Windows Live Wave 4 is hitting the streets soon and it looks to be a significant improvement over the
previous version.
The new(ish) “ribbon interface” makes life much easier, heightens productivity and gives the UI a general, cleaner and logical feel while not being too intrusive or overbearing (OneNote is a culprit of this). And the Windows Phone 7 Series look and feel popping up in some places is also a refreshing change too.
This is just going to be a quick overview of the new Beta as I’m sure many things will change between now and the final release. When the suite has been a little more finalized I’m sure we’ll go into more detail of the applications then.
Installation
Lets start the screenshots with the installation. The installation wizard is much cleaner and nicer looking that it’s predecessor.
We have a couple of new additions to the installation in Wave 4. Notably; Companion and Bing Bar. We’ll talk more about those later . Read the rest of this entry »