Most popular submissions in 'Legacy' of all time
Messenger options are outdated. Update to the office 2007 style
Screenshot says all.
http://www.windowslivetaskforce.com/thumb/messenger%20options.PNG/x/9999999
High
High
Not fixed
[Messenger] Font Dialog is outdated
The font dialog is outdated, especially for choosing font color. It's amazing that we can only choose 15 colors (White color is in the list - total 16 colors- and it's stupid because you can't write with white color !)
Update font dialog, and let us to choose our custom font color !
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Windows Live Gallery should unify all other addon sites.
There are too much different places where we can get enhancements of Windows and Windows Live Experiences, but Microsoft did a very bad job to present them to general users.
For example, developers tend to use different soluations for hosting (more...)
Think of a site with Wave 3 outlook which redirect / host all Windows application addon, which are open source, experiment, RTM etc...
Allowing developers to communicate to users as well.
High
High
Not fixed
Outdated Hotmail favicon
This is the current Hotmail favicon:
http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/ltr/favicon.ico
* It is XP (more...)
Replace it!
Some examples in the attached picture.
Low
Medium
Fixed
Remove the Live Mail tray icon in Windows 7 and offer the tray menu icons as jumplist from taskbar
When using Windows Live Mail on Windows 7, there is an always existing icon in the taskbar as well as an icon in the tray which is hidden according to the new tray icon settings. And annoyingly, there are no jumplist options from the taskbar icon, the (more...)
The tray icon needs to go and the tray menu options should be ported to the Taskbar icon jumplist.
Medium
High
Not fixed
Windows Live Mail did not shut down correctly is old and outdated
Take a look at my screenshot. The top half is what is there now. The bottoum is what SHOULD be there.
You get this message if windows live mail crashed or was shut down incorrectly.
Update to the image on the bottoum.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Little Messenger reminder guy is from long time ago...
Seriously, how old is this icon and why this haven't spotted by Microsoft is beyond me.
Update it with the new Messenger icon with the info bar too.
Low
Low
Fixed
Icon is removed in Wave 4.
Windows Live Writer should use the scenic ribbon
Windows Live Writer still uses the menu bar system that's over 20 years old.
Windows Live Writer is perfect for the scenic ribbon. Use it.
High
High
Fixed
It has been leaked that Microsoft are working on this.
The messenger executable name needs to be updated from the msnmgr.exe
Not a problem as such. But Messenger still uses the legacy msnmgr.exe filename.
Needs to be updated to the new messenger name - Windows Live Messenger.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Time for the Live Messenger emoticons to be updated!
I don't think i need to explain anything. The Live Messenger icons have been the same from god knows which version. I think v6.
But the real problem is that they don't look at home with the new messenger UI.
Update and bring them to match the Messenger UI.
High
High
Fixed
Fixed in Wave 4.
Windows Live Mail contains old icons
Windows Live Mail contains some old icons.
Update them.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Windows Live Personalised Experience (http://my.live.com) should be updated completely or redesigned
The Windows Live Personalised Experience is now too old and neglected. I use it every day for my RSS feeds.
The interface needs to be completely redone and updated to use the Wave 3 headers and styles.
Medium
High
Not fixed
Windows Live Mail .eml, vintage icon
When you save an email message as an .eml draft file, the file type icon looks rather outdated.
Have it so that the icon used is exactly the same as Windows Vista's Windows Mail .eml file type icon.
Medium
High
Not fixed
Windows Live Connection Troubleshooter is old and outdated.
The only mordern thing here are the buttons and the "i" icon. Everything else is out dated
Update the dialog or better yet for windows 7 users, use the internet connection wizzard
Low
Low
Not fixed
Messenger's Activities and Games need a serious overhaul
In Messenger, the Activities and Games are all outdated! Here are the problems in detail:
Messenger TV: Couldn't start it.
Mimic: Immediately pops an error.
MSN Photo Swap: Once you start this, it will IMMEDIATELY wants you to (more...)
Revamp activities and games altogether.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed