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  1. Return of the 'next page' function in IE

    Mango supress the 'next page' link in IE menu. That's inconvenient when we press the back button accidentally or by error.

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    • buy apps with microsoft points !!!

      support more payment methods !

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      • Unbroadcast SSID

        My corporation's WIFI SSID is not broadcast--as is not uncommon practice. Being unable to enter that SSID prevents me from using my WP7 phone as a corporate device.

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        • Microphone button on Keyboard

          The voice to text feature on WP8 seems incredible, but the option to use it is rarely presented. It would be nice, as with android, that the voice to text feature be a button on the keyboard and thus always available. This would be especially nice when in the car.

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          • Office Document Viewer Control

            Provide a viewer for viewing office documents (e.g. word, excel and powerpoint basically). The UIWebView in iPhone support serveral formats and give a very good user experiences in some content related apps

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              2 comments  ·  Controls  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • Page Transition Effects API support

              We need High Performance Page Transition Effects support !!!

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              • Access to the filesystem (external)

                Please allow the access to phone filesystem. It would be a great benefit if the developers can manipulate the sdcard resources etc etc.
                I know that storage and storing information is limited to the application context. I'm android developer, I've been through interoperability guide and read about this. I've been wondering if something can be done through the silverlight, but all that failed since read that.

                Cheers,

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                  0 comments  ·  Framework  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • direct sync to outlook no zune

                  usb or wifi sync with no 3rd party, cloud hoops to jump through.

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                  • Debug over Wifi

                    When you unplug a WP device from your computer while debugging, you get an error message that the device on an IP address and port is no longer responding. If the debugger connects to the phone via IP, then why not allow for debugging over the local network? That way, someone can develop for Windows Phone in a Hyper-V VM, and still debug on a physical phone, just without plugging it in. There ought to be a way to build a Debug Agent app that can broadcast itself to the network so Visual Studio knows where to look.

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                      1 comment  ·  Bugs  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • 19 votes
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                        1 comment  ·  Dev Experience  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Increase webbrowser control function

                        Increase webbrowser control
                        function

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                          4 comments  ·  Controls  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • More background tasks to be allowed.

                          simple. let there be more than 9.

                          A user should be able to deside between power drain and functions.

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                            0 comments  ·  Push Notification  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • "Fast & Fluid" transition themes (similar to what's in WinRT SDK)

                            The concept explains itself well in below blogpost:

                            WinRT Transitions – Creating Fast and Fluid Metro UIs

                            http://www.scottlogic.co.uk/blog/colin/2011/10/winrt-transitions-creating-fast-and-fluid-metro-uis/

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                              4 comments  ·  Silverlight  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Allow apps to access files in isolated storage by URI

                              This enables caching of and usage of offline maps

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                              • API to sync any file from the desktop to the isolated storage

                                We need an api to allow the user to sync any file from the desktop to the isolated storage of the app.

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                                  1 comment  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • 18 votes
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                                    2 comments  ·  XNA  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • Print using ePrint/Airprint

                                    On all the ... buttom right, where I can share etc I would like to be able to print. It needs to be and integrated part of the phones functionality, that is why I put it in Framework. No app-driven solution.

                                    Having a lot of i-gear, iPhone, iPads etc that can print, it is dissappointing not beeing able to use the equipment I already own.
                                    I'm sure a lot of potential customers have the same contemplations but decides to stay on iOS instead of switching.

                                    HP have the ePrint functionality, Apple the Airprint. Can you not make connection to these…

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                                      0 comments  ·  Framework  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • 18 votes
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                                      • Subscribe to Custom Podcast with URL

                                        In Mango I do not see a way to subscribe to a podcast by entering in the URL. There should be a way to do this. I am liking the new download over WiFi feature.

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                                        • Add "never" in lockscreen timeout, when the Phone is connected to PC

                                          Please, add "never" in lockscreen timeout when the Phone is connected to PC, but I'm not debugging my app (I.E. I'm writing code)

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