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Comments by user "patternjake"

Registered since: May 31, 2009

Windows Live Mail Usability

Wrote on January 13, 2010, 1:06am

+1. Simple fix, upgrade to Outlook. Problem solved.

Messenger's Activities and Games need a serious overhaul

Wrote on January 13, 2010, 1:05am

Thats nothing. Take a look at it in the 2010 beta. euuugh....cringe...

Nah the games work fine for me, they should just update the branding to the new msn style logo.

Downloading IMAP Folders animation has an old animation

Wrote on January 13, 2010, 1:03am

Yuck. +1.

[Messenger] Change my name window

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 2:13pm

Very incosistent dialog also +1

Windows Live Connection Troubleshooter is old and outdated.

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 2:11pm

Worst dialog I have ever seen in my life. +million

Windows Live Call uses older design.

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 2:10pm

Also the text is difficult to read. +1

Office 2010 style not only for Movie Maker.

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 2:05pm

+1 Both a GOOD idea, and EXCELLENT mockups.

"Add an E-mail Account" dialog in Windows Live Mail uses the Tahoma font.

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 2:03pm

When will they learn. The countless times they have used the wrong font. URGH +1

Windows Live Movie Maker save dialog should match that of the aero guidelines

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 1:58pm

YUCK +1

"My Received Files" in Windows Live Messenger should not be in Documents folder (except in XP)

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 1:58pm

Thats because it is for both XP and vista/7 users.

[Messenger] Change 'Appear offline' to 'Appear unavailable'

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 1:57pm

+1 I agree, it seems more logically correct.

Don't show ads for scareware / rogue software on Windows Live / Microsoft sites

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 1:56pm

Erm they wont remove it because they get paid good money to show crap like that.

+1 though

Windows Live Writer should use the scenic ribbon

Wrote on September 26, 2009, 1:55pm

Completely agree. +1

It would also be nice if Microsoft also Used the scenic ribbon in Windows Live Mail since the UI is baffling. (Make it like a cut down version of Outlook 2010)

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

Wrote on August 23, 2009, 1:19pm

In RTM for me this doesnt happen. Should be marked as fixed.

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

Wrote on August 23, 2009, 1:18pm

That entire Window needs redoing. Its just eurgh.

It reminds me of the netscape options window, which was also bull****

http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/services/computing/...e/netscape-options.jpg

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