{"id":586,"date":"2008-06-28T23:45:48","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T06:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wapreview.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2008-06-28T23:45:48","modified_gmt":"2008-06-29T06:45:48","slug":"the-new-windows-live-mobile-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/586\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Windows Live Mobile Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LiveSometimes it’s hard to understand Microsoft’s Web and Mobile Web branding. There’s MSN<\/em> and there’s Windows Live<\/em> and I never know which one to use.\u00a0 I think back in 2005 when Live was launched it was supposed to eventually replace MSN. \u00a0It was a full portal; Live Search, Live Spaces, Live HotMail, Live Messenger and a Live homepage with News and Sports. But Live as a replacement for MSN never really took off and it seems to be have been repositioned as \u00a0MIcrosoft’s Search brand.<\/p>\n

On the mobile web, the Live Portal concept lives on with MSN Mobile<\/em> (mobile.msn.com<\/a>) and LIve Mobile<\/em> (mobile.live.com<\/a>) existing side by side.\u00a0 MSN is more of a content site with News and Entertainment headlines and photos on the front page while Live is basically a list of links to all of Microsoft’s Mobile Web properties.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month Microsoft launched a new Beta version of Live Mobile at mhome.live.com<\/a>. \u00a0It’s a complete redesign with a search box and link to HotMail at the top, and then your profile photo from Spaces and a What’s New<\/em> feed of updates from your friends’ \u00a0blogs. \u00a0The links to Microsoft’s other Mobile Web properties have been moved to the bottom but can be reached quickly by clicking the More<\/em> link at the top of the page.<\/p>\n

The Beta is certainly an improvement over the old Mobile Live page in that it has some content beyond just links. But I don’t understand why the access keys (one-click numeric shortcuts) were removed. Access keys are a great way to reduce click distance<\/a>, the single most important element of mobile usability.<\/p>\n

It is a beta so it’s not finished yet. Expect to see some fine tuning and maybe even some new features.<\/p>\n

Mobile Link<\/em>: mhome.live.com<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Ratings<\/em>: Content: \"*\"\"*\"\"*\"\"*\"\"*\" Usability: \"X\"\"X\"\"X\"\"_\"\"_\"<\/p>\n

Related<\/em>: WapReview Mobile Directory -Portals<\/a><\/p>\n

Via: The Windows Experience Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it’s hard to understand Microsoft’s Web and Mobile Web branding. There’s MSN and there’s Windows Live and I never know which one to use.\u00a0 I think back in 2005 when Live was launched it was supposed to eventually replace MSN. \u00a0It was a full portal; Live Search, Live Spaces, Live HotMail, Live Messenger and a Live homepage with News and Sports. But Live as a replacement for MSN never really took off and it seems to be have been … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[1415,130,148,128],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}