Gold Previewer Group Sept. 99


WebTV Previews
LC2.5 Home Page
Last Updated 9/10/99 10:38 AM PDT

The upgrade is near.... Please check under the New Features section for all the details. This release will effect both BPS (Sprout) and LC2.5 (Lucy) testers. Unfortunately, for right now the Instant Messenger feature only applies to LC2.5 (Lucy) testers.
Thanks, Marcus
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Hi Gang -
In the very near future you will bbe receving an upgrade. As a result of this upgrade you will several differences. This is going to be a very preliminary upgrade so there may be several items (links) that do not work... We are aware of these already, so you do not need to file problem reports. Thanks for all of your help, and keep up the good work...
Marcus 8/30/1999


New Features Area HIPHOP

New Features
InfoCenters Get Even Better! - WebTV has reorganized the InfoCenters and included a few new InfoCenters in order to make finding information easy. Below are the particular changes.

Around Town - Around Town has been taken out of the Community InfoCenter and is now an InfoCenter of its own. Around Town can be found on the Home Page. The look and feel has changed, so check it out.

Health - This is an exciting new InfoCenter which includes Daily Wellness, Health Topics, MSNBS Health News and a Pharmacy section. Health can be found as an InfoCenter on the Home Page.

Entertainment - Book Section - Now you can search for a particular book in this section. This is similar to the book search under the Shopping InfoCenter.

Entertainment - Music Section - We have added a music link to each featured music CD so you can sample the CD before you purchase it. Take a listen.

Custom Dictionary - WebTV customers have been asking for the ability to add words to the Spellchecker Dictionary in Mail. Now, you can! To use this feature: Go to Mail Select Write Write a message Select Spelling on the sidebar If the misspelled word is not in the WebTV dictionary, the user now has the option to add the word Select "remember"
Click Here to view pics. of the custom dictionary feature..

Instant Messsages - Send an instant message! WebTV now allows users to send instant messages to their WebTV buddies. This new feature is located on the Community InfoCenter. Happy testing! Suzanne

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