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Desktop Icons Grid Not Perfectly Spaced
The Desktop is obiviously an important part of the user experience i believe the way it looks is very important. As it is the part of the OS your going to see the most it is annoying when things are spaced correctly it was a problem on longhorn but not (more...)
Solution simple, make spacing better and text sizes when switching from Medium, Large and Classic. Easy enough to solve it can be done.
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Add Toggle option: show thumbnails in 'Details', 'List', 'Small Icons' view mode
in linux gnome desktop environment,
'Details', 'List', 'Small Icons' view mode also show thumbnails.
Includes all picture files, video files, text files, etc...
but Windows can't.
add custom option by user to toggle
show thumbnails in 'Details', 'List', 'Small Icons' view mode
look screenshot:
http://uploads.bizhat.com/view/383070
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Low
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Mouse Icon for Tablet in Devices and Printers
Tablets show up as Mouses with Mouse icon in the Devices and Printers window.
Add "Tablet" category if necessary and create a default icon for tablets.
Low
Low
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Event Viewer has quirky icon
Open the Event Viewer. On the first page you'll see this ugly icon, with that black shadow
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Low
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add object in wordpad has a mix of old and new icons. Revamp entire add object window
As you can see in the screenshot. Whats sad, is this even exists in office 2007!
not only does the icons need updating but so does the window. Paintbrush? paint document? Same thing.
Update the entire box with mordern style and modern icons. Pass this along to the office team and have them update the add object in word. Still has icons that were used in word 97 and before!
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Low
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Games, Control panel and Computer icons are not consistent
All the icons are new - Libraries, Documents, Pictures etc, they have new colors (a bit bleached), so old Vista icons with their colors are not consistent
Medium
Medium
Fixed
wscript.exe doesn't use Aero style
wscript.exe doesn't use Aero style.
Also, what's up with its icon?
Put a manifest file into wscript.exe
Change its icon.
Low
Low
Not fixed
The icon does not automatically move in notificaton area when reordering.
The icon does not automatically move in notificaton area when reordering.
User must look at the line between the icon to move it.
Slide notification icons automatically when reordering. Just like the taskbar buttons.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Toolbar options: User customizable options
Why cant the toolbar be user customizable? You know, being able to chose what we want to be on it, whats not and where? Like "new folder" "copy" "paste, "e-mail" etc. We cant, we must be tied down to to what YOU want (more...)
If you want Windows 7 to succeed, then do this. Make it BETTER then vista. Vista, we were tied down with the UI, windows 7, has some what changed that with the taskbar (thank god) themes, and a few more. take it to the next level with something we all (more...)
High
High
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The WMP12 arrows are disgraceful
Look at them, they dont even move to face down like they should do when you click them...
If you cant be bothered to make new ones, use the windows default ones.
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Low
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Disk Management's Shrink Space has an old icon
On Disk Management, when you shrink a volume, you will be presented with an old icon. (mmcndmgr.dll)
Also, why there's no Cancel button?
Replace that icon. Or replace it with a progress bar.
Add a Cancel button.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Dynamic Icons using badges, not animation, in taskbar.
A suggestion:
If you have read Long Zheng's istartedsomething.com, you would have seen that icon can display progress bars (a wonder) and other things.
I suggest that things go one step further, and allow icons to show statuses/numbers etc. in the taskbar, esp. since there's much more space for it.
For example,
Explorer: Paste Finish...
WMP: Current status (playing/paused)
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Low
Medium
Fixed
Already implemented
Redesign Windows Mobility Center
It's ugly, looks visually unfinished.
Redesign it.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
But here is my proposal of how it could look like:
Old UI style when closing language bar + missing Icon
When closing the language bar by right click -> "close the language bar" a nasty old dialog pop up and there is no programm icon
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Low
Not fixed
Taskbar folder toolbars look and glitch
Create a toolbar in the taskbar from a folder (right click the taskbar> toolbars> Desktop for example), then unlock the taskbar and drag the toolbar to the Start button side and pull the regular taskbar iconc as close as you can towards the Start (more...)
It should be replaced with a folder icon or an icon of your choosing featuring an arrow in keeping with the look of the new taskbar.
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