Windows Live Taskforce

Remove the Live Mail tray icon in Windows 7 and offer the tray menu icons as jumplist from taskbar

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

Problem: When using Windows Live Mail on Windows 7, there is an always existing icon in the taskbar as well as an icon in the tray which is hidden according to the new tray icon settings. And annoyingly, there are no jumplist options from the taskbar icon, the (more...)

Solution: The tray icon needs to go and the tray menu options should be ported to the Taskbar icon jumplist.

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Pop up notifications for new mails for Live Mail when Messenger is not running

Submitted by alsiladka on March 18, 2009 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

Problem: 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.

Solution: Make Live Mail use the same Popup notifications when Messenger is not running.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(7 comments)

The messenger executable name needs to be updated from the msnmgr.exe

Submitted by alsiladka on March 18, 2009 to Annoyance, Legacy

Problem: Not a problem as such. But Messenger still uses the legacy msnmgr.exe filename.

Solution: Needs to be updated to the new messenger name - Windows Live Messenger.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(5 comments)

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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