Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 Screenshots Surface

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Microsoft has gradually started rolling out the Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 update but at some point in October every Hotmail user will have access to the new version. Part of the update are a new, clean look with themes support (not unlike the Windows Live Messenger Scenes in 9.0), a more convenient contact picker and overall faster performance.

Back in August there was some talk of bringing back WebMessenger to Hotmail, but from what we've seen there's currently only the presence of Messenger Display Pictures at (see screenshot). The new About page promises more advanced Messenger integration starting early 2009:

"IM through Hotmail. See if your Messenger contacts are online and say "Hi!"

Community member Arkon was lucky enough to be one of the relatively few to have his Inbox updated to the new and much anticipated Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 public beta, and he has much to share. Many notable changes include the integration of that spiffy ?Scenes? picture that we?ve seen in messenger, the link ?Manage Newsletters? that currently doesn?t work, and a new interface when selecting a contact to send an email to.

Explore the screenshots to see those features along with several others.

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wave3_name.png

wave3_options1.png

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wave3_newmessage.png

wave3_newmessage_options1.png

wave3_today1.png

wave3_calendar1.png

wave3_people1.png

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wave3_about1.png

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http://www.mess.be/

http://www.geeksmack.net/?p=125

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Kronir

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Looks pretty good. I don't usually check my Hotmail account online anymore (I've fallen in love with Windows Live Mail :D), but I do go online to check a couple of secondary mail accounts I have on Hotmail. I'm liking the changes.

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Man..my dad's account got "upgraded" to this..and I must say, it's fast as hell, nice and clean looking..it doesn't have that old Hotmail style look anymore...

It was fast and nice enough to catch my eye...I commented about 3 or 4 times on how fast it was. Impressive, but can we get a threaded messaging option or is that just a blatant rip from Gmail? Phones do it, so why not email?

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