Windows Live Taskforce

another way around emoticons

Submitted by bflatbush on March 11, 2010 to Annoyance

Problem: Cartoon emoticons replacing typed emoticons automatically on windows live mail.

Solution: I found putting an extra space in between the colon and parenthesis will not convert to the irritating emoticon on windows live mail. So instead of :) try : ). It still looks good! I'd still like Windows mail to give us the option of turning (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(2 comments)

WLM add contact window's taskbar icon is blurry.

Submitted by xombie on March 14, 2010 to Aesthetics

Problem: As seen in the picture.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Controlling Folder Permissions in Subfolders

Submitted by joshwoods on March 17, 2010 to Usability

Problem: Now, you can only share a root folder with specific people or make it public. Going past the root folder and into subfolders doesn't allow the permissions to be changed.

Solution: Implement the ability to control the permissions of subfolders.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

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Error icons in the sign in screen are XP-era

Submitted by nyp on April 2, 2010 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: If you made a mistake in the sign in screen, the error icons that appear are XP-era.

Solution: Update those icons.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

WLM can't be closed while menu is open

Submitted by Aethec on March 20, 2010 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

Problem: -Press Alt to show the menu in WLM's contact list
-Click on the window's Close button
=> Nothing happens.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(2 comments)

WLM doesn't use the system color for menu bar

Submitted by Aethec on March 20, 2010 to Aesthetics, Annoyance

Problem: The menu bar in WLM's Contact lists, which appears if you press Alt, doesn't use the system color. But it uses the system color for the hover effect.
This looks ugly on non-default themes.

Solution: Use system color.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Screensaver won't start when Windows Live Messenger is running

Submitted by huntah302 on March 28, 2010 to Annoyance, Bug

Problem: I set the Bubbles screensaver to start after 1 minute, but when Windows Live Messenger is running, no matter how long I leave my computer inactive, the screensaver doesn't kick in, nor does any of the power saving settings for that matter!

Solution: Fix the problem.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed