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Links duplicated and not in order in the "Save as" window
By default, "computer" is not present in the links folder, but it's present in the save as window.
If we add it so it can be found in explorer, then it will be duplicated in the save as window.
Also, the links in the Save (more...)
Either of these will work
1) check for duplicates and resort them
2) use only those in the links folder as in explorer
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New Disk Volume wizard
New volume wizard is not a Windows Aero wizard, though it does have a more Vista-like image at the left.
Implement an Aero-standard wizard.
Low
Low
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Task Manager Performance and Networking tabs appearance
The tabs for Performance and Networking under the TaskManager still use NT 4.0 styles for rendering (e.g. dithered fills for CPU Usage and Memory).
Update the application to take advantage of Vista's UI.
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Turning off "Remember Each Folders View Settings" doesnt work at all!
There is a great option in Windows Explorer that you can turn off called "Remember Each Folder's View Settings". But turning it off does nothing.
The great thing about turning this feature off is that you can work in explorer (more...)
Fix it
Medium
Medium
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Improve the Anti-Aliasing used in Flip3D
Jaggies and stepping effects are still visible on windows when using Flip3D.
See bottom of Firefox window in screenshot or top of windows photo gallery.
Increase the amount of AA used and/or better resizing methods.
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Low
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Incomplete and Outdated icons in Windows Directory
Inside the Windows directory, there are three easily notable directories which have incomplete and outdated icons:
1.) Downloaded Program Files (Very outdated)
2.) Fonts (Someone forgot to include the extra sizes, so it's incomplete)
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1.) Make a new icon
2.) Include the 256x256 icon, and all the other sizes in between.
3.) Make a new icon
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Low
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Legacy Icon Libraries
The icon library shell32.dll has icons dating all the way back to the Windows 9x era.
Update icons.
Medium
Medium
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Print-Options Illustration on some applications
Old illustration on some Windows App. So far, I only find this on Windows Help And Support.
Update Icon, or remove this option.
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Low
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Gripper Styles
Grippers on controls: they are either grooves (as on the scrollbars), or are "tactile" dots (as on the corner of windows/some toolbars), which come in 2 flavours, small triple lines (as on the taskbar), or larger double single lines (as on other (more...)
- Make them consistently styled (grooves vs dots)
- Display them consistently (single/triple lines - surely if one is more usable than the other, this is the same across the UI)
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Low
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Font Options window in Notepad is outdated
Font Options window in Notepad is outdated.
Update style and functionality.
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Windows Logon ("Welcome Screen") Inconsistencies
With Vista, the "Windows is" was dropped from the logon screen. "Windows is logging off" became "Logging off" etc. Simple. But, some "Windows is" phrases still remain. When installing updates, Windows logs you off (more...)
This is like a major peeve of mine. Just edit out the "Windows is" part altogether. :)
Low
Low
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Vector Based Graphics with Scaling
Sure, I can change the font size and make everything look way out of wack... I'd rather just be able to scale everything to whatever size I want, instead of just the font. Where are the vector graphics that I read would be in Longhorn? I'd love (more...)
If you want to be cheap about it, make some lower widescreen resolutions available. If you want to make people happy, replace icons, images, etc. with vector graphics.
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Revamp the mail settings
the mail settings still has an 95 era look and fell. Not everyone uses outlook. This should be updated, and be integrated with windows live mail or even your defalut e-mail client. show options to include web-mail,. etc.
Low
Low
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Bluetooth Interface
Old XP-style Bluetooth dialogs and wizards.
Update to Vista-style Bluetooth dialogs and wizards!
Medium
Medium
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