Windows Live Wave 4: Additional Way To Sign In
When I first read this article over at LineSino.net I first thought that this would make life much harder having an extra feature to sign in to Windows Live, however after thinking about it and reading it on LiveSide the idea is actually quite good.
As you can see in the below picture the sign in screen looks very much the same however there is a new option at the bottom of the sign in form “single-use code”.
When using your own PCs you will be able to sign in as normal but when you are at a public PC say at work, university or an internet cafe you can request a “single-use code”. This will send a code to an alternate email address or your mobile phone (select countries only) so you can sign in to Windows Live without using your real password so it wont be saved in anyway on the public machine. I think this will be a useful feature for people concerned about their online security but the process does seem a little tenuous.
As we know it will be possible to access Messenger through the online Windows Live interface so now when you sign in online you can change your “sign in as” presence before signing in.
If you want to see more picture of the feature there are more on LiveSide and LiveSino.
Everything I have seen so far of what will be coming in new the Windows Live looks to cater everything I want and I’m expecting a few other features I didn’t even know I wanted.
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