Windows Live Photo Gallery refresh - Beta 2.2

alsiladka · 19-10-2007, 12:01 AM

Found no mention of this anywhere on the net, but while i was hibernating my laptop, i saw the option to instal the update and shut down. But there was no MU tray notificaion!

On checking MU, i found this "Critical Update to Windows Live Photo Gallery" KB943550.

All it says is Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta 2.2 is a refresh of the Windows Live Photo Gallery 2.0 available from photogallery.live.com

No mention on the net about it too!

Here is the update from the Microsoft Photography & Video Blog

Quote:

To all of those that asked for it on your own blog, posted comments on our blog or other blog postings, sent us email, or even stopped me on the streets (ok, maybe it hasn’t gone this far yet) asking us to enable Windows Live Photo Gallery to publish photos on Flickr, I want to say… We heard you and we’ve done something about it!

I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve added the option to publish your photos on Flickr in the latest beta refresh version available today via Microsoft Update! In fact, Windows Live Photo Gallery has received the stamp of approval from the super cool people at Flickr as a first-class application for uploading your photos to your Flickr account! You can find the new option on the Publish menu. I’ll be blogging more about the feature details very soon so check back here for lots more information. Check out the press release here.

But wait, there’s more! In addition to the brand new Publish on Flickr feature there are some other recent notable changes in this latest beta version:

Windows Live Photo Gallery no longer requires WDS (Windows Desktop Search) to be installed on XP! Again, we heard the grumblings loud and clear, and took action! Once you have installed the update via Microsoft Update and have build 1299.1010 install you can uninstall WDS if you’re not using it with any other programs.
Being a beta, we’ve also fixed a ton of bugs reported by users so the product should be a lot more stable since the last beta release.
Here’s how you get the latest Beta 2.2 refresh of Windows Live Photo Gallery: If you are already using the Windows Live Photo Gallery beta, you will get the beta refresh as an update from Microsoft Update. So, if you have automatic updates enabled from Microsoft Update you will get the latest version (Beta 2.2, build 1299.101) automatically. If you have automatic updates disabled you will need to go to Microsoft Update (http://update.microsoft.com) to get the latest.

Not running Windows Live Photo Gallery beta yet? Go to http://get.live.com to get the Beta 2 version and then check Microsoft Update to ensure you get the latest Beta 2.2 version with all of this new functionality announced today!

We hope you’re as excited as we are! We’re looking forward to hearing more of your feedback and experiences.

Michael Palermiti (Program Manager)

Buts its still step motherly treatment to flickr!! No direct tagging, title and description while uploading, crapp!

Krazy_About_Technology · 19-10-2007, 12:09 AM

Ya, its nice to see the Publish to flickr feature! It was long awaited, for me at least. I was unable to integrate the publishing tool into Vista's explorer, like it did on Windows Xp. In WinXp after i ran the .reg file from Flickr, it got integrated in the Publishing Wizard of XP accessible from common tasks in any folder with pictures. But it doesn't works in Vista. Now i'll be able to do it without downloading any additional software coz i use the Windows Live! Mail anyway.