Windows Live Taskforce

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

Submitted by antiufo on September 18, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: I can't believe Microsoft (at least in Italy) shows scareware and rogue software ads on its websites, for example "registry fixers" that simply remove some unused keys showing every item as "ERROR" and asking the user to pay to (more...)

Solution: Don't accept this kind of ads on Microsoft websites, becuse:

* It's negative ads for Windows (the avarage user thinks it is a necessary tool for a Windows PC)
* "Registry fixers" are useless software that bloat (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Outdated Hotmail favicon

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

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

* It is XP (more...)

Solution: Replace it!
Some examples in the attached picture.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

(6 comments)

Calendar: Mark past days

Submitted by antiufo on August 4, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Make it easier to understand which days are past or future, without having to read text.

Solution: Some examples in the image

Severity: Low

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

Calendar: gray out days from previous/next month in month view

Submitted by antiufo on July 28, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Make the background color of the last days of previous month and first days of next month darker, to make it easier to understand which are current month's events.

(Applies to Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Calendar)

Severity: Low

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Messenger: paste large portions of text as txt file

Submitted by antiufo on June 29, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Sometimes we need to paste large portions of text to messenger, but messages length is limited.

If text is too much, messenger should not just copy the first hundreds characters, but it should copy it as text file and send it.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(2 comments)

Create a RSS feed for desktop wallpaper using current Bing.com daily picture

Submitted by antiufo on June 6, 2009 to Usability

Problem: Windows 7 can automatically get wallpapers from RSS feeds. Create a feed with the daily Bing.com background image in high-resolution.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Bing Dynamic on Windows 7 Themes website

(6 comments)

Don't store IdentityCRL in Documents, use AppData\Roaming

Submitted by antiufo on May 23, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance

Problem: Windows Live Sign-in Assistant creates a folder called "IdentityCRL" in Documents.

Solution: Move it to AppData\Roaming\Microsoft

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(7 comments)

Remove the annoying Mesh Bar, integrate it into the toolbar.

Submitted by antiufo on April 11, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Live Mesh displays an annoying bar on the right of every mesh folder. If you click this bar, it is expanded.

Solution: Integrate it into the toolbar, see the screenshot.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Fixed in Windows Live Sync Wave 4 Beta

(4 comments)