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Screenshot of Windows Live Spaces

Windows Live Spaces launched on the 1st August at 03:30 Redmond Time as the direct successor to MSN Spaces. According to Paul Thurrott[1], Windows Live Spaces would have possibly launched in the middle of August. But according to Thomas J.[2], Windows Live Spaces launched on Monday, August 1st, 2006.

There are various, obvious differences to between MSN Spaces and Windows Live Spaces, the most instantly evident being a redesigned layout engine. This allows users greater flexibility in terms of the layout of their "WLSpace", for example, it is now possible to move the "Title and Tagline" as a module, where before it was permanently fixed to the top of the page. It also looks to resolve some oft-criticised characteristics of MSN Spaces, such as the alignment of content on the computer screen. MSN Spaces was designed for resolutions of 800×600 pixels and above, and all content on the page grew out from the left side of the screen. This led to the page occupying only part of the available screen area on displays with resolutions of the order of 1280×1024 pixels, wasting a large area to the right. WLSpaces aligns all content to the centre of the screen and appears to have been designed for best viewing on a resolution of 1024×768 pixels.

Currently WLSpaces are best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer. While largely compatible, competing browser, Mozilla Firefox, occasionaly displays pages incorrectly; a problem inherited from MSN Spaces.

MSN Spaces displayed small text advertisements, often with simple logos at the top of the page. WLSpaces display a single standard sized advertisement banner, which can display either a fixed image, or an animated advertisement in the Animated GIF or Adobe Flash format. Subscribers to premium Windows Live services will be able to turn these advertisements off.

Notable Differences in Windows Live Spaces

Some of the features mentioned on the Windows Live Spaces Blog.

  • Friends Module
  • Friends Explorer
  • Animated Advertisements (for non-subscribers)
  • Title and Tagline can be moved
  • Support for Windows Live Gadgets, a web based implementation of Microsoft Gadgets
  • URL Change to reflect re-branding

URL Change

MSN Spaces saw two URL format changes, the last format being

http://*****.spaces.msn.com

where asterisks stand in the place of the unique name of the MSN Space.

With the move to WLSpaces, came a change to

http://*****.spaces.live.com

Though unlikely for some time, a further URL change removing "Spaces" or "Live" seems probable, given the initial change in MSN Spaces from

http://spaces.msn.com/members/*****

to

http://spaces.msn.com/*****.


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