好吧，我承认6个月前我们就发布了Windows Live Data Alpha。为什么现在“再”发布一次Alpha，别问我，that"s something out of my control, : (
Anyway，版本号还是Alpha，但确实是有新的Feature，现在除了用户的AddressBook，开发者还可以通过Windows Live Data来取得用户的Spaces Photos! Yup, 你现在不用一个个地跑去你朋友的MSN Spaces去看他们最新的照片了，你可以自己写一个desktop程序或者web application来获取所有朋友的Spaces相册和照片。
DevLive上有两个API的开发文档，也提供了各自的Interactive SDK (Contacts, SpacesPhotos)。
Angus的blog上也有图文并茂的介绍
其实这个版本主要的改进是在后台，也就是为了应对越来越大的用户流量所做的架构和技术上的改变，但这些对于Windows Live Data的用户来说都是没有太大意义的，他们需要的是看得见摸得着的新的feature（比如这次SpacesPhotos的API）。在以后的开发中我们也会注意内部infrastructure的改进和可见的feature的更新之间的平衡。
嗯，下一个是什么 Hotmail? Calendar? Events? 想想看，等Windows Live Data onboard了这些Live Service后，通过这个接口，第三方的开发者可以接触到多大容量的用户信息啊，然后再对这些信息进行整合又能开发出多少有趣的mashup呢。
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>>Blog: joycode
>>Publish Date: 11/16/2007 7:01:50 AM
>>Keywords: live data
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