Most recent submissions in 'Aesthetics' are 'Fixed'
Folders do not remember icon size settings
The folders in Vista seem to not remember what size icon was used the last time the folder was used. Control Panel for example will sometimes have the icons displayed in a completely different size each time I open it up from a fresh boot.
Remember what the icon size settings are.
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Fixed
Internet Options > Fonts dialog is a mess
The dialog box for choosing the default fonts in the "Internet Options" is unresizable; this makes the font selection boxes very hard to use.
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It would also be convenient if they add the "minimum font size" feature.
Make it resizable. Better yet; refresh the design of the dialog box.
EDIT:
A simpler solution is to change it to a drop down box instead of a selection box.
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Fixed
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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Fixed
installing fonts diolog box
When you click and drag a font in to the fonts window, you are presented with an old 9x progress bar.
update to vista era with the glossy green light
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Low
Fixed
<FIXED IN WINDOWS 7> Ugly Vista Basic *taskbar* if a window is maximized (caption bar is dark blue), taskbar black
Usually, both the taskbar and the caption bar are Aero glassed.
But if you maximize a window, its caption bar becomes dark-blue with Aero reflections (ok), but the taskbar becomes black, exactly like on Vista Basic.
Change the appearance of the taskbar, make it more similar to the caption bar of a maximized window, currently there is no difference between an Aero taskbar and a Vista Basic taskbar, if a window is maximized.
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Medium
Fixed
<FIXED IN WINDOWS 7> Sound Recorder save as type dropdown has misspelling
The dropdown box in the save dialog for Sound Recorder lists the option as Window Media Audio File (*.wma) which is obviously supposed to say "Windows Media".
Change the text to read Windows Media Audio.
Edit: this has been fixed.
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Low
Fixed
Make Aero Taskforce consistent with Aero
The new Aero Taskforce design doesn't really look like Aero.
Examples:
Search box not really Aero-like (whereas the Aqua Taskforce has the correct Apple search box)
Tab buttons currently in old UI Taskforce style...
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Take cues on Aero controls and maybe on Windows Live tools if Aero doesn't provide the right look.
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Fixed
Wrong Documents Icon in Send To menu
When you right click an object in Windows Explorer, and select the "send to" option, the Documents Icon is different to EVERY OTHER time that is used.
REALLY annoys me that microsoft could leave something so stupid like this in.
Change icon.
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Fixed
Different Personalization Icons
There are two ways to get to 'Control Panel\Personalization.' One way is through the desktop the other, via the control panel. Lamentably, there are also two icons representing the same location.
Use a single icon to represent the location.
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Fixed
Remote Desktop 'Windows Security' Icon
While using Vista's remote desktop feature, the icon pertaining to Windows Security (the equivalent of the ctrl + alt + del splash screen), on the start menu looks legacy and appears to be the incorrect icon size. I wouldn't even call it aliased, (more...)
Replace the icon with a more up to date alternative.
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Low
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.
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Low
Fixed