While everyone was expecting a public RC of the Wave 3 applications
last week, a beta refresh made it out this week over at
download.live.com. Windows Live Essentials, which refers to the suite of Windows Live client applications (as opposed to web services), consists of a long list of software:
Messenger,
Mail,
Photo Gallery,
Movie Maker,
Writer,
Toolbar,
Family Safety, and
Office Outlook Connector (which is mysteriously missing in this release). This release includes two new additions,
Office Live Add-in (which allows you to open and save documents directly to your online workspace) as well as
Silverlight.
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Windows Live Essentials (including Messenger) beta refresh