Most recent submissions by user "broccauley"
Registered since: May 10, 2009
Pointless warning when deleting .exe files in Windows Explorer using the "Organize" menu
- Select an unsigned *.exe file to delete in Windows Explorer.
- Click on the Organize menu and choose delete
- A pointless window titled "Open File - Security Warning" will appear telling you that "The publisher could not (more...)
- Remove this pointless warning. It doesn't appear if you press the delete key on your keyboard, nor if you right-click to delete.
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Save As... Dialog should not initially highlight the file extension when displaying a suggested file name
I like the new feature in Win7 where in Windows Explorer/desktop (with file extensions visible) you can rename a file and it initially won't automatically select the file extension part of the file name. If you still want to rename the extension, (more...)
Extend this functionality into the Save As... dialog when so that the extension is not initially highlighted - then you can just type to rename the file without having to worry about changing the extension. (you can of course, still rename the extension (more...)
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an extra sort option to sort suggestions by positive votes only
a suggestion can have +50 votes and -51 votes but yet remain buried. not all votes are equal as some users may misunderstand the issue, complexity or potential of an idea.
add an extra sort option as in the title. the current sort method should, however, still remain the default.
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Enhance the "show desktop" button into an elegant mouse-driven window switcher
The "Show desktop" button occupies a prime piece of real-estate on your screen. The lower-right corner of your screen is one of the most easy to reach points on the screen with a mouse. Couldn't this button be made to do something more (more...)
See first mock-up image. Still keep the show desktop functionality (by a long single-click to show the desktop), but allow a hover/short single-click on this icon to show live previews of all open windows and allow aero peek. The desktop itself would (more...)
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Allow user to dynamically rescale the aero peek live previews
sometimes the live previews are not useful as they are too small to distinguish between windows.
allow the live previews to be dynamically be resized by the user by , for example, rolling their mouse wheel when hovering over them. They could then be made as large as you want and would not have to be arranged linearly when large - this would give (more...)
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Better use of "Fitt's Law" in Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer Back buttons.
You can read about Fitt's Law here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/22/711808.aspx
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Make the back button also active at the extreme left edge of a Windows Explorer/Internet Explorer window!
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Allow Windows Explorer Favourites to be Expanded with Triangle in Left-hand Pane
In the left-hand pane of Windows Explorer you can expand the folders under Libraries/Computer etc. to see sub-folders. You cannot do this with folders in the Favourites.
Allow Favourties to also be expanded to show sub-folders in the left-hand Windows Explorer pane.
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Often Windows Explorer doesn't refresh the file listing after file operations
Windows Explorer often does not refresh the file listing after a file delete/rename/edit/move etc. operation.
In 7100 it happened most recently to me when deleting audio files from an external USB drive and viewing in details view in one (more...)
Refresh properly after file operations like Windows XP and every other Windows version could do!!
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High
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Allow user to optionally make "HomeGroup" less prominent
In Windows Explorer there is a persistent 'HomeGroup' icon taking up valuable space in the left-hand pane of Windows Explorer. I do not use this feature, nor do I intend to use it (see no difference between this and a standard network, plus (more...)
Allow the HomeGroup icon to be optionally hidden or removed by the user.
If removed, then allow it to be removed completely by the user in control panel (like Internet Explorer).
It should perhaps also be categorised under 'Network' (more...)
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Taskbar program name tooltips should be instantaneous
The 7 taskbar removes program text labels by default, showing only icons. For non-running programs you can get the name of the program by hovering over, but there is a pause. For new users, or for an unfamiliar program to experienced users with an obscure (more...)
On the MacOS X dock the tooltip appears instantly, allowing the user to easily decipher what program a particular icon represents.
Make the tooltips appear instantaneously by default. (I know you can perform a registry hack to change this, (more...)
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Medium
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Undo and Redo options in Windows Explorer should tell you what you are undoing and redoing
Often I want to undo an action in Windows Explorer, but have no idea what the last actions performed in Windows Explorer were.
Inform the user what the undo/redo action will be (like in Microsoft Office). e.g. hovering over 'Undo' will give a tooltip telling you 'Undo Move File', 'Undo Rename File', etc. There should also be a drop-down triangle (more...)
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Admin to Group suggestions into different/more UI categories
There are an overwhelming number of suggestions. Microsoft is also a big company and individual teams within Microsoft most probably only work on a specific part of the UI.
The categories listed when you submit a suggestion are not sufficient (more...)
An admin (Long etc.) should be able to tag suggestions into an appropriate category. For example many suggestions here could be grouped into the category 'taskbar' and others into the category 'window management', etc.
These (more...)
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Update/Enhance the Windows 3.1 era menu in the top-left of every Window / update the "Ribbon" GUI
Clicking on the icon in the top-left of every window produces a seldom used menu, whose sole purpose is to be familiar to Windows 3.1 users. It made sense to do this in 1995, but in 2009 it's time to move on...
In the "Ribbon (more...)
I really think that Windows 8 should update the window-icon menu in the top-left of every window to be more functional than at present - i.e. it should take place of the blue menu button (the "application menu anchor") from the "Ribbon" (more...)
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Medium
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Bring back the XP dynamic Notification Area behaviour as an *option*
I preferred the way the Notification area in XP/Vista would dynamically resize based on a combination of the use of the icons and your settings. I also preferred the arrow pointing left/right rather than the one that points upwards.
Have an option to bring back the XP behaviour. Perhaps a checkbox called "Dynamic Notification Area sizing"
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Medium
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Allow the user to set the Notification Area default behaviour
The notification area by default will set the behaviour for any new unknown program to "Only show notifications".
This is annoying for me as I would like to be able to set all new unknown programs to "Show icons and notifications", (more...)
Allow the user to set the default behaviour for the notification area!!
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