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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"Add Fonts" is outdated
Generally outdated.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.
Medium
Medium
Fixed
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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Fixed
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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Fixed
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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Fixed
Apperance Settings
Windows Aero windows preview does not show Windows Aero Theme. Only shows Windows Vista Basic Theme. This might confuse some people as to which theme is which.
Put a new preview image in.
ACCORDING TO A COMMENT, THIS HAS BEEN FIXED IN WINDOWS 7
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Fixed
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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Fixed
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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Fixed
On-Screen Keyboard
On-Screen Keyboard needs some design update. Some text are not properly aligned (see “esc” key, and F9,F10, F11, F12). Windows XP icon.
Update style, icon.
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Low
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)
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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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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).
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Medium
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.
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Low
Fixed