Microsoft recently released a beta of the new version of their blogging software Windows Live Writer. Dubbed “Wave 3” the software comes as part of Microsoft’s Windows Live suite of tools. Also available are new beta versions of Windows Live Mail (now with more robust calendaring options,) and Windows Live Photo Gallery. Microsoft is also including hooks into their new cloud initiative called Windows Live Mesh so that users can keep multiple computers and mobile devices synched with information from the cloud.
My main interest though is in Windows Live Writer. The initial release of the software produced an extremely robust and easy to use WYSIWYG blog management tool. I’ve been using Writer to manage this blog for quite some time and from the looks of the new beta version I’m using to script this post on, Microsoft has made some functional improvements to the UI that makes it even easier to get around.
I’ll post more details about my experiences with Live Writer and the other Windows Live tools in the coming days, so stay tuned…
Check out the official Windows Live Writer Blog for the latest news.
