I would like to wish Happy Holidays and a Happy/Prosperous 2008 when it comes to all readers of Teching it Easy.我想，祝节日快乐，有一个愉快的/繁荣的2008年 ，当谈到所有的读者teching很容易。

Andre 安德烈。

I logged into my Yahoo email address this morning to catch up on some email.我登录到我的雅虎电子邮件地址，今天上午要赶上对一些电子邮件。 In addition to noticing a new look and feel and removal of the BETA Tag, Yahoo!在除了看到一个新的外观和感觉和免职的Beta标记，雅虎！ Mail notified me I can import my Windows Live Contacts so I could also chat with them online.邮件通知我，我可以汇入我的Windows Live接触，所以我也可以与他们交谈在线。 Previously, only Yahoo!以前，只有雅虎！ contacts were supported for chatting.接触的支援，共为聊天。 I love Yahoo’s web mail interface, which I believe loads much quicker than Windows Live Hotmail and features integrated instant messaging and just a more flexible experience when it comes to email in the web browser.我爱雅虎的Web邮件界面，而我相信负载快得多，比Windows Live Hotmail的集成和功能的即时通讯和公正的一个更灵活的经验，当谈到电子邮件在Web浏览器。 Its definitely a winner in my book.其绝对是一个赢家，在我的书。 Check out some of the screenshots I took.检查出的一些截图我。

I was notified if I would like to import my Windows Live contacts into Yahoo!, too bad I didn’t get the dialog that appeared after with the contact listing.我是通知，如果我想进口我国的Windows Live联系到雅虎， 太差，我没有得到的对话框后出现的与联系上市。

Windows Live and Hotmail addresses import successfully, no effort at all. Windows Live和Hotmail的地址，进口成功，没有努力，在所有。 Love the floating modal dialog btw.爱浮动模态对话框的BTW 。

The Chat experience is amazing, blazing fast and of course instant - Windows Live Hotmail are you learning?聊天的经验是惊人的，创新的快速和当然即时-W indowsL iveH otmail的是你学习呢？

IM conversations 即时讯息会话

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I logged in this morning to my Windows Live Space Home Page and was greeted by a new look that had a familiar feel to the popular我登录在今天上午到我的Windows Live空间的主页，并迎接新的面貌了一个熟悉的感觉，以流行 Facebook脸谱 user home page with quick overviews of what is going on with your Friends in your Windows Live Space social network.用户主页与快速概述了是怎么回事与您的朋友在您的Windows Live空间的社会网络。 Some familiar features include, friends making new friends and updated photo albumbs or changes made to a persons space.一些熟悉的功能，包括朋友，新朋友和最新照片albumbs或所做的更改到一个人的空间。 Because Live Space is a blogging service, you still get some old features enhanced and rearranged in a more convenient layout, such as comments on your Space now on the right side, so you can see the latest responses.因为生活空间是一个博客服务，您仍收到一些旧的功能增强和重新安排在一个更便捷的布局，如评论，您spaceâ现在就theâ右边，所以你可以看到最新的反应。 Its a very nice change thats not only convenient and productive, but just visually richer and connecting.它是一种很好的改变，这就是不仅方便和生产，但只是在视觉上丰富和连接。 Now this is what I call Social Networking.现在，这是我所谓的社交网络。 Check out the screenshots:签出画面：

New Windows Live Spaces User Home Page 新的Windows Live位用户主页

Friends can see whats going on in their social network, manage and respond to comments on their blog much easier. 朋友可以看到什么打算就在他们的社会网络，管理和回应评论对他们博客容易得多。

New Windows Live Spaces ‘Friend Request’ email 新的Windows Live空间'朋友要求的电子邮件

Speaking of updates to Spaces, the Friend Request email has also been在谈到更新位，朋友的要求电子邮件亦已

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I was just checking my email on Windows Live Hotmail and decided to see whats going on around the world, so I clicked the Today link.我只是检查我的电子邮件在Windows Live Hotmail ，并决定将看到什么就前往世界各地，所以我今天点击链接。 There I saw my Live Hotmail storage which is now at a whopping 5 GBs!在那里，我看到我的Live Hotmail的存储，其中现在正处于一个高达5 gbs ！ Previously it was at 2 GBs which I barely scratched the surface.以前是在二gbs whichâ i勉强刮伤表面。 Check it out:瞧瞧吧：

Windows Live Hotmail Mailbox storage Windows Live Hotmail的邮箱存储

This is definitely an enticing value for users who are sharing large files or just plain email a lot.这无疑是一个极具诱惑力的价值为用户谁分享大型文件或只是平原的电子邮件了很多。 I love Live Hotmail (except for the banners), I plan to do a review of the entire suite of services soon.我爱Live Hotmail的（除横幅） ，我打算做一检讨整个套件servicesâ很快。 The services and technologies are just getting better and better, not to mention well integrated.服务和技术，只是越来越好，更不用提，以及集成。 Microsoft should just purchase Facebook and replace the Friends feature in Windows Live Space and we will be good to go.微软应该只是购买Facebook的，并取代好友功能， Windows Live的空间，我们将良好的路要走。

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Microsoft’s Blogging service got some nice updates yesterday, but still missing important ones that the service badly needs I believe.微软的博客服务得到一些很不错的更新昨天，但至今下落不明，重要的，该服务迫切需要的，我相信。 But here is a list of some of the new features in this update courtesy of the folks over at但这里是一个名单，一些新的功能，在此更新礼貌乡亲以上 LiveSide.net liveside.net

• Birthdays 生日
• List Ordering 名单订购
• New Photos Features newâ照片功能
• Templates and Live Blog Titles 模板和生活博客标题

You will find more detailed information你会发现更详细的资料 here 这里

All are nice, welcome changes that truly enhance the user experience when browsing and managing Windows Live Space, but the issue remains sticky in one area, Search.大家都好，欢迎变化，真正提高用户体验时，浏览和managingâ的Windows Live空间，但这个问题仍然是粘在一个地区，搜索。 I have come to realize, Microsoft still does not get or understand Search and what it means to have it setup right and work right.我是来实现，微软仍然没有得到或了解搜索和它的意思有它安装的权利和工作权利。 You can see the faults in Live Services such as Hotmail and Spaces.你可以看到故障的生活服务，例如Hotmail和空格。 Why can’t I search within an individuals Space, instead of across Spaces?为什么我不能搜索一个个人空间，而不是全面的空间？ I would like people to find the content they want within my space, because they know its there.我想人们找到他们想要的内容在我的空间，因为他们知道它的存在。 I notice I can’t search by Folders either in Live Hotmail or Category for instance on my Space, that’s something the Live Search folks need to think about fixing.我发觉我不能搜索文件夹无论是在Live Hotmail或类别，例如对我的空间，这就是一些活搜索乡亲需要想一想定。

Another thing is, why isn’t Live Space taking advantage of tags to produce more relevant另一件事是，为什么不是生活的空间利用标签制作更多有关

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