Most recent submissions by user "hami1car"
Registered since: June 7, 2008
Add a keyboard shortcut to create a new folder to explorer
Creating a new folder is an extremely common task for power users. It's annoying to have to go to a menu to do this. A keyboard shortcut would solve this.
Might I recommend CTRL-SHIFT N? That would be peachy.
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Improved Preview Pane
In windows vista, far too many formats aren't displayed in the preview pane, and the overall presentation is drab.
This is a place where Explorer and Win7 can shine.
(I don't have the beta, so if some of this has (more...)
1. MOST IMPORTANT. More preview handlers out of the box. MS needs to step up and do this, because with Vista it's clear that the partners aren't going to. My suggestion, focus on doc types that benefit most from the preview pane, i.e. graphics (more...)
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Fix DOS looking screens in the Windows Installation, Boot Options, CHKDSK, etc.
It's 2008. Why am I looking at stuff that could have been put together on a IBM PCjr? The file loading screen is one of the first things you see when you install Windows, and it's terrible. OOBE? And, god forbid something goes wrong with Windows...you're (more...)
Look, I'm sure this is hard to fix, but I guarantee if any engineer tried to tell Steve Jobs OSX had to look like this, there would have had a short elevator ride in his future. It's fixable, and that's the level of commitment MS needs (more...)
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Replace Windows Basic Theme with Non-Aero theme from Windows Live
Basic is ugly. I know it was designed to punish people for buying Windows Basic, but it needs to go, because I didn't buy Basic, but I see this theme too much anyway.
A. The press often uses virtualization, and so many of the screenshots (more...)
Just use the theme that the Live apps use in XP, or something similar. Google chrome does a decent job too. It works without Aero, but actually looks a little like Aero. That's consistency.
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