Microsoft’s new ajax Hotmail client, called Kahuna, is massively expanding its beta group today, to approximatley 200,000 users. Until today the beta was extremely difficult to get into, frustrating some hotmail users.
We’ve been beta testing Kahuna for a few weeks. It is a big improvement on the old Hotmail interface, using ajax to provide a much more Outlook-like email experience. Features include a three-pane view and drag and drop functionality to folders, etc.
We previously wrote about Kahuna on August 16, 2005 and August 24, 2005.
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This is gonna be great, with Hotmail and new Yahoo! the other 90% of users will know (get used to) new technologies.
please one invitation
pako_tobias@hotmail.com
Sorry Pako, I don’t give out invites. I just write about this stuff.
I think that it’s convince for the end users to exchange information with MSN in his software system by Kahuna .
But I want to replace the skin on the performance of the Kahuna,
i want to test the nwe hotmail beta,thanks for an invitation.
he isnt giving out invites the more you ask the more he is going to say no
Sure he will, you just have to keep requesting. Don’t give in, there’s plenty for everyone!
please anybody Invite me for Windows Live Mail Beta
I’ll be very thankful to him/her
My HOtmail email is
deena_492@hotmail.com
ok bye…take care…i hope someone will send it to me.
i tried hotmail beta and it drove me crazy. i turned back to old hotmail.
buut it did look better.
I have been using the beta hotmail for a couple of weeks now and I hate it. The screen size for reading emails has shrunk down to peanut size due to the advertising space on the right hand of the page. If anyone knows how to turn off this waste of space please let me know. It is irritating to have to use the bottom scroll bar to read my mail.
it´s ok
i need
help!!, how do I turn my hotmail back to the old one,I don’t like the new one I can’t read my mail, & don’t like it at all it’s to small. don’t like it help please. Ed
As above…..it’s terrible….can someone please tell me (and those above) how to switch back!!!!!!!
Please can I have an invitation to try Hotmail BETA. My email is sayft@hotmail.com
Thanks..
Why are you asking for invites. Go the the microsoft homepage. If you search enough, you can sign up for an invite.
if anyone have the Hotmail beta invitation plz. plz. plz. do send me mrikhav@hotmail.com.
thanx in advance
hey i was woundering could you give me an invite to msn beta :Kahuna
Hi, I’ve got the beta version. The layout is nicer, but no real tangible improvements have been made. The main point now is that I don’t have access anymore to my beta-hotmail-account. I would prefer to have the old-version back so that I can enjoy something that is working again…
Well guys, I’ve actually just learned about the Hotmail Beta, and all I can say is that our friends at Microsoft appearently DID wake up when Google launched their GMail beta. From what I’ve seen from snapshots this kahuna-thing looks like an ads-version of outlook express, which we all have WITHOUT the ads, and their other big *new* stuff??
-2GB –> GMail had it from the start
-address auto-complete? –> as above
what they still don’t have:
Google’s kick-ass email-search tools.
Soooo my final verdict:
Get a GMail account. You’ll never want to use Hotmail again.
kind regards,
Peter
NED
Ergh. Does anyone feel kind enough to tell me how to get the old hotmail back?
I’m pretty sure I read it somewhere, but I forgot.
I hate this Beta crap! I want to switch back!
i want to test the nwe hotmail beta
Instructions to opt out:
http://spaces.msn.com/mail-support/blog/cns!A41CEE528F101345!232.entry
I do not like the beta window hotmail I would like go back to the hotmail
I do not like the beta window hotmail I would like go back to the hotmail what more can I say
beta version in interface of my mail
i tried the Beta but didnt like it. Too slow loading up, and other issues. When i went back to ‘regular’ hotmail all my contacts are gone!
NOT HAPPY! So i send them a message to report this issue & all they do is send me links to FAQ’s. Useless customer support. I hate hotmail.
Your new windows live beta hotmail will not work for me. How do I to back to the old hotmail. I hate this.
I agree, if Bill Gates wants to be paranoid about gmail, or Yahoo’s , he should be. They are far superior. I am sorry I thought that in 2006 they could improve an otherwise wonderfully simple and semi streamline design.
I will be using gmail from here on out.
How can i get back to old hotmail.
i can’t get my account by beta hotmail
I’ve tried this beta version. It’s terrible slow and even I dont know how to go back to my old version of Hotmail account. If anybody knows about it please let me know.
There are some good features in this beta version. But due to the slow loading time, I cannot accept the new beta.
There are many good features. But due to this slow loading, we couldnt accept the beta version.
The old version of hotmail is far better than any others.
Please let me know how to get back to my old hotmail account features.
http://www.morewinz.com
this new bata is a whole waste of my time. i just want to go back to my old hotmail pleaseeeee tell me how to get it back
I have lost all of my contacts. I didnt like beta mail, went back to the old hotmail and they were all gone. I know they are there somewhere because when i send an email it then tells me that the email address is already a contact… I also cant add new ones, it comes up with an error… I have emailed mircosoft customer support they say they are working on it & its a known issue… does anyone know if this will be fixed…..?????? Please help
Used Msn Mail beta then returned to Hotmail all contacs were gone
just advising of this bug ….!!!!!If you dont like MSN BETA copy all your contacs before returning to Hotmail!!!!
IAM PISSED OFFFFFF SO F^&*)($@#$) MAD!! I had contacs from at least 10 years back…. C what happens when you get these stupid emails to change !!!!!
Now what is Msn going to do to fix this before millions of people loose all there contacs…I think it was done on perpose to many people emailing for free!
Thanks, CulturedStar, the only link which hepled was http://mobile.msn.com/hm/folder.aspx - thanks a million, only there i could find all my contacts, too bad i can’t switch off to the old version! Can’t find “options” and can’t follow the instructions to escape from that awful Beta.
Yelena from Russia
hey i signed up for the beta and i cant chack my mail either what happened
Hotmail beta is rubbish…. for a plthrum of reasons, mainly it does not work.I can’t even sende mail… a fairly important function for any emailing service. How do I go back to the old hotmail…. you know the one that actually worked…. etiher that or i’m going to google.
Please invite me for using beta
shyamkrg@hotmail.com
how could i go back to the old hotmail
thank you
Dear Friends,
I have seen your comments and most agree to the point that they want to go back to old version hotmail. This is rediculous, because the new version much better, much faster and easy to handle. the only problem is that it uses activex and if your browser disables activex, then you cannot work on it. So before criticizing bluntly, do your homework first. Make sure that the new version runs on your computer. Also I don’t understand how you can compare this with outlook express, we could say it is similar to Microsoft Outlook, surely not outlook express.
Rajeev
Hotmail and Yahoo are the best…
Also, if you use the premium paid service and you get your mail using pop3, don’t forget to back it up in Outlook Express or Ms Outlook every once in a while.
I used to do it manually by saving the .dbx files, until I found Outlook Express Backup Genie that does it automatically at regular times.
I choused it over other because it can work with both MS Outlook and Outlook Express
Alicia
Hallo i want to test te new Windows Live Mail Beta!
Please send me a invitation to my Hotmail mail adresse:
rolando666_13@hotmail.com
thanks
How do I get back the old version of hotmail. i do not know how to use the
new Windows Live Mail Beta and not interested to learn!!!! help please
HELP!!!!! I can’t stand the new version of Hotmail and I’m missing out on my messages. How do I return to the old version???
how i can convert from old hotmail to new beta version.
i would like to try the beta version
i want to go back to the old hotmail as i cannot adjust to this one can you get me back i know this one is very good but i still want to return please tell me the way to return to the old hotmail
my username is tat is my id = aditya_bairagra29@hotmail.com
please tell me the way or you just shift me back to the old hotmail pleseeeeeeeeeee i beg of you to do this