Aero Taskforce

[Time] The more clocks, the more setting modes

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:56:11 CEST

Problem: Note -- it isn't a problem with only Windows, it's a problem with almost every clock.

Windows for PCs has a dialog box where you can set time and date. No unwanted questions like „Save changes?”. <- OK

Windows (more...)
Solution: Microsoft can't fix the problem with my little clock, but please remove this unwanted confirmation dialog in the next version of Windows Mobile!
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Sliding animation in system tray expansion

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:56:25 CEST

Problem: Prior to writing this, the taskbar's system tray area sort of "slides" when expanded or collapsed through the arrow in the leftmost side, but just recently I noticed that it no longer does that--it just sort of hops when you expand or collapse (more...)
Solution: None as of yet, I'm looking to your suggestions, since I'm also a newbie here. Oh, hello, by the way. :D
Severity: Medium
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Crack on Monitor Image.. Old Style CRT on Screen Saver Settings panel..

Fri, 1 May 2009 02:05:58 CEST

Problem: What were the Microsoft designers thinking. Just look at the top of the monitor.. it looks like they made the image in paint... And its a old style crt monitor. They used the same image from windows 2000..

Personalize>ScreenSaver>Settings
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Solution: Redesign the monitor with a new lcd style and use a better application to design it!
Severity: High
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Setup Speech Recognition: Print Reference Card has lots of Exclamation Marks

Fri, 1 May 2009 01:23:04 CEST

Problem: When you setup Speech Recognition win W7 Beta the Print Reference Card has lots of odd (scary?) exclamation marks
Solution: Maybe just remove the exclamation marks
Severity: Low
Impact: Medium
Status: Not fixed

Folders do not remember icon size settings

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:38 CEST

Problem: The folders in Vista seem to not remember what size icon was used the last time the folder was used. Control Panel for example will sometimes have the icons displayed in a completely different size each time I open it up from a fresh boot.
Solution: Remember what the icon size settings are.
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Fixed

Keyboard focus in file dialog

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:26:41 CEST

Problem: When navigating the file dialog with the keyboard, after pressing Enter to go into a given directory the keyboard focus is changed to the file name field.

Edit: Yeah, sorry forgot to mention the fact that this happens in Windows 7 build (more...)
Solution: The keyboard focus should remain in the list view.
Severity: High
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Suggestion about Picture Viewing

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:35:25 CEST

Problem: No integration with Silverlight Deep Zoom for picture zooming. Picture fidelity is not up to par with other sites, neither does it utilize Silverlight's capabilities.
Solution: I would like to see the integration of Silverlight Deep Zoom for the reference pictures on this site.
Severity: Medium
Impact: Medium
Status: Not fixed

Narrator is running but not shown in taskbar

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:29:10 CEST

Problem: As you can see from the picture below, I have Narrator running, usually it starts automatically when I start the computer or return from sleep mode. However, the narrator program is not visible on the taskbar.

This happens in Vista Business (more...)
Solution: A simple solution would be to add a troubleshooting feature that is in the action center to remedy this situation. In less words, fix the bug and show narrator when it should be shown.
Severity: Medium
Impact: High
Status: Not fixed

Performance Issue History

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:52:16 CEST

Problem: As you can see by the picture, the minute I installed Windows 7, I had an extremely significant decrease in reliability.
Solution: I feel that your send feedback should have the option to talk with/chat with a live agent from Microsoft. This will assist in troubleshooting specific problems.
Severity: Medium
Impact: Medium
Status: Not fixed

Start Menu customisation by right click and drag reveals All users/current user structure

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:57:47 CEST

Problem: Example: I have folder categories in the Start Menu e.g. Internet, Multimedia, Maintenance, Office...

I commonly right click and drag on the folder for a newly installed program's shortcuts to move it to a 'category folder'.
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Solution: Proposed solution:
Drag and drop should appear as a single user operation.
Severity: Medium
Impact: Medium
Status: Not fixed

Shut down new submissions for the Aero Taskforce

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:04:06 CET

Problem: The Aero taskforce is has not really received any submissions recently. Windows Vista is now a mature product, and UX feedback is now being rolled into Windows 7.
Solution: Leave Aero Taskforce open as a reference, but close it for new submissions.
Severity: High
Impact: High
Status: Not fixed

Shortcuts appearing accross all user accounts

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 06:22:17 CET

Problem: When I install a program, it goes into C:/Program Files. When, during installation, it creates a shortcut, the shortcut is created for all Desktops on every account on my PC. I do not see or understand the alternative. I am ok with having these programs (more...)
Solution:
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

PowerShell mount cmdlet has a typo "WIndows"

Sun, 8 Feb 2009 06:37:35 CET

Problem: The help for the moun cmdlet in Windows PowerShell has a typo in the spelling of Windows, it says "WIndows" (Capital I)
Solution: Fix the typo
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Change blue background after voting

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:18:35 CET

Problem: It's not easy to remember all promotes/demotes, and I need to click Change vote and see which way the number goes to check if I promoted or demoted.
Solution: Change blue background after voting.
Tip: green for promote, red or pink for demote.

Note -- it's already implemented on Windows 7 Taskforce, but not on Aero/Aqua Taskforce!
Severity: Medium
Impact: High
Status: Fixed

No change in votes' number sometimes after voting

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:44:46 CET

Problem: Title says nothing...

-- Steps to reproduce --
1. Open a Taskforce site
2. Open a submission in new tab/window
3. Promote or demote it
4. Close second window
5. Try to vote in first window.

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Solution:
Severity: Medium
Impact: High
Status: Not fixed

Filenames covered by taskbar

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:44:31 CET

Problem: When you have a file as the last one in a column on the desktop and that file has a long enough filename, it is obscured by the taskbar. The full filename of the file in the example is 'The Trains of the Obama Express January 17 2009.flv'.
Solution: Make the filename appear to the side or elsewhere.
Severity: Medium
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Include POSIX-style command line tools as an installation option

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:23:41 CET

Problem: It would be great if I didn't have to install Cygwin to get POSIX-style command line utilities like ls, sftp, ssh, grep, etc. How many of you guys that jump from platform to platform have typed ls at a DOS prompt?
Solution: I know they weren't written by MS, but come on, can't we all just get along? They're free, they're simple and some of them have been around for decades. At the very least make them an installation option.
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Website Container Folder Icon Outdated

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:02:37 CET

Problem: The explorer folder icon displayed for websites developed using Microsoft tools is outdated. Websites created using Visual Studio, Expression, Sharepoint Designer, and other tools get assigned this old icon.
Solution: Update icon!
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Most AeroTaskforce issues still apply to Windows 7 taskforce

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:41:26 CET

Problem: Most of the AeroTaskforce issues apply to Windows 7 taskforce. Windows 7 uses the same Vista codebase, same drivers, same Aero layer, etc etc. It's not a complete rewrite of Windows. It's more of a Vista 2.0.

By having a separate (more...)
Solution: Provide some sort of continuity between aero taskforce and windows 7. Some possible options: merge the two, or duplicate the aero issues into the windows 7 taskforce. Another option: allow issues to be marked as "Windows" "Vista-only" (more...)
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

task bar and title bar are non transparent when window is maximized

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:41:03 CET

Problem: when i maximize any window, the title bar, and taskbar become like vista basic.
Solution:
Severity: High
Impact: Medium
Status: Not fixed

Use Boot Manager font in Chkdsk and other BootExecute applications

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:10:19 CET

Problem: On some localized versions of Windows (since Windows 2000 I think), an additional font is loaded to help display the localized version of the boot manager. But when an app is ran during BootExecute (such as chkdsk when you shut down Windows improperly (more...)
Solution: Find some way to let that BootExecute mode keep on using Boot Manager's font, or any other way to make it capable of displaying Unicode characters.
Severity: Low
Impact: High
Status: Not fixed

spacebar presses "cancel" in a UAC prompt

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:06:37 CET

Problem: I am typing on Windows Live Messenger and doing other stuff as well. Then a UAC prompt comes up in my face and I accidentally press spacebar (because, you know, I'm typing) and it presses cancel.
Solution: I know spacebar presses the highlighted button, and by default, the cancel button is highlighted. The cancel button should NOT be highlighted by default (the allow button shouldn't be highlighted either).
Severity: Medium
Impact: Medium
Status: Not fixed

System Configuration (msconfig) window should be resizeable

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:08:31 CET

Problem: The window does not provide enough horizontal space to view all the information (without scrolling), especially in the Services and Startup tabs.

Note, this is a similar issue to (more...)
Solution: Allow the window to be resized.
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Dots in a folder name cause Vista to think it's an extension

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:19:22 CET

Problem: When you create a folder that contains a dot in its name, Windows Vista apparently thinks it has something to do with file extensions.
There is also a generic icon next to the "Open" button instead of a folder icon if you look at the (more...)
Solution:
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Change System Locale: Thou shalt restart now... what?

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:17:13 CET

Problem: When I change the system locale (Language for non-Unicode programs), this comes out... Restart now, or Cancel. Can I restart later? I don't know. Do I press Cancel? But this means it will cancel the system locale change, right? I'm confused.
Solution: Replace the Cancel button with a Postpone button.
Severity: High
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Wlan high pings to Router about every minute or two

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:45:53 CET

Problem: A background service causes that vista scans every minute for a better accesspoint. So the ping goes up to about 3000ms or completly loses connection to the router.

This causes that websites are no longer surfable or games got extreme lags (more...)
Solution: not known
Severity: High
Impact: High
Status: Not fixed

Let's stop posting on AeroTaskforce, use Windows7Taskforce

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:09:41 CET

Problem: Windows 7 will be probably released within this year, and Windows Vista will be quickly replaced. Microsoft is fixing Windows Vista quirks in Windows 7

In AeroTaskforce we post quirks of Vista, but:
* If it has been fixed in Windows (more...)
Solution: Let's stop posting on AeroTaskforce, use Windows7Taskforce instead.
This would be the last post.
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Can't easily add the same port to both TCP and UDP on Window's Firewall

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:00:04 CET

Problem: When manually adding a port to the exceptions list in Windows's firewall, one can't add the same port to both TCP and UDP. To do so, one must create separate entries. It would be nice if one could set the same port to both protocols without (more...)
Solution: Add a third radio button "Both" so that the user can choose whether he wants the port on TCP, UDP, or Both. OR another solution could be to make them check boxes, so one can check one of them or both (thanks Ensign Joe). Pick your solution, (more...)
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed

Inconsistent volume mixer - 4 problems

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:28:41 CET

Problem: 1. problem:
If I set anything's volume higher than the master volume, it also, then newly started apps have the higher volume!

2. problem:
If I set master volume lower than the app with highest volume, apps' volume (more...)
Solution: Here are the solutions for 2 problems:

1. A volume for new apps-like control is needed.
3. Immediately after starting an app, show it's mixer in Volume Mixer.

2. and 4. problem should also be fixed.
Severity: High
Impact: High
Status: Not fixed

Allow window resizing and moving be canceled by right-click

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:52:25 CET

Problem: Often you happen to accidently drag or resize a window or you just wanna see what's behind...
Solution: Do it like in paint if you click right while still holding the left mouse button to drag or resize, cancel the operation and restore the window's original position and size.
(hm whoops... I actually wanted this to go to Windows 7 taskforce)
Severity: Low
Impact: Low
Status: Not fixed