Most popular submissions in 'Usability' are 'Fixed' of all time
Remake the Windows Live Hotmail/People Sidebar
The Sidebar has some difficulties in UX:
Normally-long usernames cannot be fully seen.
There should be a seperator to differentiate between generic folders and user-created folders.
"Manage folders" looks (more...)
Fix the above problems.
A good example can be seen in places like Photos or Skydrive of Windows Live.
Medium
Low
Fixed
Fixed in Wave 4.
[Messenger] Antivirus (virus scanning) is required even for sending txt files
In Messenger 8, users had the ability to send any files without virus scanning. Messenger 9 now even restrict sending txt files without virus scanning!!
In meantime, here's a step-by step tutorial how to skip virus scanning:
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Notify users if they want to send files (but don't notify if it's just a txt file!!), provide a button (i.e. Continue) to continue with file transfer anyway, and add a 'Never show again' checkbox.
Medium
High
Fixed
Fixed in Wave 4!