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70 +101/-31 votes

When UAC appears, Start Orb is the Wrong Colour / Different from rest of interface

Submitted by chrismgallen on June 4, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons

When user account control apprears, the rest of the screen is grayed out. However, the Start Orb and Surrounding square is left as normal. Not sure why, but really irritates me EVERY time I see it.

Ensure that the "Gray Out" zone is placed ON TOP OF the start orb.
OR:
Create grayed out start orb to switch with normal when UAC appears.

If this is a feature of the software... make it obvious... a glowing orb?

Medium

Low

Not fixed

(17 comments)

69 +78/-9 votes

The Windows chkdsk GUI is from NT4

Submitted by Sarreq Teryx on June 22, 2008 to Aesthetics, Legacy

the title says it all, NT4 style, 12 year old chkdsk dialog

update the GUI

Low

Low

Not fixed

(2 comments)

69 +81/-12 votes

Mouse Panel from Contorl Panel, has the wrong tab color ("hardware" tab only)

Submitted by Good_Bytes on June 4, 2008 to Aesthetics, Legacy

The mouse panel from the Control Panel, has all the tab correct, except the "hardware" tab where the tab background is not white as it should, it's gray.

Change color of the "hardware" tab in the Mouse panel to white like the other tabs.

Low

Low

Not fixed

(3 comments)

68 +70/-2 votes

Sidebar covers Start-Orb

Submitted by Sayuuk on June 13, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Bug

The Windows sidebar covers the top of the Vista start-button when set to "always on top of other windows" and you click on the sidebar.

Set the Orb to be "more always on top than the sidebar"...

High

High

Not fixed

(6 comments)

67 +73/-6 votes

Windows Vista in Spanish: buggiest edition ever (Error compilation)

Submitted by eried on June 13, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Bug, Icons, Legacy

Why international versions are so damn poorly developed?. A comprehensive list of all errors in Windows Vista Spanish, produced exclusively just by the localization process.

We really want localized versions to be as good as the original english version. (We pay the same amount!)

Low

Low

Not fixed

(11 comments)

67 +72/-5 votes

Explorer toolbars have inconsistent graphics

Submitted by wasker on June 13, 2008 to Aesthetics

IE7 and Explorer display toolbars bars inconsistently.

1) Space between Forward and Back buttons is different.
2) Space occupied by Forward/Back buttons and history drop down is different.
3) History drop down button has different (more...)

Share resources and UI libraries, make UI consistent.

High

High

Not fixed

(8 comments)

67 +74/-7 votes

Control Panel Icon Naming

Submitted by Michael Mc on June 8, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Legacy, Usability

So, you're in Control Panel and you want to change how you computer Indexes files. You click "Indexing Options". Why is there a need for the "Options" part on the end, we know it's options, we're in Control Panel. Same (more...)

Drop the "Settings", "Options" and "Properties".

Low

Low

Not fixed

(7 comments)

66 +68/-2 votes

Slideshow Experience is sloppy

Submitted by GRiNSER on June 19, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Almost everytime I start a slideshow, I get visual glitches when the desktop fades out. For an unknown reason, the taskbar is in front of the fade out and only hides randomly, mostly after the fade out.
Experience on multi monitor sucks too: It (more...)

Make the experience glitch free. Optimize for multimonitor support. Make the animations much smoother and add hover transitions to the slideshow controls. A progress bar would also make the experience better instead of the static loading graphics.

Medium

Medium

Not fixed

(5 comments)

66 +72/-6 votes

Legacy Sound Test Icon

Submitted by thebinaryfuture on June 7, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Legacy

The test icon for playing the sound applied to the current option is jagged.

Update icon.

Low

Low

Not fixed

(2 comments)

65 +75/-10 votes

Windows Photo Gallery zoom in pixelated

Submitted by rajkosto on June 15, 2008 to Aesthetics

Windows Photo Gallery uses the nearest filter when zooming in images
This makes everything thats zoomed in look very pixelated

Use the bilinear filter

Medium

Low

Not fixed

(10 comments)

65 +69/-4 votes

Confirmation page of Certificate Import Wizard in IE uses old style buttons

Submitted by rhoward2 on June 7, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Legacy

When you import a certificate into IE, you are guided through the process by the Certificate Import Wizard. The next to the last step of the wizard is where you are shown the information about the certificate you are importing. The "Yes" and (more...)

I would like these buttons to be updated to match the new UI style.

Low

Low

Not fixed

(2 comments)

65 +75/-10 votes

Extra border around IE7’s content

Submitted by tino on June 3, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Legacy, Usability

There is a 3px Win95-style border inside of Internet Explorer’s content area. That does make it look odd and more important prevents the scroll bar from being at the border of the screen when the window is maximized (Fitt’s Law). On the lower right (more...)

Remove the extra border like on Windows Explorer.

Low

Medium

Not fixed

(4 comments)

65 +72/-7 votes

the mouse scoll icon in IE7 has irregular borders

Submitted by bearluke on June 3, 2008 to Aesthetics, Bug, Icons

the mouse scoll icon in IE7 has irregular borders

update with a better one, add antialiasing

Medium

Medium

Not fixed

(2 comments)

64 +65/-1 votes

USB/Flash drives do not have "percentage used" color overlay

Submitted by rubber gun on October 21, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Legacy, Usability

My USB is FAT32, and is shown in Computer. If i right click, and click view as portable device, it comes up in an anoying window, which DOES show an overlay. First, the "portable device" concept is useless, and second, why does it show the overlay?

Centralize portable devices into Computer, and let USB drives have remaining space overlay

Low

Low

Not fixed

(2 comments)

64 +66/-2 votes

About Windows window has wrong icon

Submitted by wojtekmaj on June 14, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Bug

About Windows window has wrong icon.

Replace an icon.

Low

Low

Not fixed

(6 comments)

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