Seattlest: Microsoft Announces New Web-Based "Live Mesh"

FridayHarbor

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:33:52 -0800

I went to the website and tried to "take the tour" but it wanted me to install Microsoft silver light... And that's where I gave up. Microsoft is definitely going down. Even though they're pitching this product as a service that breaks down the barriers between your devices and locations they will waste no time to make sure they are locking you into other things.

RMH

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:45:06 -0800

This is going to suck so hard.

DeadNed

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:59:30 -0800

Sort of sounds like a knock off of .mac for apple. Does this mean i get to share my virus and spyware seamlessly across my network now? Also, hate to point out the obvious, but google has a service to handle all of your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations called google docs. they also have a service for pictures too...

buddhabrad

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:39:20 -0800

It would be an awesome concept if they could just figure out a way for Vista to work with my printer, router, Xbox, etc.

bilco

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:22:58 -0800

This diagram was just so bad, I went back to give it another look. Apparently the 'other devices' they need to support include the Bondi Blue iMac (discontinued January 1999), and a really primitive-looking Blackberry. Are they aware the iPhone exists???

bilco

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:09:39 -0800

Bingo on the diagram - what a mess! But, it does a good job of illustrating the 'clarity' of the MSFT vision.

Katelyn

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:45:22 -0800

The name doesn't sit well with me either, it reminds me of a screen-door crawling with insects. And re: the diagram, there is no excuse for such awful design! I don't get it -- they're MICROSOFT. How can they not afford to hire better designers? Even the mesh.com site looks hella dated.

TroyJMorris

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:39:12 -0800

1) That 'thing' behind him is ugly as a hittin' stick. 2) They really need to drop the "Live" stuff, it's not clicking with us. 3) If they really want to be Web 2.0, they should misspell their product names in a quirky manner. 4) It's all in the execution. If I understand the concept correctly (which is 4a- make the concept clear in a single, short sentence), it could ideally be a system where you have some magical, ether contained computer that has files accessible by you on any machine anywhere there is an internet connection. That's cool. That's what we've been waiting for since 2002. By "we," I mean me and 2 other of my friends.