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Most recent submissions in 'Legacy'

9 +9/-0 votes

Stationery setup wizard is wizard97 style

Submitted by formula_86 on February 12, 2010 to Aesthetics, Legacy

In Windows Live Mail, when I go and select stationery when composing a message, and select create new, the resulting wizard is wizard97 style rather than Aero wizard style.

(At least it uses the Segoe UI font! :) )

Come on Microsoft, its not 1997 any more; update the wizard to be Aero Wizard style.

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(4 comments)

13 +13/-0 votes

Windows Live Mail .eml, vintage icon

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

When you save an email message as an .eml draft file, the file type icon looks rather outdated.

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

Medium

High

Fixed

Fixed in Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite.

(3 comments)

10 +10/-0 votes

Downloading IMAP Folders animation has an old animation

Submitted by nyp on December 10, 2009 to Aesthetics, Legacy

When Mail downloads the folders in IMAP, it decided to remind you how much they have come from those 256-color bitmaps to 256x256 icons in full color and transparency glory.
The dialog itself is also old.

Replace it.

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(4 comments)

11 +11/-0 votes

Messenger's Activities and Games need a serious overhaul

Submitted by nyp on November 27, 2009 to Annoyance, Legacy

In Messenger, the Activities and Games are all outdated! Here are the problems in detail:
Messenger TV: Couldn't start it.
Mimic: Immediately pops an error.
MSN Photo Swap: Once you start this, it will IMMEDIATELY wants you to (more...)

Revamp activities and games altogether.

Medium

Medium

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(1 comments)

15 +15/-0 votes

Windows Live Personalised Experience (http://my.live.com) should be updated completely or redesigned

Submitted by Mephiles on September 12, 2009 to Annoyance, Legacy

The Windows Live Personalised Experience is now too old and neglected. I use it every day for my RSS feeds.

The interface needs to be completely redone and updated to use the Wave 3 headers and styles.

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(5 comments)

22 +22/-0 votes

Windows Live Writer should use the scenic ribbon

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

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

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

High

High

Fixed

It has been leaked that Microsoft are working on this.

(4 comments)

30 +30/-0 votes

Outdated Hotmail favicon

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

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

* It is XP (more...)

Replace it!
Some examples in the attached picture.

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Medium

Fixed

(6 comments)

25 +27/-2 votes

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

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

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

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

Low

Low

Fixed

Icon is removed in Wave 4.

(4 comments)

8 +10/-2 votes

Add SMS (text) messaging to web Messenger

Submitted by mjflynt on April 23, 2009 to Annoyance, Legacy, Usability

The web based Messenger in Mail and People does not allow you to send SMS messages (text messages) to phones that people have set up expressly for this purpose. Since web Messenger only works in mail and People it seems like it would be a good place to (more...)

Add a menu item allowing messages to be sent via SMS to offline contacts.

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(8 comments)

4 +8/-4 votes

Allow Linux users to access the full hotmail

Submitted by alphanerd on April 22, 2009 to Annoyance, Legacy, Usability

Whenever I visit Hotmail, I get the light mode. I use Firefox. It's even more annoying when I use Midori (a WebKit browser) and an error saying I should use a different browser, when it uses the exact same engine as safari!

Allow Linux users to access the full mode.

Medium

Medium

Not fixed

6 +7/-1 votes

Closing the "add E-mail account" window presents an older dialog. (Windows live mail)

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

When you are in Windows Live mail, and click on "add E-mail account" and then exit the wizard, you are presented with an older dialog. Also, it has improper wording.

"Do you want to close the window without finishing" (more...)

Remove it as its a violation of the Windows Vista UX Guidelines[1].

: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511263.aspx

Medium

Medium

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(2 comments)

11 +12/-1 votes

Windows Live Photo Gallery file types dialog needs touching up.

Submitted by .Chris on April 13, 2009 to Aesthetics, Legacy

The Windows Live Photo Gallery file types dialog needs some touching up. See screen shot for more info

Low

Low

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(2 comments)

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

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.

Update to the image on the bottoum.

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Low

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(1 comments)

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

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

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

Low

Low

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(2 comments)

10 +10/-0 votes

Clean up Windows Live Help Central

Submitted by hoopla_punta on March 30, 2009 to Annoyance, Legacy, Usability

When I visit help central, I find that all the products there are outdated and the list is poorly done:

From the wave 2 build, (Hotmail Classic, Full...etc.)
Betas, (Calendar Beta, LPG Beta, Skydrive Beta???)
and have numerous (more...)

Clean up all outdated information and update names of products etc. Make it less cluttered.

I know some countries are still using Wave 2, but at least update the information so that it matches Wave 3 as well.

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