Most recent submissions by user "brian.shapiro"
Registered since: June 3, 2008
Character Map with shortcut keys / improved UX
Windows Character Map has for a long time retained the same UX and functionality, while Office's Insert Symbol has expanded to include assigning shortcut keys (including default keystrokes for accented characters), opening the IME pad, and providing (more...)
Replace Character Map to match or exceed the UX and functionality in the Insert Symbol dialog found in Microsoft Office.
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*Other submissions (472, 657) separately include calls for OS-wide shortcuts (more...)
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High
Not fixed
Refresh Toolbar
You can make saved search folders toolbars like with regular folders, but there's a UI quirk:--- you have a bizarre design where the search refreshes when you click the expander, and only when you click the expander. The expander is only sometimes (more...)
The simplest solution is to add "Refresh Toolbar" to the context menu. There are other solutions too, including removing saved search toolbars altogether, or just removing the refresh of the search on clicking the expander. In any case, the (more...)
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Low
Not fixed
Address Toolbar
Arrow on address toolbar is misaligned, does not appear as centered.
Fix appearance.
Low
Low
Fixed
Drag-and-drop Breadcrumb Bar
You're unable to drag files to folders listed on the breadcrumb bar, and unable to drag folders off the breadcrumb bar. This limits the use of the breadcrumb bar in accessing folders in the same hierarchy, adding this feature would give great convenience (more...)
Allow full drag-and-drop capability on breadcrumb bar.
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Low
Not fixed
Address Drop-down
When you open the address drop-down in Windows Explorer (or File Dialogs), most of items you'll see will be website URLs that were opened in Internet Explorer. This is a legacy feature from when Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer were integrated. (more...)
Make the address lists application specific; allow Windows Explorer to launch Internet Explorer and vice versa (to allow users the same flexibility), but limit the paths shown to those opened in that particular application.
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Low
Not fixed
Font Details
File Properties for OTF or TTF files doesn't show relevant information under Details, such as Font Family Name and Font Subfamily Name. These are accessible through a www.microsoft.com/typography download, 'Font properties extension'. However, (more...)
At least add Font Family Name and Font Subfamily Name to the Details tab of Properties. Give the user the ability to add these columns when viewing the Fonts folder in Windows Explorer.
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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.
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Low
Not 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.
Low
Low
Fixed
Grayed out text labels
Grayed out text labels are not anti-aliased.
Anti-alias grayed out text labels.
Low
Low
Not 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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Low
Fixed