MSDN feature suggestions
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Have the achievements work
When someone makes 5,400 replies to the forums they are supposed to get the "Forums Replies V" achievement. This does not automatically happen.
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Allow private messaging so that a person can get help from a specific user!
It would be nice to be able to ask one specific person for help who has been helpful in the past.
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Create a Windows Phone Backup that actually works without errors!
Ever since WP8.1 the manual backup always fails with "There was a problem... " error message. This is reported on every forum, answers, voice by many users but still no solution, let alone a proper fix from Microsoft. GDR1 did not fix the problem. Given most users will have to Hard Reset their phones frequently to fix other bugs and defects with the OS a reliable backup system is essential.
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Do not allow moderators or microsoft staff to mark their own responses as "useful" - they often are not
Do not allow moderators or microsoft staff to mark their own responses as "useful" - they often are not but since there is no "not useful" button, its easier to just leave it blank.
but if I leave it blank - the MSFT employee comes around and marks his own answer as "useful" even when it is not
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Have ability for member to change their email!
Why cant we change our associated email? I am going to be canceling my old internet service and need to change my email to my new one.
Thanks
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Allow better code formatting
It is impossible to distinguish between comment and code examples, right now. This makes the msdn forums the very last place I turn to for code discussions (with StackOverflow being the first).
Surely you could implement some markdown or something like the [code language=] plugin on WordPress.
Thanks for listening
Dennis8 votes -
Allow users to specify "favorite" forums
I am a moderator on MSDN and I am only concerned with a small grouping of forums. However, every time I go to the website, I have to re-select the forums I care about. I want to be able to "favorite" those forums so that they show on default when I visit the site. This would help non moderators as well I think. Our partners probably have the same issue.
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After giving answer
after giving right answer the question , if the user that asks the question does not mark as true answer , you can not get any points.There must another control mechanism.
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Develop an Enterprise Library version for C++. Mainly for Data Access.
It is very hard to access SQL Server (2012/12014) from C++. The C++11 has a lot of modern features, but, alas, it is very time consuming having to access SQL Server. Most available libraries exhibit poor quality and Microsoft own way of accessing SQL Server involves C and not C++ 11 (14).
Considering that database access is present in almost all programs, this would be a very valuable product. I have already made this suggestion to Microsoft VS C++ team, but it looks more like a Pattern and Practices shore.Eduardo Quintana
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Notify The Answered Member From a New Answer
Notify The Answered Member From a New Answer(Even When The Question Or Discussion Is Answerd)
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Linking with Google and Youtube Site
does Microsoft/ WP/smartphone miscalculated their linking with 'google' and 'youtube' as well?since video streaming of your blog seems not place in fast streaming whenever necessary connections should be made with them, many times it lapses via through their link. I would suggest, if this may be proper, that in public you could flash on screen that 'delay-relay video streaming interruptions may happen if ever linking through other 'provider'-like google, youtube is done. ' so, it is important that collaborative efforts of 'bing with internet explorer' esp. in video streaming can contribute a faster connections or else this may be a…
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My Threads search capability
My Threads search capability, because I know what I am looking for is in that 1800 vs. the 20k displayed on screen in the Access Forum
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provide Forum search capabilities that return results only for all words used in the search so returns could be narrowed down.
The description is in the "I suggest you".
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make flash players more accessible for a larger variety of devices..speaking personaly as a customer and a new developer windows 8.1 nokiae
For easier access for flash players for windows 8.1 Nokia phone..this is ridiculous..there r so many things we can't experience because if it
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i can hardly select a forum category when asking a question. pls make that larger
i can hardly select a forum category when asking a question. pls make that larger
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fix your forum selection implementation - it is annoyingly inefficient
You have a single tiny drop down list showing hundreds of possible forums that a user can choose. While the ability to filter these forums by typing a few letters in the textbox makes the situation tolerable I think a better idea would be to simply offer 2 drop down list boxes. Populate the second drop down list based upon the selection in the first. This way you don't force users to have to already "know" forum they are looking for. This is the same mentality that makes the Windows 8 Start Screen a major failure.
Please fix this problem.…4 votes -
please provide a email id to contact with you offline
your email address should be provided at the border of your websites
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Allow "Completed" Test Suites to be hidden in the Test Tab
Test Suites that are set to "Completed" are no longer hidden in the "Test" tab of MTM (client).
This has only occurred since upgrading MTM to 12.0.30723.0. The "completed" Test Suites are not displaying on the Test tab for members of our team who are still on the previous version.
Can you please fix this, or allow more functionality in the Test tab > Filter that will allow us to filter on different types of Test Suites, status etc...
Thanks!
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Organize sites to subdivide problems / subjects into managable . 4,090 messages in a thread is unworkable.
See above, also provide feedback to users.
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Fix Internet Explorer to handle Java again
Microsoft you should either to chose to use Java in IE11 or don't use Java in any of your website. It has become an absolute pain in the butt the past couple weeks. Seriously, just do a search result on you Developer Network page. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/ For example, I can no longer post anything there anymore and I was luckly to find this working page working fine. So, decide to use Java or remove it complete from every Microsoft website!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 votes
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