Why is it so difficult to find a link for a feature request?

[Loyd]

I have had many ideas that would make Microsoft products better, but each
time I try to submit that idea to Microsoft I have to look, search, etc. for
a long time before I find how to do it. You should have a link on your home
page to a feature page where the user can select the product involved and
explain the suggested feature.

This doesn't have to be posted on a forum, just passed to the development
staff to evaluate for later versions. It seems that you could get valuable
suggestions if you would make it easier to do so.

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[Brian Tillman]

I have had many ideas that would make Microsoft products better, but
each time I try to submit that idea to Microsoft I have to look,
search, etc. for a long time before I find how to do it. You should
have a link on your home page to a feature page where the user can
select the product involved and explain the suggested feature.

You've found the link, obviously, because you posted this suggestion.

 

[Loyd]

The point I was trying to make is that only a very small percentage of my
good ideas are getting into the development team because it is discouraging
to have to spend a long time finding the right link. How many good ideas
from other people is Microsoft missing out on because they don't even know
there is a link for submitting feature requests?

I don't know if Brian Tillman is a Microsoft employee, but my purpose in
submitting the post was to let Microsoft know of the problem from a user's
point of view. As far as I'm concerned posting to a forum is
counter-productive.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Posting to these forums *is* Microsoft's official way of collecting suggestions about Outlook. Users who access these forums through Microsoft's web interface can even vote on them.

The Help | Contact Us command in Outlook takes a user directly to a web page where "Make a Suggestion" is one of the options, so there is a logical way for users to find the "suggestion box" without too much effort.

Brian, like most people answering questions here, is a fellow user, generous in donating time and knowledge to help others.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Brian Tillman]

The point I was trying to make is that only a very small percentage
of my good ideas are getting into the development team because it is
discouraging to have to spend a long time finding the right link.
How many good ideas from other people is Microsoft missing out on
because they don't even know there is a link for submitting feature
requests?

I personally don't find it difficult.

I don't know if Brian Tillman is a Microsoft employee, but my purpose
in submitting the post was to let Microsoft know of the problem from
a user's point of view. As far as I'm concerned posting to a forum is
counter-productive.

I'm not an MS employee. However, making a non-Outlook suggestion to an
Outlook newsgroup seems counterproductive.