Most recent submissions by user "thda"
Registered since: June 3, 2008
Switch to power saving modes happen without warning
When running on battery power, the screen will abruptly turn off to conserve battery power. This is extremely annoying if you are trying to read something on the screen, especially if what you are reading is hard to understand, in which case the, the (more...)
Fade to black and then turn off the screen backlight.
When user activity is detected, turn on backlight and quickly fade back in.
This ensures a smooth transition and gives the user a chance to prevent the screen from turning off, without (more...)
High
High
Not fixed
RSS gadget: Not resizable, no option to always have the lates item at the top.
- The RSS sidebar gadget cannot be resized.
- Currently, the gadget constantly switches between "news pages".
There should be an option to show only a single page, so that the latest news item is ALWAYS at the top.
- Implement support for resizing.
- Implement option to show only the news items that will fit within the gadget, so that the item at the top is always the lates.
Medium
High
Not fixed
Notes gadget: Not resizable, no support for lists or formatting
- The Notes sidebar gadget cannot be resized.
- No support for lists (bullet point, numbered)
- No support for bold, italiac or underlined text.
I would personally like to use Notes for quick todo lists, but the current limitations (more...)
- Implement support for resizing.
- Implement support for bullet- and numbered lists.
- Add shortcuts to make text bold, italiac and underlined.
Medium
High
Not fixed
Notepad: Allow infinite Undo/Redo.
In notepad, you can undo/redo only the most recent change.
In something as simple as a text editor, there is NO excuse for not allowing the user to undo/redo an infinite number of changes.
Implement infinite undo/redo.
High
High
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).
- (more...)
High
High
Not fixed
Sync Center, and sync in general, is a complete mess
- Offline Files do not always sync correctly, if they sync at all.
- Sync partnership are not always deleted when you deselect "Always Available Offline" on a folder. This results in partherships which are impossible to delete.
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Redesign the entire sync framework and UI... AGAIN, and this time do it properly!
High
High
Not fixed
Internet Explorer: Not possible to drag tabs between windows.
In Internet Explorer, you can not drag a tab from one IE window to another. This can sometimes be an annoyance when doing research.
Allow the user to drag tabs between windows.
Also consider allowing the user to create a shortcut by dragging the tab, just like dragging the icon in the address bar.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Start Menu: Links to Videos, Downloads and Contacts are missing. No way to add custom links.
The links in the right-column of the menu should be more customizable:
- In the Customize Start Menu dialog, there is no option to show Videos, Downloads, or Contacts, even though they are default folders, just like ex. Music.
- There is (more...)
- Allow the user to add links to Videos, Downloads, Contacts, etc.
- Allow the user to add links to any folder.
Consider limiting the this to folders directly within the home folder, in order to preserve some kind of folder hierarchy. Also (more...)
High
High
Not fixed