We're constantly trying to improve the user experience and we are working on making your experience better every sprint we're working on.
As you can see with the creation of this forum there are a lot of things going on and we are back listening to you guys and working on cool stuff...
It might sound like a cliché but please stay tuned.
Cheers
Patrice
Dev Manager my.live.com and MSN Personalization
My only suggestion as I said before, is offer the colored bars AS AN OPTION in wave 3. Why? Its simple, clean and matches Vista. (basic color background wont cut it with me) The backgrounds seem like a step back and I dont understand how anyone could like them. BUT having both color bars AND backgrounds as an OPTION can please everyone.
Perhaps do a survey to see how many would like both as an option or what theme people like best from all 3 waves. This would be the only way you can know.