http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
Apple blew it.
This is Majical! oops, hope that word has not been patented by Cupertino? ]]>Jun 3rd 2010 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Didn't Microsoft already have photo stitching in Windows 7?

Which I have to say I love. Nikon didn't provide a panorama stitching app with the last camera I got from them, but the one in Windows 7 is better than the old program anyway.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/most nimrods who buy windows typically install whatever garbage program that comes with their digital camera. ]]>Jun 3rd 2010 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/congrats on almost being done school. Good luck with your 8th grade graduation - planning on taking any AP classes in senior high?]]>Jun 3rd 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
And hey thanks im finishing up my first senior year in college actually only one more to go and then 3 years for my masters... PhD undecided, but i might get it just to have it... really not necessary in my field ]]>Jun 3rd 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
But what abou...Or no, wait you are in love with your mac and Mr. Jobs, that doens't make you a reasonable human being anymore.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Just enjoy iPhoto (lol) and unplug your internet connection please. Please!]]>Jun 3rd 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
Great, its got many features.
But where is the simplicity in all of that?

*for all those arguing (for/against) how this compares to Apple is somewhat mislead, Apple makes it simpler whereas MS adds more features, apples and oranges people (no pun intended)!!]]>Jun 3rd 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/same here, the now that adobe bought that color company. Premiere Pro CS5 blows final cut. Oh and btw premiere has been able to do exports while remaining on since... ever. Im sticking to lightroom for photo management.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
I've used Picasa for some years and I simply love it (I've used cime Linux exclusive solutions too which are almost as good). Still, this looks great! I'm downloading it.
But the new movie maker sucks. The old one was unstable but it gave the user so many options to edit.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/You mean you can edit photos and video on Windows? But my friend from 1996 told me only Macs can do that! *mind blown*]]>Jun 3rd 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
A genuinely usable UI should not be hampered by more features. If your UI needs to castrate the user experience then it really can't be in any way considered superior. First and foremost, the basics need to be addressed and iPhoto simply doesn't do that very well.

It's a really poor choice to hold up as the posterboy of Apple design.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/THAT video up there? You serious? That video is essentially presenting a list of features. All the animation serves no purpose.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://j.mp/bing-maps-amazing-features]]>Jun 3rd 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/microsofts-bing-maps-augmented-reality-ted-talk/80649744cb99e505336180649744cb99e5053361-35084894365]]>Jun 3rd 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/So basically:
Microsoft copied Places, Faces, Tags, and the built-in image editing in iPhoto. Then they copied iPhoto's and iMovie's export/share functionality to YouTube, Flickr, and Facebook. OMG they copied Mail's STATIONARY emails too?? They also copied MobileMe! Niiice, Microsoft's on a roll!!
This sounds like a no-brainer excellent upgrade for Windows-only users, who don't realise Mac has had all these features for a couple years now.
I do like the semi-auto panorama stitching though (like PS and DoubleTake do), iPhoto isn't capable of that yet.

'Will be getting this for my Win7 PC and Win7 partition on my MBP, but it certainly will never be primary over OS X.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Get over yourself, were talking about the same company whose CEO and Founder once said : "Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

This is how the design field works, they work off of each other and implement the good parts of something while replacing the bad parts, you think you would have your iPhone today if HTC didnt create a Full Color touch screen phone in 2003? NO FING WAY, Apple saw the potential stole the idea and refined the hardware... ]]>Jun 3rd 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Did you watch a different video than the one with the animated comics? How can you tell what it looks like IRL? Kind of reminds me of fanboys' reaction to "Courier" ;-)

Back to topic: Apple builds stuff and sells it. MS watches, copies most of the features a couple of years later and then has to give it away for free. Nice strategy Mr. Ballmer. Doesn't hurt your market cap at all ;-)]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 4th 2010 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
OK - that was cool ]]>Jun 4th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/I'm glad Microsoft has recognized this is important. I use my Mac, but my mother's still on a Dell with Windows XP. It'd be nice to upgrade her to something "Mac-like" so that she doesn't have to deal with the piss poor user experience she has now. I've avoided Vista, but if this works well with Windows 7, I'd be willing to upgrade her just so that she can view her photos in a natural way... instead of the awkward insta-slideshow in the Windows XP desktop.

--She's getting an iPad for her birthday anyway, so this may all be a moot point, as she'll rarely be turning her PC on again.]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
eh?]]>Jun 3rd 2010 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/@Vlad Savov ]]>Jun 3rd 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
It'll never be simple enough to use or better than iPhoto as long as we PC users have to navigate to microsoft's website and download it. And most won't as they will automatically believe that MS Paint IS microsoft's photo program. MS should really just replace paint or merge the two programs. But who am I kidding... MS loves redundancy in programs.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
Paint doesn't have a mac equivalent. Period. I had to do some really minor image editing (pixel level) on a mac without Photoshop, and I had to download a third-party program to do it. Removing Paint would be a huge mistake.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/amazing these people, amazing!]]>Jun 3rd 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Yeah, as a Mac user, I hate iPhoto. It's so annoying to use.

If there's one thing I miss from Windows, it's that the apps automatically update when I add new content to folder in Windows Media Player, or Windows Live Photo Gallery.

I know they won't, but if Microsoft ported the Windows Live Suite to Mac, I'd totally use it.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/iMovie is crap by any standard.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/
It doesn't have cutting edge features like iPhoto's ability to make an exact copy of your library on the same HDD!
Some how Apple think that is useful and not just a huge waste of HDD space.
I've used Macs for years and always end up using similar freeware apps to what I use on Windows, never had to be stuck with bundled crap on either platform. Open your eyes fanboys bundled crap is bundled crap no matter who supplies it.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/Jun 3rd 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/microsoft-updating-live-app-suite-declares-windows-better-than/http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3832
iPhoto has a similar but more obscure folder:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/masterclass/index.cfm?articleid=379&pagtype=samecat
I just set this up over the weekend to work with EyeFi and it's great.]]>Jun 3rd 2010 9:32AM