Microsoft User Stories

User Stories, of Microsoft products, based on how the products actually work.

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[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a Microsoft user, when I log in, I want to be asked if I want to stay signed in, and allowed to never have to answer the question again. However, this setting should be completely ignored and I should be asked every time regardless of my choices.

#ux #uxfail #Microsoft

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a Copilot user, I want to be forced to convert my text files to Word or PDF so that AI can convert them back to text, burning extra tokens, and make #Microsoft more money.

#AI #Copilot

[Forrest Corbett @forrestcorbett]

I tried to upload text files to Copilot.

I guess I'll convert my plain text files to Word or PDF 🤷‍♂️

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a Mac #Outlook user, when I add a new email address to a recurring invite, I want everyone to get the email–not just the updated person–so that people can have more noise in their inbox and be confused on why they're seeing a new invite they've already accepted. #microsoft #ux

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

When I'm typing a Copilot prompt in Word, after I pass 85 characters in length, I want a character count to show that I have 399,915 characters to go, so that I have yet another reason to smh at #microsoft software.

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a #Microsoft #Excel user, I want basic keyboard commands like "paste as plain text" to not be exist by default. I want clunky settings with disorganized options - do not list alphabetically - that are clipped and unreadable, with no way to resize or view the options. #uxfail

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Outlook Online user, I want the ability to start a Mail Merge, but I don't want to actually have the ability to do a mail merge, so that I can be frustrated and have another reason to tell IT to drop Microsoft.

#uxfail #microsoft #outlook

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a user of Microsoft web-based products, I want to be presented with an annoying dialog in every open tab that I've switched accounts, even when I haven't, so that I be reminded of how bad Microsoft products are. No matter what, if I've dismissed it in 50 tabs, keep asking me.

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a Teams user, I don't want spellcheck to support any languages by default - and enabling it needs to be buried in the app preferences - so that the text input works like no other text input in the past 20 years.

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Outlook user, when I'm adding an external calendar, I don't want to be able to reference the email which said the name of the calendar while searching for the calendar.

#uxfail #microsoft #microsoftoutlook #search

[Dr Kate Smithers @thekatsmithers]

This is why I a, don't trust Microsoft word and b, save a new version of my thesis document EVERY SINGLE DAY. #PhD #MicrosoftFail #AHHHHH @AcademicChatter #phdlife

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

@pkursawe Give it a try :)

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a #Microsoft #Outlook user, I want a #Teams meeting automatically added to my calendar invites, even when I have the preference turned off. I also want there to be no way to remove it so that I can fully confuse invitees with no way to fix it.

#uxfail #ux #designfail

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a OneNote user, when IT changes my email address, I want it to be a complete hassle to fix OneNote and then I want OneNote to delete my notes that were local and couldn't sync because my email address changed.

#microsoft #ux #uxfail #usability

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Outlook user, I want meeting invites that I have accepted to show that I've both Accepted, and Not Responded, so that I can be confused on if the organizer is aware I have responded or not.

#uxdesign #productdesign #usability #microsoft

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Office User, when an update stalls I don't want the indicator or update dialog to be on the same screen as the action I need to take.

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Outlook user, I don't want to be able to start Outlook until after I quit Word. #microsoft #Office365 #uxfail #ux

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Outlook user, when I create a new meeting and give it a name, a few seconds later I want Outlook to rename the event "New Appointment". #uxdesign #Microsoft365

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Outlook user, when I send an invite, I want the recipient to have a reminder even though I sent it without one. #uxdesign #Microsoft

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As a Mac Outlook user, I want a Dock icon that so busy it's hard to tell what it is. #iconography #visualdesign #design

[Microsoft User Stories @MicrosoftStory]

As an Office user, I want a popup on my screen every few days without an option to make it never come back. #uxdesign #fail