Yesterday, while I was checking my emails, something attracted me suddenly: “Check out the beta” with a Windows Live Messenger’s logo. I clicked that link and it redirected my to Windows Live new download page. I downloaded the new beta version of messenger, toolbar and writer and after I check them out, I found out that this version of Windows Live is much better than previous versions even in beta version.

Messenger

There some interesting new features with the new version of Windows Live Messenger and I want to tell you some of the best  features:

· More customizable:
With this version of Windows Live Messenger, you can set your favorite picture as your messenger’s background picture. You can also change your contact look from small to large and more.

· Favorites:
In this version, you have a favorites section that you can drag your favorite contacts there so that you can access them much easier and also separately change the look of your favorite contacts.

· What’s new:
There is a “What’s New” section added to the version that keeps you posted about your contacts. For example, if one of your contacts added a new post to his/her space, Windows Live Messenger will notify you about that.

· SMS Sender:
With new Windows Live Messenger, it’s much easier to send SMS to your contact. You can send SMS to someone while you’re chatting with him/her.

Toolbar

As I checked out, there is no significant change in the new version of Windows Live Toolbar except that you can add your custom buttons to your toolbar. For example if you want to have Wikipedia to your toolbar you can add it using custom buttons.

Writer

As you may know, Windows Live Writer is one the most popular services that enable you send your blogs much easier and better (As I’m doing right now).

· Compatible:
With Windows Live Writer you can post your blogs to Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, SharePoint and any website supports Windows Live Writer’s standards.

· Live Preview:
With the new version of Windows Live Writer, you can make the use of WYSIWYG. It means that you can have a live preview of your post in your website’s layout.

· Nice photo editor:
The new Windows Live Writer enables you to edit your blog photos straight in Writer not other photo editors such as Adobe Photoshop. It has some simple features such as Corp, etc. but so useful (I like it!).

The new version of Windows Live also has some new features like Movie Maker, Microsoft Office Outlook Connector and more that can be found at http://download.live.com .