Hotmail Classic View<\/strong> Besides additional browser support, Hotmail Classic serves another purpose.\u00a0 While we know the vast majority of you love Windows Live Mail, we do know that some of our customers miss things about Hotmail that they’ve been using for years (we’ll admit, it surprised us how beloved the checkboxes were!).\u00a0 Think of Hotmail Classic as a bit like a soda that came back as classic ?.\u00a0\u00a0 Hotmail Classic view has the familiarity of Hotmail, but with the benefit of being built on top of the new, more robust Windows Live Mail platform.<\/p>\n Pick your own colors Offline Mail and other good stuff<\/strong> New user wizard<\/strong> Configurable reading pane<\/strong> Outlook-like shortcuts<\/strong> Contact picker Find in contacts Spaces integration<\/strong> Custom filters Easy empty folder Via: Windows Live Mail Team Blog<\/a>\u00a0| Beta signup page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Windows Live Mail Milestone 5 has now gone live to all beta participants of Windows Live Mail. Hotmail Classic View OK, I know it’s a contradiction to name anything with the name classic as NEW.\u00a0 But it is.\u00a0 We know our customers roam\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.and that they don’t always log in to Windows Live Mail on computers with IE (and many times<\/p>\n
\nOK, I know it’s a contradiction to name anything with the name classic as NEW.\u00a0 But it is.\u00a0 We know our customers roam\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.and that they don’t always log in to Windows Live Mail on computers with IE (and many times they aren’t even logging in from a computer at all).\u00a0 We want to help make sure you guys can get your mail any time you need.\u00a0 Now for people not using Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher, we have a new view of WL Mail, what we’re calling the Hotmail Classic View.\u00a0 Some of you have noticed that we’re missing a few features.\u00a0 Well, we’re still not done, but there’s tons of new stuff including:<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Some of you love the new colors (or lack of) in Windows Live Mail.\u00a0 But we got a fair question from many of you — you can color personalize your Messenger, your Space\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6why not your Mail?\u00a0 Now you can pick the color scheme that fits you best. Find the one you love, or change it every day.\u00a0 It’s up to you. (And yes, real men do pick pink.)<\/p>\n
\nAnnouncing Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta!\u00a0 The next generation of desktop mail is coming.\u00a0 Check out the team blog for all the details.<\/p>\n
\nWe keep adding features, and we want to make sure you know about them, so we’ve created a first\u00a0 experience that helps you customize WL Mail just the way you like it. The first time you log into Windows Live Mail, we’ll walk you through some of the most important options in WL Mail so you get the experience that’s right for you.<\/p>\n
\nDid you know that you can turn the reading pane off?\u00a0 That’s ok, no one else did either.\u00a0 Now you can configure the reading pane while reading your mail.\u00a0 No hunting through options, you can change it on the fly.\u00a0 Even better, we’ve added an option: the bottom reading pane!\u00a0 Now you can chose between having the reading pane on the right, bottom, or off.\u00a0 You pick.\u00a0 Change it whenever you like.<\/p>\n
\nYou can now use the shortcuts menu in the left hand navigation to switch between Mail, Contacts, Calendar and the Today page.\u00a0 Need more space? Minimize the shortcuts to give yourself the maximum amount of room to view your mail.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I know auto-complete is awesome.\u00a0 Start typing a name and we complete the address for you. It’s perfect for writing a mail to one or two people.\u00a0 But admit it, sometimes you just want to browse.\u00a0 You want to peruse your contact list and choose your contacts and groups.\u00a0 With contact picker you can browse your contacts and groups while composing a mail and choose which addresses you want to add.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>If your contact list is bigger than 20 people, you’re probably tired of scrolling through the list looking for the right contact.\u00a0 Well, hunt no longer. Find in Contacts will actually word wheel through your contact list as you type.\u00a0 For those of you lucky enough to be on the Windows Live Messenger beta, this will probably look familiar.\u00a0 Select the contact you are looking for and you’ll jump right to that contact. Your contact management just got a whole lot easier.<\/p>\n
\nThose cool contact cards aren’t just for Messenger anymore.\u00a0 The “contact control” now pulls in the profile picture for your contacts. You can view their contact card, jump to their Space or profile and more. This feature won’t be ready immediately when M5 is released but we were too excited to keep it a secret.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>While Windows Live Mail continues to use the custom filters you set up in Hotmail, there hasn’t been any way to edit the old rules or create new one.\u00a0 And boy did our beta testers miss it. Until now.\u00a0 Custom filters are back, allowing you to have mail sent directly to a folder of your choosing based on the criteria you select.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Want to empty your trash or junk mail folder quickly?\u00a0 Now you can, without having to open the folder first. Just click on the empty folder icon and your trash is gone.\u00a0 It’s that simple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/03\/livemailm5_1.jpg\")
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