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Permissions editor is way too complicated and outdated
User has to make millions of clicks to edit permissions for the file. All dialogs which pop up in the process don't make the process any clearer.
Keep it simple, reduce number of intermediate dialogs and clicks.
High
High
Not fixed
Application Continuity - Pick one!
Just look at the photo. My first reaction is - "Man, I hate when I get a brand new computer and it comes preloaded with all this random bloatware". Then you realize it actually is part of Vista and a little bit of your geek soul dies.
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All kidding aside - the best thing to do here is really start over. Do not try to fix a trainwreck - you will spend more time on it than you think and your result wont be as nice. I do not know how MS develops, I would hope the UI is very disconnected (more...)
High
High
Not fixed
"Add Fonts" is outdated
Generally outdated.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.
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.
High
Low
Fixed
Disk Manager desing is very bad and old.
Complete old style - maybe windows 98.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Registry Editor Icon Outdated
Registry Editor and Windows Help Program icon outdated, it wasn't updated since Windows 9x (95/98/...).
Still existed in Windows 7.
Update new icons.
Medium
Low
Not fixed
Advanced File Attributes
Advanced Attributes in the Properties dialog for files still has a Windows 98-era icon.
The best way to deal with this is by revamping the entire UI by which file properties are displayed–hopefully learning from media management programs; but otherwise, the icon just needs to be updated.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Internet Explorer page properties icon
Icon in ‘Properties’ dialog of web page in Internet Explorer (File Menu -> Properties) is prehistoric.
Get a new icon in there.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Legacy control panel applets
Many of the control panels options are XP-style applets (called "property sheets", ie: Windows Firewall Settings, Sound Settings), living side-by-side with the new integrated pages, which provide a familiar navigation pattern and help guide (more...)
Redesign the legacy property sheets in the control panel as task flow pages.
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Medium
Not fixed
Revamp the disk properties to be more user friendly
The disc properties date back to the early 95 days, may be even 3.1 days. The pie graphic is ugly, plan and static. upgrade this box to become more user friendly. Have the graphic showing the space on the drive to match the graphic shown in "computer" (more...)
Rebulid this box from the ground up
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Low
Not fixed
Provide a new Set of high quality icons and a better UI for selecting / previewing them
Outdated and impractical dialog for changing shortcut and program icons. Mixing old low quality icons with new high quality ones.
When pressing the 'Change Icon' for a shortcut or program, please provide a reasonably sized and resizable window, containing a large set of only high quality icons. Please, do not mix outdated looking icons with new ones. These should be presented (more...)
Low
Low
Not fixed
IE: Download dialog needs redesign/bugfix
- This is a file copy operation, so this dialog should look like the file copy dialogs. The "Security Warning" dialog should be integrated into the download dialog.
- No support for pause/resume or error recovery.
- BUG: If you (more...)
- Redesign the dialog to look like the file copy dialogs.
This dialog should first show the "security warning", and then change to show the download status.
- Handle timeout errors intelligently (show a Try Again button).
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High
High
Not fixed
View tab on Folder Options needs a complete overhaul
The view tab on Folder options has a huge list of different options for explorer, in which you often lost options you want (like suddenly you can't find a file just by typing it's first letter: (more...)
It's needs to be overhauled completely so options are easier to find and people will know where to find options when something has suddenly changed in Explorer.
Medium
High
Not fixed
Windows Media Player Dialogs are wrong
No Aero style, difficult to understand, frustrating (especially the one with “plugins disabled because of incorrect program exit” with no option to reenable all *waah* - somtimes you have to kill WMP because after explorer.exe restart you can’t (more...)
Medium
High
Not fixed