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themes and updates to gadget framework

9:27 pm - November 23, 2005 in live.com blog

Themes

a lot of folks were missing granite and ice from start.com, so we've added themes (click on settings and pick your favorite color)... we have more themes in the works, including more color choices, having different background images/colors, etc.

Gadgets

we have made some updates to our gadget framework. Our framework is an evolving platform and you may experience some issues from time to time with some of the gadgets on MicrosoftGadgets.com. We are working diligently with the authors to update their gadgets. Thanks for your understanding...

Happy Thanksgiving…

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Windows Live Safety Center gadget

8:46 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

Now you can keep your pc safe using the Safety Center gadget. Check it out by selecting Safety Center in the gadgets folder on the sidebar. The gadget provides the following:

Last Safety Center scan date and type
Summary of last scan results
Recommended action based on last scan information
Top threats feed
Links to Safety Center web site

enjoy!

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Windows Live Safety Center gadget

8:46 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

Now you can keep your pc safe using the Safety Center gadget. Check it out by selecting Safety Center in the gadgets folder on the sidebar. The gadget provides the following:

Last Safety Center scan date and type
Summary of last scan results
Recommended action based on last scan information
Top threats feed
Links to Safety Center web site

enjoy!

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Opera 9 support

9:09 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

Our goal it make Windows Live the best homepage experience on any browser... We've been working with the Opera folks and are happy to announce that now you can enjoy live.com on Opera 9 preview.

enjoy!

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Opera 9 support

9:09 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

Our goal it make Windows Live the best homepage experience on any browser... We've been working with the Opera folks and are happy to announce that now you can enjoy live.com on Opera 9 preview.

enjoy!

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gadget updates and more

9:17 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

We have released a few updates to gadgets on live.com that we hope you'll like:

Enjoy quotes of the day in a more friendly view, you can find this gadget listed under the gadgets directory in the sidebar
Now you can view the % change on the stock gadget and sort your stocks by % change or name
if you're a hotmail user, you can delete your emails from within the mail gadget now
discover gadgets built by the community, by clicking on the more link under the gadgets directory

and a few other other updates:

make live your homepage by clicking on the link in the footer (IE only for now)
stay up to date with changes to live.com by clicking on 'what's new' (which links to this blog)... we'll keep you posted with the latest on live.com on this space.

enjoy!

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gadget updates and more

9:17 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

We have released a few updates to gadgets on live.com that we hope you'll like:

Enjoy quotes of the day in a more friendly view, you can find this gadget listed under the gadgets directory in the sidebar
Now you can view the % change on the stock gadget and sort your stocks by % change or name
if you're a hotmail user, you can delete your emails from within the mail gadget now
discover gadgets built by the community, by clicking on the more link under the gadgets directory

and a few other other updates:

make live your homepage by clicking on the link in the footer (IE only for now)
stay up to date with changes to live.com by clicking on 'what's new' (which links to this blog)... we'll keep you posted with the latest on live.com on this space.

enjoy!

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gadget developers… gadget away!

9:26 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

now you can specify the following types for our proxy: "rss", "generic" or "none" (this is useful when developing gadgets)

// example - Fetch RSS feed
var r = Web.Network.createRequest(
Web.Network.Type.XML,
m_feedUrl,
{proxy:"rss", numItems:m_numItems},
OnContentCallback);

Data sources can be specified in the manifest XML and will be made available to the gadget as an xml response object. This simplifies fetching data in a gadget since the gadget author no longer needs to call CreateRequest. The syntax is:

//you specify these in your manifest.xml file

<item>
<link binding:type="xml" name="mainui">http://www.somewhere.com/mainui.xml</link>
</item>

<item>

// and reference it in your js file

Gadget.Demo= function(p_elSource, p_args, p_namespace) {

Gadget.Demo.initializeBase(this, arguments);

this.initialize = function(p_objScope){

Gadget.Demo.getBaseMethod(this, "initialize", "Web.Bindings.Base").call(this, p_objScope);

// Embed xhtml fragment from the mainui xml

p_elSource.innerHTML = p_args.xmlSources.mainui.responseText;

// Process RSS

var parseRSS = Start.Parser.ParseStartResponse(p_args.xmlSources.rss.responseText);

}

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gadget developers… gadget away!

9:26 pm - December 15, 2005 in live.com blog

now you can specify the following types for our proxy: "rss", "generic" or "none" (this is useful when developing gadgets)

// example - Fetch RSS feed
var r = Web.Network.createRequest(
Web.Network.Type.XML,
m_feedUrl,
{proxy:"rss", numItems:m_numItems},
OnContentCallback);

Data sources can be specified in the manifest XML and will be made available to the gadget as an xml response object. This simplifies fetching data in a gadget since the gadget author no longer needs to call CreateRequest. The syntax is:

//you specify these in your manifest.xml file

<item>
<link binding:type="xml" name="mainui">http://www.somewhere.com/mainui.xml</link>
</item>

<item>

// and reference it in your js file

Gadget.Demo= function(p_elSource, p_args, p_namespace) {

Gadget.Demo.initializeBase(this, arguments);

this.initialize = function(p_objScope){

Gadget.Demo.getBaseMethod(this, "initialize", "Web.Bindings.Base").call(this, p_objScope);

// Embed xhtml fragment from the mainui xml

p_elSource.innerHTML = p_args.xmlSources.mainui.responseText;

// Process RSS

var parseRSS = Start.Parser.ParseStartResponse(p_args.xmlSources.rss.responseText);

}

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improved search experience on live.com

10:53 pm - December 20, 2005 in live.com blog

We just released some significant (and needed J ) updates to the live.com search experience. This includes fixes for some of the top user complaints, so we hope that you'll enjoy these. Some of the highlights include:

Improved UI

Search results now span the full page
Improved UI for search tabs aka filters

Browser back behavior (we're really excited about this one in particular :) )

Click on a search result, filters, pages and click the browser back to go back to your previous search results/state

Permalinks
Improved add to page experience, with control over number of results and tabs

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