Most recent submissions by user "Indrek"
Registered since: February 5, 2009
Opening items in Device Stage functions like Explorer
Currently, Device Stage functions like Windows Explorer - items need to be double-clicked to open them, and you have those selection checkboxes, which by the way are useless (you cannot select more than one item, and even if you could, there's nothing (more...)
Make it function like Control Panel - the selection rectangle is applied on mouseover, and the titles function like links, ie. click once to open.
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In IE's "Add a Favourite" dialog box, Ctrl+Backspace produces weird symbols
Just like the title says. Press Ctrl+D in IE to open the "Add a Favourite" dialog (or open it from the Favourites bar) and press Ctrl+Backspace. Witness it produce the rectangle symbol that's usually shown when the codepage used doesn't (more...)
Fix it.
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When moving a file, Windows doesn't check if it's in use until the end of the operation
Like the title says, if you ask Windows to move a file, it'll happily oblige, even if the file is in use. The reason for this, as I understand it, is that Windows first copies the file over to the destination, and then tries to delete it from the (more...)
Check to see if the file is in use *before* starting to move it, and if it is, alert the user.
Alternatively, upon showing the message that the file is in use, allow the user to say "OK, let's just copy it instead". Should (more...)
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Javascript errors
There's a few Javascript errors on the site that prevent some things like voting on a submission, editing a comment or unsubscribing from email notifications from working.
Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (more...)
Fix it.
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As a workaround, either disable InPrivate Filtering or set it to the "Choose..." setting, then allow "jquery.min.js" from googleapis.com.
IE doesn't properly resample images when scaled a second time
Okay, this one's a bit hard to sum up in a few sentences, so I'll just list the steps to reproduce:
1) in IE, open an image that's too large to be displayed in the browser window (so it'll be scaled). Like this:
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Properly resample images every time they're scaled.
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Sending file via infrared - legacy icons and graphics
When sending a file via infrared, the progress dialog features old graphics and animation. It also doesn't seem to be able to display the name of the connected device. See screenshot below.
Also, the tray icon is old, as is the icon in the (more...)
Fix it, if only for the sake of the 15 people who still use infrared and haven't switched to something more modern like Bluetooth.
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Typo in Confirm Toolbar Close dialog
The Confirm Toolbar Close dialog says "To add a toolbar to your desktop..."
Funny, I never knew I could add toolbars to the desktop. Taskbar, yes, and I think that's what this dialog means to say.
Fix the typo.
Also, it doesn't quite follow the Aero guidelines. The main instructions should be in large (I forget what the exact size is) blue Segoe UI and present a question to the user. For instance, "Are you sure you want (more...)
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Desktop background not restored after activation when grace period has expired
When the grace period for activating Windows expires, Windows changes the desktop background to black. When the user subsequently activates Windows, the wallpaper isn't restored.
Restore the wallpaper after successful activation.
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WinSAT: show changes after re-running benchmark
WinSAT can alert you if you need to re-run the benchmark due to hardware (or often, driver) changes, but there's no way of directly seeing if the scores actually changed as well. Seeing that information would help decide whether or not a particular (more...)
Let the user view the previous WinSAT score after re-running benchmark.
Better yet, keep a history of previous scores and allow the user to browse them.
Also, it'd be cool if Windows could show the exact changes that (more...)
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IE view source - add F3 hotkey for "Find next"
In text editors as well as many other apps, F3 is pretty much the universal hotkey for jumping to the next search result. It even works in Notepad and regedit.
Add the F3 hotkey to the IE source viewer. If a search term has not yet been entered, have it act like Ctrl+F (ie. open the Find dialog).
For bonus points, add Shift+F3 for "Find previous".
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Individual defragmentation schedules for different partitions/drives
The ability to set the schedule for defragmentation is nice, but unfortunately it applies to all drives. This might be fine for people who just have one large C: drive, but for more advanced partition layouts it's not sufficient.
Drives (more...)
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WMP - provide detailed status when updating library
Occasionally I find WMP hacking away at my hard drive, claiming to be updating the media library. I'd like to be able to find out why it's doing that, especially since to the best of my knowledge the library hasn't changed since the last (more...)
When WMP is updating the library, the status message should be clickable and provide a detailed report on what is going on:
- list of files that have been, are being, or will be updated
- details on what was/is changed for each file (added (more...)
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Make use of built-in temperature sensors
Windows 7 supposedly has a nice sensor framework, which already works with stuff like fingerprint sensors, ambient light sensors, accelerometers etc. But how about also using it to support the temperature sensors that most modern motherboards, CPUs, GPUs (more...)
Add support for built-in temperature sensors, and allow the readings to be monitored in real-time. For extra cool points, expose the data through the gadget API.
Some other ideas:
- keep logs and allow users to view past temperatures (more...)
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Calling Card dialog has legacy icon
Title and screenshot say it all.
Update. Or if this feature is no longer needed, remove it entirely.
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Jump list recent items fail to update after display language is changed
As the title says, recent items in jump lists that were opened with display language A remain in that language even after switching to display language B.
For example, I switched Windows to Estonian and opened a few Control Panel items. (more...)
Fix.
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