Windows 7 Taskforce

Gadget Lock

Submitted by DannyStrong on June 7, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: After placing gadgets, it is possible to accidentally move them.

Solution: When you right click on the taskbar you can choose "lock the taskbar" This should also lock the gadgets so that the little black "menu" on the right side won't appear when you mouse over, as well as make it so the gadgets can't (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

Gadget padding

Submitted by DannyStrong on June 7, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance

Problem: This might be somewhat the fault of the gadget developers, but it would be nice to somehow enforce certain gadget padding, for instance when I dock my 3 gadgets to the lower right hand of my screen, the first 2 line up perfectly, but the 3rd doesn't (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

More taskbar combining options.

Submitted by DannyStrong on June 7, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Icons, Usability

Problem: I really like the "pinning" idea with windows 7. Though I wish we were given more customization on the dynamics of the icons.

For instance. I like to pin my web browser to my taskbar to have easy access, I have dual monitors so (more...)

Solution: Allow me to specify certain parameters to each of my pinned applications. For instance I would tell my pinned WMP icon to always be "combined" (only show the icon), but my web browser application would be set to "combine as needed". (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed