We are excited to launch the beta release of Windows Live Gallery! This new site is a one-stop shop to personalize your Windows Live and PC experience. Windows Live Gallery helps you find all the cool & useful Gadgets, Toolbar custom buttons, Messenger Bots and much more.

Here's the quick overview …Choose the content you're interested in by selecting one of the links on the home page to check out Gadgets, Toolbar, Desktop Search, Search macros, or Messenger items.


Finding interesting stuff on the site is easy. Use the search text box at the top of the page and press enter to display all relevant matches. If you search from our home page, you will see results from all of the Windows Live Gallery content. Search from a section of the site like Gadgets, you will see only Gadgets results. Once you find something that you like, tag, rate and review it from a details page.


Don't find what you are looking for? Then create it and upload it to the Gallery! There's lots of documentation for developers under our Developer center & also on dev.live.com Lots of new stuff will be added all the time with RSS feeds available for the newest and the most downloaded items so add these feeds as gadgets to Live.com or subscribe to the RSS feeds.


Your feedback is very valuable to us especially since we are in beta so help us mold the product to best suit your needs. Search for stuff, add something to your Live.com page or start up a conversation with a Windows Live Messenger bot. Post a review for an item you liked. Or create a developer profile and add some stuff to the site. We'll be waiting for your feedback.


During the beta period, it may take a few days for your content to appear on the site because it goes through a review process before it will appear on the site, please be patient as we review all your great ideas as quickly as possible.

We have a lot more coming soon and will keep you posted. With the Windows Live Gallery we hope to foster an online community to make your online experiences more relevant, personal and fun.

The Windows Live Gallery Team