Windows Live Taskforce

Remove advertising from Messenger; clean-up and remove bloat from Messenger interface.

Submitted by broccauley on June 1, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance

Problem: Messenger is supposed to be Microsoft's core IM app for windows. Why is it riddled with ads? Of course I know the answer to why this is, but it really makes Messenger look like cheap piece of shareware or something. It also clutters up the messenger (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

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Higher Resolution video in Messenger

Submitted by broccauley on June 1, 2009 to Usability

Problem: Windows Live Messenger only supports video calls in 320x240 QVGA resolution. Most modern webcams, however, support VGA and higher. Modern internet connections are also now > 1Mbit and should be fine with the bandwidth.

Solution: Give us hi-res video if all users can support it, dropping down to a lower resolution if the quality of service is poor. Also use better video encoding such as H.264 instead of H.263.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

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Ability to pin a useful email message to Windows Live Mail's Jumplist in Windows 7

Submitted by broccauley on May 29, 2009 to Usability

Problem: see title

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed