{"id":494,"date":"2006-03-08T13:23:34","date_gmt":"2006-03-08T13:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/08\/livecom-upgrades-include-new-windows-live-search\/"},"modified":"2006-03-08T13:23:34","modified_gmt":"2006-03-08T13:23:34","slug":"livecom-upgrades-include-new-windows-live-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/08\/livecom-upgrades-include-new-windows-live-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Live.com upgrades include new Windows Live Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live.com\/\">Live.com<\/a>, Microsoft&#8217;s personalized start page, has just been upgraded with some impressive new features, the new features of Live.com\u00a0are as follows, found via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/livecom_upgrade.php\">Richard MacManus<\/a>\u00a0Blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Improved user experience and features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pages &#8211; you can have multiple pages for all the gadgets and feeds you want. One of the nice things about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pageflakes.com\/\">PageFlakes<\/a> (the new kid on the Ajax Homepages block) is the ability to have multiple pages. In my previous use of Live.com, I&#8217;ve struggled to fit everything I want onto the 1 page. So this is a much-needed feature! You can double click to rename your page and drag your pages to re-order them.<\/li>\n<li>Search for feeds using the new Windows Live Search &#8211; and add them to your page(s) right from the search interface. Also, like a search query, you can save your search by adding it to <a href=\"http:\/\/live.com\/\">live.com<\/a> using a mini-search gadget.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Find feeds using the new Windows Live toolbar and add them to <a href=\"http:\/\/live.com\/\">live.com<\/a> right from the toolbar.<\/li>\n<li>Integrated experience for adding and managing your stuff (feeds and gadgets), drag and drop items right from that area on to your page.<\/li>\n<li>Much improved RSS reading experience.<\/li>\n<li>Much improved experience for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmy stuff&#8217; for example importing your OPML file.<\/li>\n<li>Performance the Live.com team says there is more work to be done, but users should notice performance improvements.<\/li>\n<li>New themes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New gadgets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image search search for images right on <a href=\"http:\/\/live.com\/\">live.com<\/a> and enjoy a little slide show of your images powered by the hot new Windows Live search<\/li>\n<li>Windows Live gallery view all windows live services and add their gadgets if there is one available<\/li>\n<li>Gadget gallery the latest and greatest gadgets from <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoftgadgets.com\/\">microsoftgadgets.com<\/a>, add the gadget you like to <a href=\"http:\/\/live.com\/\">live.com<\/a> with one click<\/li>\n<li>Weather gorgeous icons, drag and drop of cities and see the current conditions for your default city when collapsed!<\/li>\n<li>Stocks drag and drop of stocks, collapsed form now shows your stocks in ticker form and chart integration<\/li>\n<li>Clock track the time in multiple cities, we even have a nice effect for sunrise and sunset!, collapse it to see the time for your default<\/li>\n<li>MSN Video search for any video you like, or browse across categories and watch them inline right on <a href=\"http:\/\/live.com\/\">live.com<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/03\/windowslivesearch_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/03\/windowslivesearch_1_small.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/03\/windowslivesearch_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/03\/windowslivesearch_2_small.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/03\/windowslivesearch_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/03\/windowslivesearch_3_small.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/livecom_upgrade.php\">Richard MacManus Blog<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/scobleizer.wordpress.com\/2006\/03\/08\/livecom-upgrades-in-progress\/\">Robert Scoble&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live.com, Microsoft&#8217;s personalized start page, has just been upgraded with some impressive new features, the new features of Live.com\u00a0are as follows, found via Richard MacManus\u00a0Blog: Improved user experience and features Pages &#8211; you can have multiple pages for all the gadgets and feeds you want. 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