Microsoft has just announced that they are reinventing the Windows Live Hotmail (aka Hotmail) by adding exciting new features and improving the ones that already exist in it. They has also previewed the new interface of Windows Live Hotmail representing the next generation in personal email.
The new interface of Hotmail will be much more easier to use and filled with lots of new features. It’s the most popular email service globally and this reinventing is going to be done after a very long period of time.
Windows Live Hotmail – Key Features
Get Rid of Spam and Clutters
- Microsoft SmartScreen – The anti-spam technology also used in Microsoft Forefront, Exchange, and Windows Internet Explorer 8
- Spammer infrastructure detection – Makes life more expensive for spammers by combating spammer infrastructure by detecting and destroying spammer nests
- Hotmail highlights – Immediately see if you have new email from friends, social network updates, shipments, appointments and birthday reminders
- One-click filtration – Just single click to filter your entire inbox to show only those messages that are from specified contact or from social networks
- Inbox search auto-complete – When you type a single letter in the search box, Hotmail’s advanced-made-easy search suggests a variety of helpful searches
- Sweep – Easily get rid of junk mails from your inbox
Save Time and Get More Done
- Instant Messaging – Chat with your IM friends right from your inbox
- Larger attachments support – Send files and photos as large as 10GB per message
- Active views – View YouTube videos and Flicker images directly from email
- Single contact list – Brings all your online contacts into one place
- Hotmail mobile apps – Apps for including Nokia, BlackBerry, iPhone
View and edit office documents in the cloud
- Anywhere access – Open and view the attached document directly on your browser
- Highest fidelity viewing – View Office documents with the same fidelity as Microsoft Office
- Easily edit Office documents – Edit documents on both Office Web Apps and PC
- Work with others – The Office documents can also be edited and viewed by your friends using other mailing service
- SkyDrive integration – It’s an online storage and sharing service gives you over 25GB of free storage for files, photos, documents, and more
Security Investments in the new Hotmail
- Account security information – New Hotmail encourages you to increase the security of your account by adding security information and can be privately associated
- Single-Use Codes – It protects your account when you sign-in from public PC’s using an alternative one-time code instead of your password
want to get rid of highlights
Not a problem Duane, just follow these steps to get rid of Hotmail Highlights:
Step 1. First Sign-in to your Hotmail.
Step 2. Go to home.live.com/options/
Step 3. There you will see an option to “Customize Windows Live Home”, click on it.
Step 4. Now you will see two radio tabs. Select “Show me my inbox when I sign in” and then click on Save.
Now whenever you sign-in to your Hotmail account then you will automatically be redirected to your email inbox instead of Highlights page.