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[Groups] Let me subscribe to a group discussion thread
Currently the only way to know if someone has replied to a Group discussoin thread that I have previously left a message on is to visit the group at http://groups.live.com
Let me subscribe to a thread (perhaps via alerts.live.com) so that i can choose how and where to be notified about an update to the thread.
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[Groups] [Mail] Live Mail to be offline reader for group discussions
There is no offline reader for Group discussions.
Live Mail is already a very good NNTP client. I'd like to see that extended to be a client for Live Groups discussion boards as well.
I don't give a monkey's if the underlying transport is NNTP/Mesh or whatever - I just want (more...)
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[Groups] Group discussion threads need to be threaded
Messeges in a discussion thread appear in time order which means you can't see whom has replied to whom
There are a multitude of possible improvements for Groups following the recent v1 release though probably the most obvious is to make the discussion forums threaded (a la an NNTP client).
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"Suggest a Friend" is quite bad!
I'm not sure if it's because the system only looks at who is attached to your friends' profiles (rather than their messenger contacts, which might be so much more useful) but I've yet to find anybody I know in real life through this (more...)
Why not look at your contact's messenger lists too, or perhaps go the way of Facebook and allow you to suggest contacts and people to your friends. For example, if I add "Andy" to my profile, perhaps give me the option, at that point, (more...)
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Please allow permanent direct URLs to files on SkyDrive
At present the direct or download URL to a file on SkyDrive changes regularly. This is arguably a bug. It is widely considered best practice for any URL provided to the public to be maintained.
Apparently, SkyDrive is not meant to be used (more...)
Stop changing direct or download URLs to files on SkyDrive.
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Wave 4 Sugestion: Introduce a "web cam app" much like Apple's photo booth
Simple. Many people have webcams. most, if not all laptops now adays include a webcam. Why not create software to interact with it, like Apple's Photo Booth, but of course, better
of course its an OPTIONAL download, so you don't (more...)
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[Profile] Up and down arrows to reorder favorites
Changing numbers to reorder our Favorites list is a bit simplistic.
Can you give us up and down arrows (or even drag and drop) in order to change the order of things in our favourite lists?
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Allow HTML editing when composing eMail messages
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...)
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Please add the ability to move and copy whole folders
Moving or copying every individual file within a folder is very inconvenient. With larger numbers of files, the time needed to do this manually is prohibitive. Yet at present this is the only way to move or copy a whole folder.
Add "move" and "copy" to the options for managing a folder. These options already exist for individual files.
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Windows Live Gadgets
Idea for windows Live wave 4: Windows Live Gadgets
Alow users to download gadgets for their Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems. These gadgets can be updated ones of the defalut ones, new ones and even ones that can tie in to existing and (more...)
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Windows Live Contacts - link family profiles with each other
If I add a spouse or children, it's relatively meaningless in my live contacts, as there's no linkage between contact profiles.
Have Spouse/Children profiles link together so that if I edit my friend Matt's profile to show his wife Melody, on the bottom of his profile is Melody's picture in a 100x100 icon with her name next to or underneath. I click on her and am taken (more...)
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Web based mail: If your going to have text labels, then have text labels
In hotmail, on the web based version, you have text labels up top, but a icon for "print". If your going to use all text, then have the print icon as a text label "print".
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Sending a message on WLM while offline
On weak wireless networks, or sometimes even when not online, users may want to send a message, and will not be able to.
My sugestion would be like creating a cache, or an archive of messages sent while not connected, that would be sent (more...)
Already explained.
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Import of contacts in CSV format is WAY too slow
I bought a new laptop, so I wanted to copy over my Contacts. I exported them to CSV format on my old laptop, copied the file over, and impoted them on my new laptop. The UI is fairly straight-forward here.
However, I have over 1000 contacts. (more...)
Performance of contact import is unacceptable. Improve performance.
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Windows Live Gallery
it is just painfully slow.
When i open it it takes a long time to be ready (get my account online, get my contacts for tagging, etc) I understand that this takes time, but the app should never frezze! just do it in the background, and keep (more...)
The gallery must be fast, and work with images effortlesly. I don't want to feel my computer choking just to see images: thats not a heavy task, come on. What year are we in?
1-Make the gallery connect to the net withou freezing it, (more...)
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