Month: January 2006

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Windows Live Messenger Beta

Yes sir. I just got on to the beta testing program of the new IM client from Microsoft – Windows Live Messenger. It has some pretty nice features that we didn’t havein the previous versions, but since it is a beta not everything works as it should. The interface looks pretty nice and gives us an idea about the Vista interface (I guess). If you want to sign up for the beta program try here. If/when I get invites to send out I will post it here and anybody who wants one can have it. Of course, it will be based on the first come, first served principle.
 
By the way, I can highly recommend the Windows Live website. It’s really cool and works great as a start page.
 
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Hotmail invitation

Yesterday I didn’t get my invitation tp participate in the beta testing of the new Hotmail interface. The reason being that I am a Plus customer and therefore have access to additional features. Unfortunately there is a bug in the system, so until that is fixed I am not in the beta program.
 
On a totally different note, I went shopping with the family today, and my wife and daugter went to look for make up. Being the manly man that I am, I found it impossible to stand in the make up section whilr maintaing just a tiny bit of masculine dignity. I promptly moved out of the section and into what turned out to be the jewellry section, which did little to boost my sense of manhood. As the sweat started to break out on my forehead I started looking around to find a section in the grocery store which compliments my masculinity. Catfood and dairy was nearby, but that wasn’t a option. I am very allergic to cats, and diet yoghurt and I just don’t get a long. Luckily, next to the dairy section I see a whole self unit, displaying TACOS  What is more manly than Tacos i ask you? So there I am standing next to the tacos feeling manly, despite holding my wife’s shopping bag. So what is the point you might ask – damn, I don’t know. I guess I was trying to share a “deep” existential ……errr……experience.
 
Anyway, as you can tell, gentle reader, I have too much free time on my hands, and I need to get back to work.
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Internet Explorer rant

I believe this is a pretty good indicator of how things are these days in the browser department of Microsoft. Personally I think the browser is lacking a lot of features that can otherwise be found in Netscape for instance. However, Netscape still has a lot of bugs, and since I use Hotmail, MSN Messenger and Spaces, I find the MSN toolbar very useful. I would prefer an updated version of IE, which is coming soon, or the MSN toolbar for Netscape or Firefox. It really is too bad that Microsoft doesn’t care about their browser, since a lot people still use it and because it used to be the best browser around. Anyway, once IE 7 is out, hopefully we wiææ be a lot better off. Of course, if somebody decides to make Netscape into a browser again, life would just be peachy.