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Most recent submissions in 'Usability'

This submission [How to import my mails?] has been removed because

This is not a Windows Live support site

0 +1/-1 votes

How to import my mails?

Submitted by fmroska on April 6, 2010 to Usability

I have formatted my hard drive. Previously I have been storing all the mails in a folder in a different partition to recover if something like this happens.
I have gmail / yahoo / hotmail / accounts, and I made this just to not have to download (more...)

High

High

Not fixed

4 +4/-0 votes

WLM can't be closed while menu is open

Submitted by Aethec on March 20, 2010 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

-Press Alt to show the menu in WLM's contact list
-Click on the window's Close button
=> Nothing happens.

Low

Low

Not fixed

(3 comments)

9 +9/-0 votes

Controlling Folder Permissions in Subfolders

Submitted by joshwoods on March 17, 2010 to Usability

Now, you can only share a root folder with specific people or make it public. Going past the root folder and into subfolders doesn't allow the permissions to be changed.

Implement the ability to control the permissions of subfolders.

High

High

Not fixed

(1 comments)

8 +8/-0 votes

Auto-save feature for Windows Live Movie Maker

Submitted by formula_86 on February 8, 2010 to Annoyance, Usability

Its annoying if you have been working on a large movie project in Windows Live Movie Maker, you have spent literally ages tweaking and customising the whole project to your liking, forgot to save your project, then it either randomly freezes up or displays (more...)

Add an auto-save feature like in the old Windows Movie Maker.

High

High

Not fixed

(5 comments)

10 +10/-0 votes

Smooth momentum scrolling in Live Mail's Calendar

Submitted by Chaztheman on February 8, 2010 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

When scrolling through the calendar with the mouse, it jumps to the day below which, and when it reaches the end of the screen it jumps and the screen shows the next month.

Scrolling should not scroll the selected day but instead scroll through all the days smoothly with momentum (like picasa, or iphone momentum scrolling) with no 'jumping' to the next page.

Medium

High

Not fixed

(2 comments)

9 +9/-0 votes

Make the next/previous month more obvious in Live Mail's Calendar

Submitted by Chaztheman on February 8, 2010 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

When viewing the calendar in month view, it is not clearly obvious where the month starts an finishes without reading the numbers. You should just be able to SEE all the days in the month.

Make the squares of each month alternating in shade (more subtle than my image!) Or outline the month.

Medium

High

Not fixed

(2 comments)

18 +18/-0 votes

Clean SkyDrive URLs

Submitted by nifke on January 16, 2010 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

My SkyDrive URL is too long. When I want to share it I need to look at the website first and copy paste it because I can't remember the long range of characters in the url.

Instead of (more...)

Making the URL shorter and more readable with your name, nickname instead of a long ID number

High

High

Not fixed

11 +12/-1 votes

Allow HTML editing when composing eMail messages

Submitted by rolandschweiger on December 30, 2009 to Usability

In MS Outlook Express, aswellas in Windows Mail, there was the possibility to switch between HTML and normal text editing modes, when composing eMails.

Please include this feature back into Windows Live Mail,
as it is not a very (more...)

In this particular case, it is only necessary to put a feature back into the eMail client, which has been there in previous versions.

When editing eMail (or even newsgroup messages)
the ability to show the

Edit ---> (more...)

Low

Medium

Not fixed

16 +16/-0 votes

Bring back pop-up reminders in Windows Calendar

Submitted by gdmorgan on December 11, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Now in Windows Live Calendar (Windows 7), you can only receive an email as a reminder for calendar events. In Windows Calendar (Vista) you could set a pop-up reminder at a time interval of your choosing before the event occurs.

Bring back the functionality to set pop-up reminders at a time interval of your choosing (as was possible in Windows Vista).

High

High

Not fixed

8 +8/-0 votes

Move Live Mesh Bar

Submitted by wadeal on December 4, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Where the bar is impedes closing a windows, previously I just pointed the mounse upto the top right of a maximized window and clicked, knowing it would hit the x, now I have to pay attention everytime. Theres heaps of room to on the Explorer bar if your (more...)

Allow choice to move the bar, to close it completely, add a menu to the explorer bar or the buttons to the explorer bar. Where it is now is too impractical.

Medium

Medium

Not fixed

(1 comments)

7 +7/-0 votes

Allow more functionality of Games for Windows LIVE out of game

Submitted by Zedo Mann on November 25, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

If you are not in a game with Games for Windows LIVE, the only things you can do with Games for Windows LIVE are look at the marketplace and look at your downloads.

Allow more functionality, such as Profile editing, friend adding/chatting, etc. out of game.

Medium

Medium

Not fixed

Wonder if this will be fixed with the ability to buy full games from Games for Windows LIVE?

This submission [Sticky Notes] has been removed because

Sorry, this is not a support forum.

-5 +2/-7 votes

Sticky Notes

Submitted by gfash on November 20, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

How do i get the delete confirmation in sticky notes? realy need it.

To re-enable the prompt yourself, follow these steps:
Click START , type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\StickyNotes
(more...)

High

Medium

Not fixed

(3 comments)

15 +16/-1 votes

Windows Live mail should use the scenic ribbon

Submitted by .Chris on November 16, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Usability

Windows Live Mail should ditch the use of the old menu system and adapt the use of the ribbon. Alow color options, as not everyone wants the blue, and live mail would be a strip down version of outlook, and aimed at the general consumer.

Low

Low

Not fixed

(7 comments)

15 +15/-0 votes

WLM: Print out all selected E-Mails

Submitted by maxico86 on November 15, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Windows Live Mail does not print all selected E-Mails. But sometimes I have to print 10 E-Mails or more.

When the user has selected more than one E-Mail and go to "print" please make WLM print all the selected E-Mails!

High

High

Not fixed

3 +5/-2 votes

[Messenger] Conversation Screen Mockup (Video)

Submitted by JTaylor69 on November 8, 2009 to Aesthetics, Usability

Seems boring at the moment.
Why not spruce it up a bit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cb-tGQN1tE

Please view the video to see the mockup.
Comments are welcome on (more...)

Medium

Medium

Not fixed

(2 comments)

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