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July 24

Windows Live

Windows Live has a new feature where you can add my page to your home. And the refresh is much cleaner.

Add to Live.com button now available

Quite a few of you have asked for a way to let users easily add feeds from your blog or site to their Live.com homepage. So we’re happy to release today an “Add to Live” button! With just one click, users can now add RSS feeds or Gadgets from participating sites to their Live.com homepage.

To implement the “Add to Live” button on your site, simply add this code and image to the appropriate page(s) on your site:

<a href="http://www.live.com/?add=http://sampleurl.com/"><img src="addtolive.gif" border="0"/></a>

When you insert this code:

1) Replace sampleurl.com with the Web address of your RSS feed, including any subdirectories.
2) Copy the addtolive.gif image (just right click the one below and save it to your local machine) to the same directory as the page containing the link or put the full path to its location in the <img src> string.

May 21

Not Ready For Prime Time

One of the great things about working at MS is that I'm allowed to be honest about our products, as long as I'm doing it in a constructive and open manner.

I just tried to go change my personal entry (says I have to do that so people can know about me) and I end up in a loop where it says I'm already logged in -- no way I can see to get out.

Then I tried to upload some photos. Lots of strange error messages "Error x20w33!" that I don't understand, and an interface that has very, very tiny images that my 50-year-old eyes can't see well.

On the positive side, the posting and formatting interface is a breeze, and account setup worked great! I'm hoping there's a version 2.0 right around the corner, and some more UI testing happening.

Here's one of the photos I uploaded -- our new puppy, Bert.

I wonder if people keep trying through all this, or give up. And I wonder if we actually track metrics like how many people try and then fail.

Hmmmmm.