Windows 7 Taskforce

Problem with wizards

Submitted by .Chris on January 20, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Bug, Icons

Problem: When wizzards are in full screen, the title bar's text over laps the icon. The text also does not have any glow.

Solution: Either dont alow wizards to be full screen or fix it.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Retain generic windows icon type when default program has changed.

Submitted by hoopla_punta on November 28, 2008 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: When I set WinLivePhotoGallery to be the default for opening my pictures. It changed all the generic icon type to a WLPG icon. If you have noticed, there are different icons for .jpg .png .bmp and .gif. Open "save as in paint" and you'll (more...)

Solution: Get the defaulted programs "RealPlayer, WLPG, VLC, etc..." to adopt the Windows Generic Icons for different formats if possible.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(5 comments)

"Launching Application" uses old XP animation

Submitted by mynamesux_lol on July 12, 2009 to Annoyance, Icons, Legacy

Problem: Launching Application dialog box uses old xp animation

Solution: update it with a more.. windows "7" look

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Wide vertical taskbar = wide buttons and same tiny multiple windows notches. No columns of buttons?

Submitted by pepperammi on May 22, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Usability

Problem: If you opt to use the taskbar vertically and try making it wider thinking it'll give you a double (or more) column of buttons and fit more on it doesn't work. Your buttons just get wider and might as well have tags/labels enabled.
Neither (more...)

Solution: Either option would be nice. Go to columns if set not to show labels or an option in the preferences for users to switch, or big buttons with proportionally larger notches. If large enough on larger taskbar could then be used themselves instead of using (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Application has stopped working icon looks bad in 120dpi

Submitted by jonathanmarston on March 17, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: A minor gripe, but it should be fixed: The application has stopped working icon looks bad in 120dpi

Solution: Create a higher resolution icon

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Little Messenger reminder friend is from long long ago...

Submitted by hoopla_punta on January 15, 2009 to Icons, Legacy

Problem: see the pic. update with new Messenger icon.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(4 comments)

[FIXED] Some Control Panel icons use old (four colours) UAC icon

Submitted by HinoMusouka on January 11, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: It's not quite a legacy (maybe from Vista) but 3 icons, as you can see on the picture, use old UAC shield icon.

Solution: Introduce current shield icon.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

(2 comments)

Shortcut icon a little grainy in extra large.

Submitted by hoopla_punta on December 18, 2008 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: See screenie, it is when an icon is extra large.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Tighten up the positioning of icons in the System Tray

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

Problem: The System Tray (sorry - "notification area") of Windows 7 needs some aesthetic work. The displaying of icons is really kind of haphazard.

In Windows XP, icons were displayed in a nice little grid with even spacing, presenting (more...)

Solution: Tighten up the spacing of icons in the tray.

Remove the "under-arrow" tray feature, as it is redundant with the mouse cursor.

And replace the "More Icons" drop-down icon with a right-click tray option.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(2 comments)

This is a great app- but why the rubbish UI? (IEExpress)

Submitted by patternjake on May 31, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: Theres a few times Ive used this app to package things for the web. Its actually quite useful in some cases. However, its completely out of style with Win7.

Solution: Update it so its a modern Aero Wizard interface
-or at least update the fonts and resources to make it look more modern.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Internet Explorer's Work Offline feature has some old resources

Submitted by nyp on May 23, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons, Legacy

Problem: When you Work Offline in Internet Explorer...
* Web pages that are unavailable will have an old-styled cursor
* The status bar features an outdated icon
* Clicking on an unavailable web page will make a dialog that lacks main instructions (more...)

Solution: Update the cursor, icon and dialog.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

"Phone and Modem" control panel applet uses legacy elements

Submitted by Indrek on February 25, 2009 to Icons, Legacy

Problem: The "Phone and Modem" control panel applet uses non-Aero UI elements (mostly icons and radio buttons. See screenshot for a few examples.

Full-size screenshot:
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Solution: Update the dialogs to use Aero.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

"WMI Control" progress bar features an old icon and design

Submitted by nyp on May 21, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: Computer Management > Services and Applications > right-click on WMI Control > Properties
An old icon and dialog appears.

Solution: Style it like the second one in the image.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

Disabling network connection displays crappy icon

Submitted by nyp on March 17, 2009 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: Disable your network connection (good luck finding it, okay, I'll tell you, "Network and Sharing Center", "Change adapter settings") and then click on the bottom-right network icon. You'll see a very crappy icon.

Solution: Change it.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(2 comments)

"Insert Smart Card" dialog uses legacy icons

Submitted by Indrek on February 26, 2009 to Icons, Legacy

Problem: Title and screenshot say it all.

Solution: Update the old Win9x/2k era icon to the new Aero one.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)