nothing

It is normal because the ID that appear on the address change everytime you connect into (because without that, any people who see my ID in the address could enter on my mail account)

Anyway, they should make other themes or variations of them because I like the default one but I would like to have it in purple or another color.