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Microsoft's Windows Live Mail now supports Firefox
I have been waiting for Microsoft to support Firefox in their Live products. Windows Live Mail is a pretty good web app, but without Firefox support, it kinda left me out in the cold. I do use the Firefox IE Tab plugin, which usually works with Windows Live Mail, but I would much rather have a native Firefox support. Also, I think I need to mention the significance of Microsoft's smarts here. By allowing Firefox users in, they are going to gain a much bigger audience than if they didn't add support. Allowing both browsers to work with their site takes a little extra time to code, but it will benefit the initiative in the long run. I think Windows Live Mail is great, and it has become a decent "online outlook" that is easy to use and helps you organize mail by dragging and dropping items. It is pretty slick.
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Subscribe to commentsDiogoJul 22nd 2006 11:04AM
That is great!!
However i still can't access windows live mail with firefox after click on alert message in msn messenger, that is very stupid now that windows live mail support firefox
:(
Ryan CarterJul 22nd 2006 12:46PM
What version of MSN messenger are you using? Have you tried the new Windows Live Messenger? I wonder if that would be better for you.
BrandonJul 22nd 2006 1:26PM
It's been supported for about 2 months
DiogoJul 22nd 2006 6:59PM
to: Ryan Carter
Yes i use Windows Live Messenger. I have firefoz as my default browser to, anyway when i recive e-mail, and msn alert me i click on it and open my internet explorer ...
If someone know how to change thant i appreciate!
TheBizofKnowledgeJul 23rd 2006 1:35AM
I've been a bit reluctant to try Windows Live Mail because I don't think it looks that great. But now that it supports Firefox, I think I may give it a go. Lots of people are saying it's worth it.
DaveJul 23rd 2006 11:29AM
It doesn't work for me. I always get the following message in a yellow bar...
"Windows Live Mail was not able to complete this request. Microsoft may contact you about any issues you report."
And when I click on the "Report this issue to Microsoft" link, nothing happens.
I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.4 so I don't know what you are doing differently but I'm having no luck.
MattJul 23rd 2006 9:29PM
Dave, the reason why you get that error is because you have Adblock enabled. I also have the same problem, but everything works fine when I have it disabled.
alfJul 24th 2006 2:24AM
I've been using it a while and still have problems sometimes getting into it with firefox. Even in Internet Explorer it is not as polished as some other email services *cough*gmail*cough*.
I hope when they finally take it out of beta it'll work a lot better than how it does now.
derrickJul 24th 2006 8:59AM
I find that it usually takes me at least two attempts to login even with IE. I'll input my password and login but the screen will show up blank and I'll have to reload the page. The same thing happens with my non-Live hotmail account. It seems that hotmail isn't working at all this morning but I can't wait to check out Live with Firefox.
tppJul 24th 2006 9:31AM
That double login problem is very common with .NET Passport enabled sites. The redirect from the .NET Passport login sometimes fails to ship you back to the original site. You don't actually have to login again, just reload the blank page and it should work fine after that.
Bu2z3rAug 4th 2006 4:45PM
im really anoyed about the windows live messenger thig is there sum nifty trick to fix it id like to know
alb.gromarAug 7th 2009 5:53PM
VERY good!
MarkAug 29th 2006 9:21AM
Hmmm.... it sort of supports firefox. I'm running Beta 1 of firefox and still can't resize the preview pane the way that I can in IE. Try again MS - your definition of "support" is different than mine.
SunnyAug 17th 2009 5:24AM
Its great that Microsoft is doing some great effort or its users but i think this effort of launching some sort to Firefox as it has many issues as mentioned above by the commenter as i am not a regular user of this stuff so can't find any serious issue regarding it.............
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j,unoNov 17th 2007 5:29PM
i was just recently switched to Live Mail..... i receive emails that have internal links for return mail....when i click on them using Firefox an IE window is opening .. is there some way i can change this?