Windows 7 Taskforce

keybindings and scancodes and mouse reactions

Submitted by seoman on January 16, 2010 to Usability

Problem: Since most keyboard and Mouse drivers are crappy i'm desperatly in need of an input device behaviour editor.

All input devices report their actions to the system so how come I cannot control how the system reacts to that input.
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Solution: Build a system keybinding/mouse button editor wich does understand the diffence between a 5 button mouse and a mousepad and keeps track of their settings.

That way i don't have to fight the system with several half working device drivers (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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Save/Open Dialogs: Hide Folders should keep the window close to an edge

Submitted by dbkk101 on November 14, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Repro steps:
1. Open a Save As dialog (anywhere, but a browser is easy)
2. Move it to the bottom right edge of the screen, as in screenshot.
3. Press "Hide Folders". Note: if folders are already hidden, click "Browse (more...)

Solution: When "Hide Folders" is clicked, if the window is at or near the bottom edge, move it down after adjusting the height.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Differentiate between icons in the superbar that are pinned and those that are not

Submitted by indianuser on October 24, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Usability

Problem: Differentiating between icons in the superbar which are pinned and open from those which are not pinned but open is inconvenient. The only way is by right clicking the icon. If the menu asks whether you want to pin the item then that means it is not pinned (more...)

Solution: Just like there is a white visual cue on the upper left side of the icon to differentiate whether the icon is open or not another color visual cue could be added to the bottom right indicating whether the icon is pinned or not.This would divide icons (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

Bring back option to show folder path in title of Explorer window

Submitted by sfsdfd on June 27, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Problem: The Explorer window and the Internet Explorer window have a big UI inconsistency. Consider the image below.

Windows Vista nuked the option of displaying the folder path in the Explorer window title. I never understood why Microsoft did (more...)

Solution: Create an option in the Properties section of Explorer to display the folder path in the title bar, and respect the user's preferences.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

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Option to turn off new command bar in Explorer

Submitted by sfsdfd on June 27, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Let's consider the current Explorer interface (see image below.)

At the top, we have a fairly meaty title bar... which is blank. Windows 95 through XP allowed us to show current path up there, but I guess this didn't fit with (more...)

Solution: Add an option to hide the command bar in the Explorer interface.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

Is the menu in windows explorer nessecary?

Submitted by patternjake on May 31, 2009 to Usability

Problem: All- if not almost all options in Windows explorer is exposed through the control panel or the buttons on the toolbar, so its the menu really nesscary? Half the time people wont know to press ALT etc.

Solution: Remove it, its pretty bare bones.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Glass CMD

Submitted by Kalzenith on May 5, 2009 to Aesthetics

Problem: it serves no real purpose, but if microsoft were to make the command prompt have a glassy background, it would make it seem less like a system application, more polished and happy.

im just submitting someone else's idea i came across (more...)

Solution: make the command prompt shiny

Severity: Low

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

Aero Next Taskforce needed

Submitted by Neville on April 16, 2009 to Website suggestions

Problem: Windows 7 is feature complete. Effectively nothing except Bugs and Aesthetics will be fixed between now and RTM.

Solution: Create an Aero Next Taskforce for submissions that alter the look or behaviour of Windows. Refocus Aero(renamed as Vista?) and Win7 Taskforces on bugs and aesthetics.
Split Aqua taskforce in same way.
Make Link to the Taskforce sister sites (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

Add more shortcuts with image in the start menu

Submitted by DEXTER on April 10, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Usability

Problem: One could add more shortcuts with image in the start menu and save mouse clicks? The truth is that it would be much more comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. Windows Vista does not think about it.

Thank you for your attention.
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Severity: Low

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed