Windows Live Calendar Launched

Windows Live is now out of Beta and reviews are on place in this latest offering of Microsoft. Generally, Windows Live came up with suites able to answer the things needed by an individual or business.

These set of softwares that were used to be in beta is now released to the public free of use. Although if you compare that to Google’s set of office softwares it could struggle in productivity but the Live Spaces in terms of popularity in US is way better compared to Google’s Orkut – which seemed to have found its market in Brazil.

Good thing about Windows Live is it doesn’t end up with the set of softwares. It could be a business move and users really appreciate this brand new product. Barely hours after Windows Live was released, another online software was released by Windows. Called the Windows Live Calendar, the online software is still in beta version but it looks really promising not only to new users but even to present users of online calendars especially Google. Windows Live Calendar could be seen as a competition with Google Calendar but it could actually accept files that were generated from Google which means users will be able to work on the file either in Google Calendar or Windows Live. Windows cleverly uses Ajax to answer the need of customers who wants fast and real time software. Google Calendar is already a powerful tool because of Ajax. Windows also found it to be very effective since it will give the ability to use the software in real time. The response of Windows Calendar is very impressive since it can react to scroll and right click function. It also has a drag and drop technology so you can easily use the software just like it’s installed in desktops. Aside from creating a desktop like experience for its users, Windows Live Calendar can also be shared to the people you choose. “Share as much or as little of your calendar with free/busy, read-only or read/write permissions…send friends a view-only secret link to your calendar so they don't need to sign in with a Windows Live ID." As presented by Denise Ho in her blog. Denise is the lead programmer in Windows Live Calendar. This is fairly a complicated process but it’s understandable from the point of view of Windows. With their crazy security efforts in their different softwares, it’s no wonder how many security measures the company has to offer. One downside of this online software is its inability to synch to other products. This program could be easily used in different smart phones but when connected to a website, synchronization is not possible. But still, this product is still in Beta version so we might see some considerable changes in the software as time goes by. The Ajax-based Windows Live Calendar looks very promising for a beta version. With enough tweaks it could rival and complement Google calendar effectively. All you need is a free Windows Live account to access this latest offering of Windows.