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Safely Remove Hardware dialog is programmer-oriented, not user-oriented
Overly complex, hostile dialog is painful when your computer comes with one of those 6-in-1 card readers (as does mine), an external hard drive, and a USB thumb drive. Unchecking “display device components” leaves unhelpful, undistinguishable entries. (more...)
Add the drive letters, add the device names, and get rid of all the worthless tree-level stuff; it’s a programmer’s view, not a user’s view.
In 2008, we no longer need to be calling these things a "USB Mass Storage Device."
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"Add Fonts" is outdated
Generally outdated. Uses Windows 3.1-era folder views. Cannot select individual font file - lists all fonts in folder.
Not only update styling, but add new functionality. Search. Font management - activate/deactivate. Fonts export/backup functionality.
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According to a credible source, the dialog no longer exists in Windows 7 and is most likely not going to come back. No words whether or not there are any new 'font organization' features.
Performance options dialog has available space for list, doesn't use it, isn't resizable
Performance Options has a semi-long list of items, but the box the options are in does not use all the space in the dialog to minimize scrolling, and the dialog as a whole isn't resizable
Make the dialog resizable. Make the box containing the items use all the available space in the dialog. If the dialog is made resizable, make sure the box the options are in properly uses all space.
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Allow ordering of Taskbar
When explorer dies, the taskbar returns with apps in a different order than they were originally.
1. Remember the order (save them maybe every minute?) and restore if explorer is restarted.
2. Allow the user to re-order them.
It seems silly that we should have to install extra software to do the reordering.
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Add Fonts
Installing 100’s of fonts which each happen to have duplicate versions of Windows fonts - forces you to hit “Yes” over and over again.
Add “Yes to all” and “No to all” buttons; better yet, follow the conventions of the file copy dialog.
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Volume Notification Icon Double Click
When you right click the volume icon, "Open Volume Mixer" is bolded, indicating it as the default action for double click. When double clicked though, it acts the same as a single click.
When volume icon is double clicked, Volume Mixer should be opened.
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Paint MUST be replaced
Stock Paint application is outdated, feature-limited, ugly and must be thrown away from the modern operating system environment.
Replace Paint with more sophisticated application. Paint.NET looks very promising.
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Tool tips hiding quick start icons
The tooltips for the quick start area in the taskbar are in front of the other icons and hiding them.
Should be above the taskbar (like the tool tips for all other taskbar elements).
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Tray clock should be upgraded
Tray clock functionality is under-utilized. Current date and day of week is being shown only in double-height taskbar.
I believe in the age of high-resolution computing, people who use huge screen resolutions might want to sacrifice fifty or so pixels to see current date and day of week along with the time (like "Tue, June 3, 9:04PM"). I'd like to have (more...)
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Increase the Driver Selection list box size.
The driver selection list box has been the same size since windows 98. It's very frustrating when you want to see a list of drivers available. Surely it could make better use of the window space. It's understandable that the window may need (more...)
Re-arrange the text to give the list boxes more window height and utilize the wasted spaces. Allow the window to be resized and resize the list boxes accordingly to display the most information possible.
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Installing font from context menu missing elevation shield
Installing a font requires administrative access to the fonts folder. However, when installing a font via the context menu in Windows Explorer, the menu does not display the security shield icon to indicate that the action will require elevation.
Place the security shield icon next to the "Install" menu item to indicate that it will require elevation. Alternatively, seperate system installed fonts from user installed fonts. Implement appropriate features to ensure this operates smoothly (more...)
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Downloaded Zip File + Drag 'n Drop files within = Weird, useless dialog box
Steps
- Download zip file
- Using Exporer, drag files present in zip files to destination
Result
-User is then presented with the meaningless dialog box pictured below.
Get rid of it!
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Fixed
MMC's "Customize View" dialog doesn't respond to "X" or ESC
The close button (red "X" in top right) on this dialog doesn't do anything, neither does pressing escape.
There is no easy way to cancel the changes you have made using this dialog. Or to kill it.
Make escape and the close button work. Maybe add a cancel button.
Hopefully this will be replaced completely in the hopefull MMC overhaul. :D
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