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Windows Live Calendar Gets To Do List & New UI

As was announced yesterday - the Windows Live Calendar Beta was to be upgraded today starting at 3pm Pacific Time. And it seems the upgrade is almost complete as folks are beginning to take notice when they log in to Windows Live Calendar it looks different!

Windows Live Calendar Beta - 9/18 Update

The Windows Live Calendar Team says the following changes will appear in the Windows Live Calendar Beta update tonight:

  • To Dos: Now you can manage personal and shared task lists with our new To Do functionality.
  • Design and Usability Enhancements: A lighter weight user interface allows your calendar data shine through. Lots more room for your calendar data!

Definitely check out the new To Do functionality. I've created a task for me as you can see here:

Windows Live Calendar Beta - To Do's

I've got a ton of tasks to be added!

And remember - you can sync your calendars to your PC with the Windows Live Mail Beta available at download.live.com.

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  1. Alimaggs
    Posted on: September 19, 2008 at 2:36AM  

    Sort of a shame that the new task list doesn't sync with WLM or the Outlook Connector.  (yet).

  2. Drazick
    Posted on: September 19, 2008 at 4:08AM  

    What about Birthday Alerts for contacts?

  3. gcoupe
    Posted on: September 19, 2008 at 4:17AM  

    I take it that this upgrade is responsible for the fact that when I sign into my calendar, it now presents itself to me in Chinese?

    Not being Chinese or able to understand it, this isn't much use to me. Please can we have the old English-speaking version back?

  4. Brandon LeBlanc
    Microsoft
    Posted on: September 19, 2008 at 4:30AM  

    gcoupe, any isses you're having with the Windows Live Calendar Beta after the update should reported on their blog here:

    http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/

    Thanks,

    Brandon

  5. gcoupe
    Posted on: September 19, 2008 at 10:22AM  

    Brandon, thanks. I reported it, and now, some hours later, the calendar is back to English. Hopefully, it was just some glitch of the upgrading process...

  6. adir1
    Posted on: September 19, 2008 at 2:28PM  

    I'd consider using it, but what is the potential to ever get iPhone friendly interface, or other ways of getting to my Calendar/iCal/ToDo items from mobile devices?

    Android, anyone?

    I hate to lock up more of my data into yet another silo.

  7. walterramjet
    Posted on: December 03, 2008 at 5:00PM  

    I liked the old Hotmail Calendar better because it would send a reminder to my email.  So far, I haven't figured out how or if this works in the new Windows Live Calendar Beta.  If its there, will someone please post.

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