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Windows Live Wire: Update on the new Hotmail
By the end of this week, all Windows Live Hotmail users will be upgraded to the new Hotmail. The rollout has been slow because we’ve been reading and listening to your comments. We’ve read all the comments, followed up with some of you, and changed the service as we went. Since our original ...
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Windows Live Wire: Windows Live – Keeping your life in sync
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Hotmail upgrade saga continues: rollout nearly complete; problems remain
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews — ... Windows Live Hotmail is in the process of completing the rollout to Wave 3 “by the end of this week”, according to a blog post on Windows Live Wire.  The post acknowledges the flood of comments that have surrounded the upgrade, and notes that the service has been changed because of them, saying “we have read and analyzed several thousand comments, fixed several bugs, and released five updates to the code”. ...

New Hotmail angers some users
The Microsoft Blog — ... , mostly in the lines of "I am so disappointed in the new look and for the first time in 10 years of using Hotmail I am looking at other e-mail services to become my primary email account." Many complain about specific bugs in the new version that made it difficult to type e-mails. On Friday, in another post announcing that all users would be switched to the new Hotmail this week, Microsoft's Mike Schackwitz acknowledged the feedback, saying , "Since our original announcement, we have read and analyzed several thousand comments, fixed several bugs, and released five updates to ...

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 upgrade continues - completing “by the end of this week”!
D' Technology Weblog — ... According to a blog post on Windows Live Wire, Windows Live Hotmail is in the process of completing the rollout to ...

Microsoft Upgrades Hotmail
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — ... So it appears that the old Hotmail will no longer be available and that all users must use the new system. Some comments on the site reflect the opinion that some folks are already have issues. Hopefully these problems will disappear as the system becomes available. What do you think? If you are a Hotmail users let us know how the new system is working for you. Comments welcome. Source.

Windows Live Hotmail – an early look at some more improvements to come
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews — ... . But little do we know, apart from a few hints from this blog post, that what we’ve seen is only half of what’s being worked on, and some of these new features actually addresses what some of us have complained about Hotmail all these times. So here it is, say hello to the upcoming new features of Hotmail: ...

Hotmail Users Slam Microsoft’s Redesign
Webmonkey — ... look. Then last month Microsoft abruptly removed the classic interface, telling users that the speed improvements of the new look meant it was “no longer necessary to offer the classic version.” Cue the user uproar. Angry users decried the new interface, calling it a “nightmare,” “rubbish,” “bullshit,” and other colorful descriptions (you can read a sampling of comments on the Windows Live Wire site). Microsoft responded to user complaints with a blog post outlining the company’s belief that the new ...

Windows Live Hotmail - Timeline, new features
D' Technology Weblog — Here’s some upcoming new features of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3: POP Access: Microsoft have finally opened up Hotmail to POP access instead of clinging to their proprietary DeltaSync protocol. POP Aggregation: Hotmail will be allowing all users to import any other POP-enabled email accounts they have right from within Hotmail. Instant Access: a new tool that takes up this space and “integrates Live Search into Hotmail, allowing ...

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