Most recent submissions by user "blueduck12"
Registered since: April 20, 2009
A quick and simple way to change the Start Menu size
i think its a bit ridiculous that i have to go to the settings just to resize the start menu,
where as with a window i can just grab a side or corner
and many new users haven't realized that you can change change the size
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provide a similar resizing method to resizing windows
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minimizing and previewing sticky notes
it would be nice to be able to tuck away notes (all or individual notes) where they wont obsure desktop space as well as keeping it easy to view them
(its explained in the image)
this idea was adapted from: http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/3689#comment
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Aero peek should outline non-aero windows
windows that do not use aero aern't shown during aero peek
its just a consistency thing
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The side pane should disappear in small windows
in any control panel option, when the window is small the side pane still appears and blocks out some of the content
minimize the side pane when the window is too small
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adjustable wallpaper cropping
i wish i didn't have to open the image i want as a wallpaper in an image editor just to crop it
make it available to scale and rotate the image desired to be the wallpaper in the personalization options
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toolbars or toolboxes? in Internet Explorer
toolbars in IE are a usefull feature
But
- they can take up too much space
- they can look ugly
- having multiple toolbars has a crowded look
- having multiple toolbars can look confusing to some people
- (more...)
what if you could keep these tools in a box, a box like the one seen in webslices
with this design
- the look of the browser can be simplified
- toolbars can be minimized and access back to those tools are easy (if you don't (more...)
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use the Zune HD's artist info's style as a WMP visualization
have you seen how the zune HD executes artist info - its awesome, soo awesome it should have been part of WMP as a visualization
e.g. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YPwyGpyuOA
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minimising from the taskbar
(this submission looks at the taskbar when its always combines the windows)
in windows vista you could minimise a window from the taskbar by first selecting the window (what ever way to select) and then clicking its taskbar button to minimise
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allow similar behaviour by selecting the window thumbnail to select the window and keeping the thumbnail open to click again to minimise - or just a double clicking solution
with IE8 it should just minimise the window the tab is contained (more...)
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Majong Titians dropping noise
(RTM 64bit)
In Majong titians the dropping effect of the tiles creates a noise. In windows vista the noise sounds in line with the effect. In windows 7 the noise is not as fluid or as snappy.
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show all live previews at once
Note: this submission had surgery!
sometimes you don't recall windows by their application, rather by their content.
my solution shows all window previews at once, this is similar to gliding your cursor along the taskbar in Vista to get the previews. you can also quicly peek all your windows if your looking for finer detail or comparing information between windows that (more...)
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Window frames (or boxes)
if you have a large monitor it would be nice if it was easy to organise several windows in a way that you can see them all
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languages should be available across all editions
the 35 languages available shouldn't be just confined to windows ultimate,
i know i'll never use another language other than English in windows but the option to change languages should be available to everyone, what is the point of even (more...)
enable extra language downloads across all editions
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Report abuse
You should be able to report or flag a suggestion for abuse
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Report suggestion link should be made,
you must make a report statement
Advantages
- be able to gain insight into why the suggestion is abusive (for moderator)
- 'stupid' or 'spam' (whatever is off (more...)
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Will fix
This is on the to-do list.
Customize the command bar - a drag 'n' drop solution
The command bar doesn't let me customize the commands that go onto the command bar
i'm not sure but i think you could do something like this in windows XP and earlier, where they were toolbars which you could move and re-arange (more...)
allow custom commands to be placed on the command bar
- use a drag and drop interface like in Firefox
- adjust how many rows you want (keep the number of rows limited)
- also be able to change what commands appear when focusing a (more...)
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Instant On Solution
Have you ever wanted to read a note or document on your computer but your computer was off, and you had to wait for your computer to turn on JUST to read that note or document . Sure Windows 7 loads up pretty quick, but for just one simple task nothing (more...)
Introduce an Instant on Solution by either:
- allowing Windows Sideshow to function on a regular monitor (like this will ever happen)
- introducing a lightweight secondary OS to be loaded when the user commands it during startup (more...)
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