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Fixed Suggestions shouldn't be 'votable'
Once a suggestion is fixed it shouldn't be 'votable' anymore.
This way it get easier to spot solved problems and filter them out.
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New "shut down menu"
The menu of right arrow in shut down option seems the old Start Menu of Windows XP.
A new and modern pop-up in Windows 7 style (like system tray pop-up). See in the image bellow some suggestions.
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Low
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Start Menu more customizable
No problem, some suggestions only.
The option of disable the WinKey (Start Menu) in full screen will help gamers.
The "Sort" button will give to the user the option of customize the links of Start Menu.
View image in full screen: (more...)
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Boot screen is stretched on almost every display
It is a minor issue but why is the new boot screen still in 4:3? Almost every display out there is 16:9 or 16:10.
Make the new boot screen 16:9 so that it will only be stretched on legacy displays.
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Low
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Help + support & winver boxes adopt new blue aurroa.
This is a small visual change, but in windows 7's help and support and the windows 7 win ver box are lacking a good visual change. In help and support this will match more closly with the microsoft help and support website, whitch has dark blue elements. (more...)
Again, this is just a minor quark, nothing major, but it does make things look a lot nicer and bring more constantcy. (help and support, microsoft help website)
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Windows 7 no longer had the blue aurora.
Create a more user friendly way of creating a task
In Task Scheduler there should be a more userfriendly way to create a task. It should have a Aero style wizard.
To create a task use a Aero style wizard
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High
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Unnecessary
Allow users to make additional "blanks" in taskbar.
If you are using 6956, you should realize that the taskbar has a "blank" after the first three default icons. This blank is to separate icons, at your own preference. I would like to have more "blanks" that I could insert though.
Allow users to insert blanks on the taskbar from the right click context menu.
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[7022] Projector options should back to 7000 style
In the Windows 7 build 7022 the projector options (WinKey + P) was updated. Now the background is a color.
The build 7000 this window uses glass. See image with two builds.
I think that build 7000 style is better and it should (more...)
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Low
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Use the earlier build of the notifiaction area.
To be truthful, I hate the new design of the notification area, where there is glass around it, and it looks horrible in aero basic.
Why can't the old notification area be brought back? It looks much better and it can be made glossy, (more...)
Use the older build of the notification area and add some gloss if it doesn't match.
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Restore Ruler/Status icons in wordpad
The Ruler and Status icons were removed from WordPad, and replaced with checkboxes. Older users see the larger icons better than the small checkboxes
Restore the Ruler and Status Bar icons; under ruler, possibly add a dropdown to change from Imperial to Metric for international users.
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Gadgets Appearing and Disappearing at Random
When I have multiple instances of a gadget running with different settings configurations (specific examples: AccuWeather.com, Top Processes), when I restart Windows it is a crap shoot as to whether all instances of the gadget appear, or only one or two. (more...)
Properly keep track of all instances of a gadget and re-load them when windows is restarted.
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Medium
Rejected
It looks like this IS a problem with the gadget, not a Windows 7 bug. I've contacted the gadget developer, so hopefully it will get fixed (see my post in the comments section).
Give users the ability to permanently delete thier account
Users who have signed up to post on any of the taskforce websites cannot delete thier account.
Since a user’s submissions and comments become a part of the community’s conversation, they can’t be easily removed without causing some sort of disruption. Hence, they should stay. However, the user should be given the option to select which (more...)
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Rejected
More static (idle) animations everywhere!
There will be option to turn off these.
I miss the Longhorn days when idle animations (plain animated backgrounds) ruled! Now in Vista and 7, its gone, for the worst.
Since quite a lot of people have Aero Capable PCs, then they should also (more...)
Where idle animation can be put:
Desktop Wallpaper,
Glass around the window (make it look like the light is moving around, hence different reflections)
Taskbar (at least the notification area or right edge)
Windows (more...)
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Now RTM is out, can we start the taskforce from scratch
I think now that the final version of Windows 7 is done, could we either dump all previous suggestions into an archive, or wipe them and ensure all submissions are from the final build...
Move existing suggestions to an archive, and continue from RTM build only.
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