Windows Live Taskforce

[Website Suggestion] Make this site use the Segoe UI font same as Windows 7 Taskforce does

Submitted by formula_86 on February 7, 2010 to Aesthetics

Problem: The Seoge UI font is used widely across the Windows Live products, so why can't this actual site use the Segoe UI font?

Solution: Update this site to use the Segoe UI font same as Windows 7 Taskforce does.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Site now uses Segoe UI font :)

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Windows Live Mail .eml, vintage icon

Submitted by formula_86 on February 3, 2010 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: When you save an email message as an .eml draft file, the file type icon looks rather outdated.

Solution: Have it so that the icon used is exactly the same as Windows Vista's Windows Mail .eml file type icon.

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Fixed

Fixed in Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite.

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Windows Live Writer should use the scenic ribbon

Submitted by Mephiles on September 12, 2009 to Aesthetics, Legacy, Usability

Problem: Windows Live Writer still uses the menu bar system that's over 20 years old.

Solution: Windows Live Writer is perfect for the scenic ribbon. Use it.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Fixed

It has been leaked that Microsoft are working on this.

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Outdated Hotmail favicon

Submitted by antiufo on August 22, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: This is the current Hotmail favicon:
http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/ltr/favicon.ico

* It is XP (more...)

Solution: Replace it!
Some examples in the attached picture.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

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Create a RSS feed for desktop wallpaper using current Bing.com daily picture

Submitted by antiufo on June 6, 2009 to Usability

Problem: Windows 7 can automatically get wallpapers from RSS feeds. Create a feed with the daily Bing.com background image in high-resolution.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Bing Dynamic on Windows 7 Themes website

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Windows Live Movie Maker Ribbon is inconsistent

Submitted by nyp on June 2, 2009 to Aesthetics, Bug

Problem: 1. Broken shadows
2. Save icon is in a different size
3. Menu button is brighter
4. Open icon looks crap
5. Incorrect Exit icon
6. No Undo/Redo (this is just unacceptable!)
7. Taller seperators
8. You can't (more...)

Solution: Just "steal" Paint's code and implement here. :p
The first image is the current one.
The second is how the correct version will look like.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Fixed in final.

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Setup should have a progress bar at the superbar

Submitted by nyp on June 2, 2009 to Usability

Problem: While installing, it would be nice if there's a progress bar at the superbar.

Solution: Add a progress bar at the superbar.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Fixed

Fixed in Wave 4.

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Little Messenger reminder guy is from long time ago...

Submitted by nyp on May 30, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: Seriously, how old is this icon and why this haven't spotted by Microsoft is beyond me.

Solution: Update it with the new Messenger icon with the info bar too.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Fixed

Icon is removed in Wave 4.

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Connection Status in Messenger's Options window has some out-of-place icons

Submitted by nyp on May 30, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: Connection Status in Messenger's Options window has icons with different styles.

Solution: Replace them with Vista icons.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Fixed

Fixed in Wave 4.

(3 comments)

Setting status in Windows 7 RC1 jump list causes Live to sign out

Submitted by Jrochet on May 7, 2009 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

Problem: When you right click the pinned-to-taskbar icon for Live Messenger and then set any status, Messenger signs out and the "Please wait while Windows configures Windows Live..." installer box appears temporarily.

At that point you (more...)

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Fixed

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Windows Live Movie Maker

Submitted by semtido on April 23, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Basicaly, windows movie maker as it is now, is a good program for doing absolutely nothing.

I can't edit a video on that: its just impossible. Come on, if you don't wanna work, just bring the old movie maker back: it was way better.

Solution: Copy i-movie. I dont care what you have to do: just give your users a good fast responsive video editing program, because i've simply never seen one.

I want to edit a video on windows what do i use? This pathetic movie maker isnt even (more...)

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Fixed

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Remove "windows live today" from messenger

Submitted by .Chris on April 20, 2009 to Annoyance

Problem: I know I could disable it from starting up, but come on, is it really that needed?

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Fixed

Gone in Wave 4.

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Windows Live Call uses older design.

Submitted by .Chris on April 15, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance

Problem: Microsoft must think we are really stupid not to notice this. Windows live call uses a windows live messenger 8.0 style window. Keep in mind 8.0 launched about 2 years ago

Solution: Update the design to the new style. If messenger is gonna have a new look next time around, update the look of live call to that, don't just update it to 8.5 or 9.0. HAVE IT MATCH!!!!!

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Fixed

According to Wikipedia, "Windows Live Call was discontinued on June 1, 2010 due to the fact that [it] no longer support VoIP functionalities."

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Remove the annoying Mesh Bar, integrate it into the toolbar.

Submitted by antiufo on April 11, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Live Mesh displays an annoying bar on the right of every mesh folder. If you click this bar, it is expanded.

Solution: Integrate it into the toolbar, see the screenshot.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Fixed in Windows Live Sync Wave 4 Beta

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Time for the Live Messenger emoticons to be updated!

Submitted by alsiladka on March 18, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: I don't think i need to explain anything. The Live Messenger icons have been the same from god knows which version. I think v6.

But the real problem is that they don't look at home with the new messenger UI.

Solution: Update and bring them to match the Messenger UI.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Fixed

Fixed in Wave 4.

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