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Windows Installer has old icon
Windows Installer has an OLD Windows 2000/ME style icon. (I assume Windows Installer is a part of Windows itself?)
It's gotta go, get that icon gone. Replace it with something a little more Vista-like
Low
Low
Not fixed
Task Manager tab background
The task manager has the wrong color of the background tab. It should be white.
Even Windows XP is guilty of the same thing.
Change background of tab to match Vista UI (so white)
Medium
Low
Fixed
Tab order in File Open/Save dialogs broken
When Aero-style File Open/Save dialog is in Details mode, Shift-Tab moves focus from initial File Name text box to the list header, not to the list, which doesn't make sense and makes user press Shift-Tab over and over again.
PS.
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Fix the tab order, so Shift-Tab would focus the list, not the header.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Standardise on "Safe to Remove" confirmation
If you safely remove hardware via the icon in the notification area, you get a dialogue box. If you safely remove from anywhere else (like Computer) then you get a balloon.
Choose one confirmation method and stick with it. I think the balloon works better.
Low
Low
Fixed
Open up the window, I hate scrolling
Most windows open up set to accommodate 640x480 resolution. I haven't used that resolution since 1992. My present monitor is 24" and this vast amount of screen real estate can accommodate and open any window wide enough and high enough to (more...)
Microsoft ought to get serious about Window aesthetics, and then return overall control of such matters to the user. If little utilities like Sizer can remember and set window proportions, I would think that in the million lines of code behind Vista (more...)
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
What am I copying?
Is there enough information on copy file window?
Add file name? Maybe a pause button? Could move operation skip files if there is a problem with them.
Medium
Low
Not fixed
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).
Low
Medium
Fixed
Any Network Related UI
Ok, this has to be one of the biggest areas that completely missed the mark in Vista. Managing your network.
To connect to a Wireless network on Vista the first time is somewhere between 5 and 10,000 clicks. I kid, but it is to much.
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"Start -> connect to" should not bring up a silly dialog, it should be a menu of all your available connections, including available wireless connections. Do not make me jump through a wizard just to get connected.
Network (more...)
High
High
Not fixed
Screen update is frozen when progress dialog is minimized
So, why we have this live preview thumbnails if we need to maximize this progress windows to see the actual progress?
Low
Medium
Not fixed
.WMF File Icon is Ancient
The icon for a .wmf file is horribly outdated.
Fix it. Adding the basic picture icon or even a preview would be an improvement.
Low
Low
Not fixed
MHTML files
The icon for MHTML files does not exist in Vista icon format; and the largest size is 32×32.
Update icon sizes.
Low
Low
Fixed
UAC overlay icons aren't correctly blended.
The icons are surrounded by a white jagged edge, instead of being blended neatly. It is more apparent when the icons are larger.
Note: I don't normally have my icons that large, it's just for demonstration purposes.
Blend the icons correctly.
Low
Low
Fixed