Hotmail 2010 Keyboard Shortcuts

To	Press
Delete a message	Delete
Create a new message	Ctrl+N
Send a message	Ctrl+Enter
Open a message	Ctrl+Shift+O
Print a message	Ctrl+Shift+P
Reply to a message	Ctrl+R
Reply all to a message	Ctrl+Shift+R
Forward a message	Ctrl+Shift+F
Save a draft message	Ctrl+S
Mark a message as junk	Ctrl+Shift+J
Mark a message as read	Ctrl+Q
Mark a message as unread	Ctrl+U
Move to a folder	Ctrl+Shift+V
Open the next message	Ctrl+.
Open the previous message	Ctrl+,
Close a message	Esc
Search your e-mail messages	/
Check spelling	F7
Select all	S then A
Deselect all	S then N
Go to the inbox	G then I
Go to your People page	G then P
Go to your Calendar	G then C
Go to Messenger (this will open Windows Live Messenger from within Hotmail)	G then M
Go to your Home page	G then H
Go to your Drafts folder	F then D
Go to your Sent folder	F then S

Microsoft Microblogging Service - OfficeTalk

Microsoft joins micro blogging service with so called “OfficeTalk”, much like the twitter. Microsoft is testing the service pretty much internally but is now accepting external requests from companies that want to join the pilot program. Microsoft says they are still in the early stage of OfficeTalk.

We will be able to communicate in 140 characters or less, read messages of the people you follow, create profile, search for people, URL shortening service and view comments thread.

 

 

JavaScript Conformance Test - Sputnik

Google launched Sputnik - JavaScript Conformance Test in June' 2009. This test will run over 5000 tests to check the web browser JavaScript conformance. Last week they come up with the updates which any one can use easily and the results are quiet interesting!

Opera (78 failures) and Safari (159 errors) web browsers beat Google’s own Chrome (218 errors) browser in the test. Firefox is close behind with 259 errors, while Internet Explorer is the outlier with 463 errors.

While much of the focus on JavaScript is about speed, Sputnik is interesting because it focuses on conformity, making it more like the Acid3 test, which tests web standards compliance. Chrome, Safari, and Opera have all passed Acid3; with Firefox getting very close (94/100 for Firefox 3.6). IE, meanwhile, again lags behind with just 20/100 for IE8. And even the new IE9 preview only scores 55/100.

World Wide Telescope from Microsoft Research

Yet another great app from Microsoft research - World Wide Telescope. 

A project to map out the stars, planets, solar systems and anything not on the Earth. Now it has come out from a client based application to a cutting edge Silverlight web based application.

 

The application is pulling tons of collections from the Worldwide Telescope Community including Constellations, Solar System, All-Sky Surveys, Spitzer Studies, Chandra Studies, Hubble Studies, Astrophotography, Radio Studies, NOAO Studies, Gemini Studies, Messier Catalog, Planets/Moons, Earth (Bing!), Panoramas, and Tours. Each of these selections has a deep rich collection of information within.

 

So, why waiting; go and check out the initial release. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org

here is the Silverlight version.

Test drive IE9 today

Hey Microsoft yesterday unveiled its latest browser for public preview. It scored 55 out of 100 in ACID3 benchmark test. Microsoft affirms 100% support for HTML5 with future updates.

Check out the new HTML5 capabilities and test drive IE9 here.