Aero Taskforce

To Sleep or not to sleep

Submitted by applejax on June 13, 2008 to Bug, Usability

Problem: Even though the Put the computer to sleep option is set to never in basic power properties, it still shows a Sleep after time in advanced settings.

Solution: If the computer is set to never sleep, it should reflect this in advanced properties as well as in basic properties.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Profile and Special Folders limitation

Submitted by applejax on June 12, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Currently, you can redirect special folders such as My Pictures and My Documents rather easily, but you cannot simply redirect the entire User folder.

Solution: Allow the entire User folder to easily be redirected.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Start Menu size limitations

Submitted by applejax on June 12, 2008 to Annoyance

Problem: When customizing the Start Menu, the menu will hit a limit of how "short" it will get. This leaves a lot of wasted space.

Solution: Allow the Start Menu to size itself appropriately based on options selected.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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Selection in columns too wide

Submitted by applejax on June 12, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Most notable when viewing an Explorer window in a smaller icon view that spans icons across multiple columns, there is no "dead space" in between columns when attempting to select a group of icons. This makes it extremely difficult to drag (more...)

Solution: Highlight the icon and name only, not the whole column, upon selection.

Severity: High

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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Maximize, Minimize, ICONIFY

Submitted by applejax on June 12, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: There is no good way to monitor the progress of multiple running applications in real-time.

Solution: A window should be able to be "iconified". Rather than minimizing to the taskbar, the window would resize itself to a small, live state.

Think of being able to detach the taskbar thumbnail previews and move them around the (more...)

Severity: High

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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Taskbar clutter

Submitted by applejax on June 12, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Problem: All programs minimize to the taskbar. Having a lot of programs leads to inefficiency when many buttons need to be scanned.

Solution: Offer a minimze to system tray option. Perhaps a left click on the minimize button minimizes to taskbar, while a right click on the minimize button minimzes to the system tray.

This would be very useful for programs you want to leave (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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Flip 3D Window Selection

Submitted by applejax on June 12, 2008 to Usability

Problem: Currently, you have to scroll through every window that appears before the one you want to select in the pile.

Solution: When Flip3D is invoked, you should be able to select a window in the stack by clicking on it.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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