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It's Time: Unified Control Panel
UPDATE 6/22/2010: Re-uploaded all of the concept images. Sorry!
I think the largest issue in terms of usability with the Windows operating system to date is the lack of a central unified control panel. While the OS does have a fairly large (more...)
Merge everything, all properties, options, tasks, EVERYTHING into the control panel.
Please see the mockups I have created here: http://davidswebserver.com/ControlPanelConcepts/
High
High
Not fixed
Pie charts shown in the general tab of hard drive proprieties dialog box need redesign
The charts showing the busy and free space of hard disks are visually old.
Redesign the charts.
High
Medium
Not fixed
Tooltip for Close/Minimise/Maximise uses XP style
Incredibly, the tooltips for these buttons STILL haven't been updated from the old XP style.
Use the standard tooltip style.
High
Low
Not fixed
Redesign the IE downloader to use Aero File Operation animation and styling
Copying, Renaming, Tagging, Deleting, and Moving files in Vista/7 all use a common window styling. The only File Operation that doesn't use this styling is Downloading.
Update the window to use the same styling as the other File Operations.
Here's a mockup to give an idea of what I mean. (Vote on suggestion not my not so good mockup!)
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Medium
Medium
Fixed
Changed in Internet Explorer 9, for better or worse...
Correct all legacy and/or inconcistant windows to use aero styling rules
A lot of windows still use legacy colors. There's not much to explain, here are two examples:
- the background color is gray in "Virtual Memory" and in "Performance Options" it's almost white)
- the create new (more...)
Use consistant colors throughout whole Windows
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Low
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Get Rid of Unneeded Tabs
There are tons of preferences and customization windows and such that have been split apart from other preferences windows, but still contain the tab bar at the top, even though only one tab remains.
Related Suggestion: (more...)
These tabs should be removed.
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Low
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.reg files icon is very outdated, looks like Windows 95
The icon for .reg files is looking like the one that came with Windows 95.
Make a new 256x256 icon.
Medium
Low
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Old "browse virtual disk files" dialog
When browsing for a vhd-file you want to attach to windows 7 the classic file search dialog is shown
use the new and modern file dialog
Low
Low
Fixed
Why is there so much unused whitespace in the Update Driver Software Wizard?
There is all this empty unused space in the Update Driver Software Wizard and we're given such a small and annoying to navigate area to find the actual drivers!!! Why!?!?
Make those boxes wider and taller, the window should maybe be bigger also, I'd like to be able to view at least 7 rows at a time, 10 would be nice but I'll be take 7 rows.
Medium
Medium
Fixed
Legacy Recovery Icon
Nasty, NASTY legacy recovery XP-esque icon. Stands out like a sore thumb.
Change the Icon.
Low
Low
Fixed
UI Inconsistency in Wordpad
Ruler in wordpad is ugly and old, and doesn't fit in with the rest of the ribbon. Also, the gray and the white don't change along with the controls so it's confusing for the user.
Make the ruler fit in with the rest of the UI.
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Medium
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Legacy FTP "Log On As" Screen
When logging into an FTP directory through Explorer, the Log On As screen is entirely outdated. The icons appear to be from the Windows 98 era and the color scheme does not match the newer Aero styling.
Update the icons and the window color scheme.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Default Windows Media Player skin is from WMP8
The default Windows Media Player skin for Skin Mode looks like it's from WMP8. Skin Mode itself seems like a relic.
Change the default to "Revert" or dump Skin Mode altogether. Now Playing mode seems to accomplish the same task, making the player smaller and showing a visualization/album art.
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Low
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