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Remove the extra "window" in the "live preview" in messenger (Windows 7)
My guess is this "extra window" is really the systray icon that was removed from the tray in windows 7.
I'm sure theres a way to work around this , you just need toi develop something
Low
Low
Fixed
Fixed in Wave 4!
[Messenger] Display Pictures do not save selected size
When you set the display size of Display Pictures in a conversation window to Small, the size is not saved. When you close the conversation window, the Display Pictures return to Medium.
(On a side note, why is it "Medium" and (more...)
Make it so display pictures save their size.
(And while you're at it, rename Medium to Large?)
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Windows Live Mail: Bring back ability to view source HTML
In the old Outlook Express, you could turn on an advanced mode that would enable three tabs across the bottom... the editing tab (normal view), a preview tab (show email exactly as it will appear when sent), and a source tab (show the underlying HTML (more...)
Again, let the user be in control if they have the desire and knowledge. Please restore the ability to edit the HTML directly by adding an "advanced mode" that will turn on a "source" tab along the bottom of the editing window.
High
High
Not fixed
Pop up notifications for new mails for Live Mail when Messenger is not running
Live Mail only displays new mail popup if Live Messenger is running and is active. But when Messenger is not running, there is only the sound and new mail icon notification for Live Mail.
Make Live Mail use the same Popup notifications when Messenger is not running.
High
High
Not fixed
[Messenger] Clicking hyperlinks in conversations doesn't work half the time.
When a Messenger contact sends you a URL, clicking it in the conversation window often doesn't open the webpage, but just sets the text cursor where you clicked it. Repeated clicking does not help, you need to alt+tab to another window and alt+tab (more...)
Fix the conversation window so that hyperlinks are recognized as such.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
[Messenger] Sort By Status doesn't work
If you select to sort your contacts By Status (this is the defult selection), contacts are still sorted Alphabetically.
Medium
Medium
Fixed
Fixed in Wave 4.
Customize toolbar for Windows Live Mail drawing bug
The "Available Buttons" listbox on the left has a drawing bug in the border of the right hand corner of the selected item rectangle.
You can compare this easily with the "Current Buttons" selected item on the right, (more...)
Low
Low
Rejected
Entire dialog is gone in Wave 4.
Opera Mobile version of mobile.live.com doesn't work
The mobile version of mobile.live.com does not work *at all* with Opera for Windows Mobile (which is installed on all new HTC devices - including HD, Diamond, Touch Pro, Sony Xperia and Samsung Omnia). Instead you see the desktop version of mobile.live.com.
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Should just be a matter of tweaking the browser definitions.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Windows Live Messenger "My Received Files" folder always stores in C:\Users... even if your user directory is on another drive
Messenger always stores received files in "C:\Users\<user>\Documents\My Received Files" even if you've switched your user directory to another drive (e.g. should be "D:\Users\<user>\Documents\My Received Files")
Make it save to your user directory, whatever drive that's on.
Medium
High
Not fixed
Clean SkyDrive URLs
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
[Messenger] Contact list scroll position follows selected contact
Scenario: I double-click my friend "Peter" on the Windows Live Messenger contact list to talk to him. Until I do something else with the contact list, Peter is the active item in that list (denoted by a blue highlight). If Peter goes offline (more...)
Inactivate the selection of a contact if they go offline, or possibly something else. Just please do not change the position the contact list is at due to status changes of my contacts.
Low
Medium
Not fixed
Windows Live Mail: Stop limiting user formatting choices!
Windows Live Mail takes away so much from previous versions. For example, I used to be able to select any font size I wanted. Now I'm limited to half a dozen pre-selected font sizes. WHY? Let the user have control!
The toolbar (more...)
Let the user be in control, and stop trying to second-guess them or silently change their options! Let users select any font size they want, any color they want, any formatting they want! This is beyond annoying.
High
High
Not fixed
Windows Live Mail doesn't support moving IMAP folders in one account. OE works fine.
Windows Live Mail doesn't support moving IMAP folders. Say I have account with root folders: Folder1 and Folder2. I want to move Folder1 inside Folder2. It simply didn't work with drag and drop and if I did it via menu File|Folder|Move I got (more...)
Medium
High
Not fixed
Live Contacts that use a Yahoo Messenger ID are not showing as online and cannot be contacted via web Messenger
Live Contacts that use a Yahoo Messenger ID are not showing as online and cannot be contacted via web Messenger. This seems to be affecting those who's Live ID is different that their IM address in their contact info.
This is possibly a bug, and it would require you fix it if so.
High
High
Not fixed