Windows 7 Taskforce

Run window should have "Run as administrator" checkbox

Submitted by AllUltima on February 14, 2010 to Annoyance, Legacy, Usability

Problem: "Run" used to be the "quick and dirty" way to run stuff FAST (i.e. I could Run cmd and get a command prompt). But under UAC I typically need an ELEVATED command prompt, which requires me to find/make an elevated shortcut for. If it (more...)

Solution: Add "Run as Administrator" in the Run Window under the Open: [path] combo-box. Require the user to manually toggle the box for security reasons consistent with UAC.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(12 comments)

Open With...

Submitted by bernard on February 18, 2010 to Legacy

Problem: Although Microsoft tried hard to get rid of plenty of legacy UI components in Windows 7, it did miss a few. This one comes up when you try to open a file extension that Windows does not recognize. Usually, selecting the "Use the Web..." option (more...)

Solution: One of two solutions:
1. Aero-ize this dialog box, giving it the nice, big-button layouts that you see across other areas in Windows 7 (e.g. Aero Wizards, file transfer conflicts, etc.)
2. Nix the dialog box completely and take me straight (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(8 comments)

IExpress wizard problem

Submitted by formula_86 on February 11, 2010 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: The IExpress wizard for creating self-extracting packages has a problem.

From the screenshot, you can see a problem:

The icon in the taskbar is low resolution.

Solution: I recommend doing the following:

Make the cabinet icon higher resolution to match the Aero Wizard guidelines.

Or failing that, just dump the program entirely.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(5 comments)

Boring looking Scanner properties dialog

Submitted by formula_86 on February 10, 2010 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: When I go to Devices & Printers, select my all-in-one printer, then go to view the scanner properties, the scanner icon in the resulting dialog box after clicking the link is Windows XP style and the dialog is rather boring to look at.

Solution: Update the icon, and perhaps integrate the scanner properties page into Windows Explorer.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Redesign the 'No disc' error to fit in with the Aero UI

Submitted by formula_86 on March 10, 2010 to Aesthetics, Legacy

Problem: Inspiration came from this: http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/3846

The 'No disc' error message design (more...)

Solution: Do whats suggested above.

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(5 comments)

Translation error [FR]

Submitted by n49o7 on February 15, 2010 to Legacy

Problem: Found in the help section of the indexing options (under "Can I index my whole computer?")

Solution: "effectuer" should be "effectuez"

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Wrong column name in "What's printing"

Submitted by n49o7 on March 3, 2010 to Legacy

Problem: Column "Port" should be named "Adress", or is it just a glitch in the french translation? "Port" only makes sense if the printer is connected directly to your computer, but not if it's on a network. "Adress" (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Construct whole new UI design, vector icon package and programming API etc for Windows 7

Submitted by formula_86 on February 17, 2010 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy, Usability

Problem: As nice and pretty though Windows 7 is with its scalable vector based icons, Aero UI,WPF apis etc etc, lets face it: its based on a vintage win32 API which was cool and awesome in 1995, but because its now 15 years since, its time for a change methinks.

Solution: Reconstruct Windows 7 in whole new ways as suggested in the title.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(8 comments)