I want Microsoft to change, do you?

I am a Microsoft MVP, you can see my profile by clicking on the MVP logo in the right side. We MVP's have frequent online and offline meetings with the different product groups of Microsoft and also there is a summit every year for 3 days in the Microsoft headquarters where we can get in touch with Steve Ballmer or even Bill Gates. So the question I want you to answer is :-

Do you want to change the way Microsoft is working right now? Are you dissatisfied with the features that Microsoft is implementing in the applications it is making? Do you hate Windows Vista because it's eating up your hardware resources? Have you stopped using Internet Explorer because it's slow and lacks extensions? Do you feel that Windows Media Player should be light and have codecs installed out of the box? I surely do and I can be your voice if you feel the same way!

1) Do you want to change the way Microsoft is working right now?

I feel that Microsoft doesn't exactly know what the users of their product want. The latest adventures of Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld proves that! Surely it's not possible for them to know the needs and wants of every users but can't they setup an official Microsoft feedback forum where the people can have their say about what they want in the products? There can be categories like Windows 7, Windows Media Player 12, DirectX 11, etc where people can post their expectations and the features which they want. The respective product groups can take a look at them and implement the ones which are possible.

2) Do you hate Windows Vista because it's eating up your hardware resources and a million different reasons?

Windows Vista is a one hungry monster :) Windows 7 is coming out in 2010. Windows 7 work fast with the mid range hardware that is currently available now in 2008 so that people doesn't have to buy a new machine with Windows 7. The final build of Windows 7 should be as bug free as possible, we don't want to use it for a month and feel that it requires a service pack.It should have optimum support for applications and drivers at the time when it's released. Developers should also be given a nice platform in Windows 7.

P.S. Microsoft can do a Google Search using Vista Sucks and see the current concerns and hope it's not repeated in Windows 7.

20 Reasons why Vista Sucks! is a good place to start!

3) Have you stopped using Internet Explorer because it's slow and lacks extensions?

We all know the glory days of Internet Explorer when people couldn't think of an alternative to browse the internet. Enter Firefox and it's eating away it's market share. Internet Explorer is slow and resource heavy. It lacks extensions too. There is no reason why anyone should use Internet Explorer in the present scenario.But Internet Explorer 8 is coming out and I want it to to that. It should be faster than Google Chrome, support extensions and have a vast and intelligent community making the required extensions for it. Some new features like WebSlices and Accelerators have been introduced in the beta version but we want some more innovation. The best parts of the other browsers should be implemented, like the speed of Chrome, extensions of Firefox or one search or the bittorrent support of Opera!

The market share of Firefox vs. Internet Explorer See how firefox is closing in and Microsoft needs to stop that!

4) Do you feel that Windows Media Player should be light and have codecs installed out of the box?

Windows Media Player is the only media player that comes bundled with the Windows OS. It should then be the best media player around. But it's not! It doesn't have most of the popular codecs installed and is resource heavy. VLC, KMPlayer, mPLAYER are much better alternatives at this time. But I want that to change. I want Windows Media Player 12 to be the best player in the market, a player which would make all the Linux and MAC users envious that it doesn't come in their system!

VLC media player See how fast it is being downloaded by the masses, will this be the case with WMP 12?

I have made my views, opinions and suggestions known to you. Now, I want your feedback. I promise that you even if some of your feedback is not implemented, you will be HEARD! So what are you waiting for?