Windows Live Taskforce

Problem: 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.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

13 +13/-0 votes

"Download more pictures" dialog in Messenger is visually outdated

Submitted by nyp on October 31, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: On the dialog where you select a display picture, there is a small link to "Download more pictures..."
Problem is, the window that pops up is XP-styled!
Also, when you right-click on an image, it states MSN Messenger. I thought (more...)

Solution: Either update the dialog to Aero style or just dump this entire dialog altogether.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

18 +18/-0 votes

Options dialog is OUT OF DATE!!

Submitted by charge01 on September 26, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: Options dialog in messenger is old like 7.5 ??

Solution: It will change to this one see picture

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

11 +13/-2 votes

Web based mail: If your going to have text labels, then have text labels

Submitted by .Chris on June 22, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Usability

Problem: 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".

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

16 +19/-3 votes

Return icons and color to the UI (especially Windows Live Mail

Submitted by pmbAustin on June 21, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Usability

Problem: In Wave 2, each button along the top tool bar had an associated icon, and folders along the left in the different accounts had different icons, and different accounts were in different color sets.

Please return this! It is MUCH easier (more...)

Solution: Bring back the icons in the toolbar buttons and in the folder/account pane on the left!

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

15 +16/-1 votes

WL Movie Maker's progress window has wrong icon, doesn't show progress in taskbar.

Submitted by xombie on June 10, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons

Problem: Title says all.

Although these "problems" are small compared to the general un-usability of the program. Even my Sony Ericsson phone has better basic video editing options :p

I hope it's an early beta.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

31 +36/-5 votes

Office 2010 style not only for Movie Maker.

Submitted by blai_cb on June 9, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Usability

Problem: As I've said in Win7 Taskforce http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/2667 , MS should use the new criteria established with (more...)

Solution: Put the office team to work in all your interfaces.

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

26 +27/-1 votes

Windows Live Mail did not shut down correctly is old and outdated

Submitted by .Chris on April 8, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: 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.

Solution: Update to the image on the bottoum.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

13 +14/-1 votes

Windows Live Connection Troubleshooter is old and outdated.

Submitted by .Chris on April 7, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Legacy, Usability

Problem: The only mordern thing here are the buttons and the "i" icon. Everything else is out dated

Solution: Update the dialog or better yet for windows 7 users, use the internet connection wizzard

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

17 +18/-1 votes

Don't limit the size of groups to 20 people based on Messenger

Submitted by mjflynt on March 14, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Usability

Problem: Instead of listing every member of a group in Messenger and limiting the group size to 20 or less (if it is going to use Messenger to allow group chat) why not list only those actually online and not limit the overall group size to a absolute maximum (more...)

Solution: List only the first 20 members of a group that are actually online, and allow them to group chat. Do not show the 21st and later online person or show them with a special icon indicating they are not available, and do not let them in the chat. Show them (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

9 +9/-0 votes

Turn Messenger Group icons green when someone in the group is online when the group is blocked.

Submitted by mjflynt on March 11, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Usability

Problem: Messenger group icons/tiles for blocked groups do not change color. Turn Messenger Group icons/tiles green when someone in the group is online even when the group is blocked. This would be consistent with how Messenger handles contact tiles for individuals (more...)

Solution: Turn the group's Messenger icon green if someone in the group is online regardless of whether the group has been blocked or not. It currently shows a slash if blocked, but does not go green making it hard to tell if anyone in the group is online (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

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