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<DIV>Messenger Highlights - the best of what your friends are doing across the
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<P>Over the past few weeks, we've announced <A
href="wlmailhtml:{A9B22B6C-C985-49B5-9D80-5E37FB1CC592}mid://00000069/!x-usc:http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/04/28/preview-of-the-new-windows-live-messenger.aspx"
target=_blank>many new features</A> coming in Windows Live Messenger. By now
you've probably played with the Beta, and if you haven't, you can get it now at
<A
href="wlmailhtml:{A9B22B6C-C985-49B5-9D80-5E37FB1CC592}mid://00000069/!x-usc:http://explore.live.com/"
target=_blank>http://explore.live.com</A>. You can also see how Messenger goes
with you wherever you are -- on <A
href="wlmailhtml:{A9B22B6C-C985-49B5-9D80-5E37FB1CC592}mid://00000069/!x-usc:http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/05/17/re-inventing-windows-live-hotmail-the-next-generation-of-personal-email.aspx"
target=_blank>the new Hotmail</A> or even using <A
href="wlmailhtml:{A9B22B6C-C985-49B5-9D80-5E37FB1CC592}mid://00000069/!x-usc:http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/06/21/taking-windows-live-messenger-with-you-on-your-iphone.aspx"
target=_blank>Messenger for iPhone</A>. </P>
<P>One of the first things you'll see in each of these experiences is a feed of
social updates from your friends, labeled Highlights. On your PC Highlights
appears in the expanded window when you are running the new Messenger in <A
href="wlmailhtml:{A9B22B6C-C985-49B5-9D80-5E37FB1CC592}mid://00000069/!x-usc:http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/06/22/windows-live-messenger-full-or-compact-view-you-decide.aspx"
target=_blank>full view</A>. Today we want to share the thinking behind the
Highlights feed and how we bring together the most interesting view of all of
the things that your contacts are up to across the web while keeping clutter
away to make sure that you don't miss any of what your friends are doing…
wherever they're doing it.</P>
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<H3><B>What you'll see in Highlights</B></H3>
<P>We know most people use at least one social network and that many people
participate in multiple content sharing sites. And, of course, everyone still
get tons of social content like photos and social notifications in email. Our
approach with Messenger wasn't to build yet another social network or sharing
site, but rather to connect you to the sites you and your friends already use.
Highlights is designed to be the most complete view of what your friends are
doing across the web. We do this by bringing together everything your friends
are sharing like status on IM, updates on social networks, updates from content
sharing sites, email updates from your friends, and documents on SkyDrive. If
you haven’t already, you can connect your services to Messenger now at <A
href="wlmailhtml:{A9B22B6C-C985-49B5-9D80-5E37FB1CC592}mid://00000069/!x-usc:http://profile.live.com/services/"
target=_blank>http://profile.live.com/services/</A>. </P>
<P><A
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<P>Now let's look at a few examples of what these updates look like: </P>
<H3><B>Updates from Social Networks you use</B></H3>
<P>Here's an update from a Facebook friend. The photos look great in Messenger,
and clicking them opens a full-screen slideshow. Of course, you can also see
recent comments from Facebook friends, and your comments go back to Facebook,
too. You can also connect to MySpace, and LinkedIn is coming soon. </P>
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<H3><B>Highlights from social emails like photos and Facebook updates</B></H3>
<P>Today, more than ever, people share a lot of content in email, especially
photos. One of the things you'll see in Highlights is large previews of ordinary
photo attachments from your friends. This isn't limited to emails from other
Hotmail users. If you get an email with photos from a friend who uses Gmail or
Yahoo! Mail, that will look great in Messenger, too. </P>
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<H3><B>Web Activities like YouTube and Flickr</B></H3>
<P>When you or your friends connect services like Flickr and YouTube, you can
see each other’s updates in Highlights. The list of services you can connect is
available at <A
href="wlmailhtml:{A9B22B6C-C985-49B5-9D80-5E37FB1CC592}mid://00000069/!x-usc:http://profile.live.com/services/"
target=_blank>http://profile.live.com/services/</A>. Here are two examples, a
YouTube video and a Flickr photo.</P>
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title="YouTube video in Highlight" border=0 alt="YouTube video in Highlight"
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<H3><B>Office Documents on SkyDrive</B></H3>
<P>SkyDrive hosts your Office Documents and is great for easily sharing and
collaborating on documents with your friends. You'll see new and updated
documents in Highlights, too.</P>
<P><A
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<H3><B>Richer connections with the people you care most about</B></H3>
<P>Until now we've been talking about what goes into Highlights to make the
experience complete, and that's important because it puts people—and not just
the services they use—first. Instead of navigating to several websites and
having to dig through your email to know what's happening with your friends, you
can just look at one place where people are at the center. </P>
<P>But if all we did was aggregate all this activity, we'd make information
overload worse, not better. Instead, we do two more important things: we
prioritize updates from the people who matter most to you, and we favor the most
interesting things your friends are doing, so things like photos, videos, and
the updates people are talking about rise to the top. </P>
<P>Let's break it down. First and foremost, we optimize for the people who
matter most, and we do that with Favorites. It just takes a click to add a
Favorite, and once you do, your Favorites get special treatment throughout
Messenger -- you get quick access to them in the Windows 7 task bar, their
presence is shown at the top of your Friends list, and of course, we keep their
updates in Highlights longer and show them higher in the feed so you don't miss
what these friends are doing. </P>
<P><A
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<P>Next, we take your friends’ activities and rank them across several
factors:</P>
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<LI>How many comments does the update have?
<LI>What type of update is it?
<LI>How recent is the update?</LI></OL>
<P>Then we take the results and show the updates in Highlights in two columns –
one for updates like status messages and links and the other for media like
photos and videos. You can see the media column outlined in this picture – this
design lets the photos and videos stand out while saving plenty of room for text
and links on the left. </P>
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<P>If you want to pull back the curtain just a bit more, here’s a diagram of how
you can expect your Highlights view to look: </P>
<P><A
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<P>The end result is a Highlights feed that shows you:</P>
<UL>
<LI>More updates from your Favorites for longer
<LI>Other interesting stuff that your friends are talking about
<LI>Less of what you probably aren’t interested in</LI></UL>
<H3><B>Bringing it all together</B></H3>
<P>Thanks for taking the time to explore how Highlights brings together the most
interesting updates from all your friends across the web while making sure you
don't miss updates from the people who matter most. Try it out for yourself and
let us know what you think – we hope you find us a great companion to the social
networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and (soon) LinkedIn that you’re already
using.</P>
<P>Doug Pearce – Lead Program Manager, Windows
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