Windows 7 - Wish list

[z3r010]

Just what features whould you like to see in Windows 7.


My No.1 would have been a taskbar that spans all monitors without 3rd party apps, but it seems they have that one in the bag

 

[JF Test]

A less anoying UAC prompt!!!!

 

[AvatarOfTheShip]

Goodbye to the Registry

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

A less anoying UAC prompt!!!!

Hello bubblex!

Have a look at these links.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/299-user-account-control-uac-change-notification-settings.html

Microsoft: The Why of UAC (User Account Control) - Vista Forums





Later Ted

 

[Dzomlija]

1. Download Manager in Internet Explorer 8
2. Folder Customizations stored in INI files as opposed to the registry

 

[smarteyeball]

A lot more 'easy' appearance customization.

Lose DRM. Never mind legal obligations, just lose it.

A Media Center that works/plays everything right off the bat. See above.

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Remove the need for a lot of 3rd party apps. (yeah, right )

A broad spectrum 'silence fanbois button'

 

[Lebon14]

Goodbye to the Registry

I can only agree. That would make installation of software easier and it would light up the system. It could be replaced with some INF files in the Windows folders.

For me, my wish list :
- In "Set the default software" panel, make all software appear.

For a n00b, it's easier to find itself when he is followed. When he wants, for example, to put foobar2000 as a default player and he finds that place, he says "Hey. Let's see if I can solve my problem here". So, in Vista, Foobar2000 just doesn't appear over there... So, it's why it would be good to have some kind of feature that would scan for the software and what they do and put 'em in the list.

- Less buggy Windows Explorer.

Do I have to explain? For god's sake, keep the f****ng preferences without us making some Registery changes. Also, non-vista based software have some problems with that too. Make sure that we are able to browse with our preferences.

- Highly speed up transfers between hard drive and CD/DVD and network

A 700MB CD takes over 30min to copy over the hard drive. Insane.

- Use the muti-core CPUs by default when we boot Windows.

For Vista, we have to go to the msconfig configuration panel to set it to use all of CPU's core. Nowadays, dual and Quad cores are getting really really popular... so I don't see why Microsoft wouldn't set it to the default.

- Force old software to use Aero

Still with Vista SP1, some software still desactivate Windows Aero (ex. Adobe Audition 1.5, Adobe Photoshop CS2). It would be good to force them to use it. It wouldn't make them unstable.

- Maximized-Windows-Aero

...Indeed. F*** patching Windows.

- Create a special directory that would act like a old OS (WinXP SP2 and older) that could react like the specified OS to make software think that they are in WinXP or older.

Some softwares, even in WinXP SP2 compatibility just refuse to install (crash) or, if they install, they crash when they are run, when install in this folder, will use the old system behavior to run, thus, highly improving compatibility.

- Modular installation and/or WAY less Microsoft-default applications.

I don't want IE and Windows Media Player installed by default... I just wanna choose what I want to install.

- NO TOTAL REBOOT OR USER SESSION REBOOT

FOR GOD'S SAKE

- Protected Windows Core

Linux-like protected core would be perfect for stopping viruses from installing. In that protection, Core registery files will be also protected. Graphical UI registery in the core need Super-Admin power to change and Super-Power cannot be gain by third-party software. This can lead to customization software to fail to install and use though. And, anti-virus softwares doesn't have a need anymore

That's it for now...

 

[code2]

a better (looking) windows media player

and should be less on using resources>> cant afford a 2 gb RAM everytime.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello code2, welcome to Seven Forums!

See here.

http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.asp

Windows Media Player 12. Windows 7 will include a new version of Windows Media Player.







Later :shock: Ted

 

[smarteyeball]

One thing I'd really love to see would be the ability to zoom in/out in Desktop/explorer just like you can do in Firefox/Opera/Linux etc.

The current magnifier just doesn't cut it. In FF I'm a zooming demon :devil: but really wish I could do it in explorer.

 

[Everlong]

- NO TOTAL REBOOT OR USER SESSION REBOOT


That's it for now...

There was talk of things like this for Vista, such as when you installed a graphics card driver, you wouldn't need to reboot your whole PC, just the graphics card would restart and then you'd be away. Shame it didn't get implemented. But I use sleep/hibernate a lot, which is more or less instant resume. Only ever do a proper restart/leave it shutdown over night once a week.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I know I'm one of the few but I do a complete shutdown all but one night a week!













Later :shock: Ted

 

[AvatarOfTheShip]

Don't those days seem far-off now, when the Registry seemed like a brave new approach, doing away with all those silly, amateurish, unprofessional and simple-minded .ini files, each just 'dumped' in the program directory? And then the scales fell from our eyes and we realised that, wait a cotton-pickin' minute there Muskie, there was absolutely nothing wrong, or silly, or amateurish, about having simply-managed, text-based configuration files that belonged with, and so stayed with, their executables and libraries, rather than a bloated 'database' (as in, meaningless buzz-word) that spaghettified everything and made backing up and restoring, or re-installing the OS, a nightmare rather than a minor irritation.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Just a thought!

What does bloat matter with; a 64-bit OS, 8GB RAM, quad cores running at 3GHz or better and last but not least, 750GB HDDs running at 10k RPMs, 3Gb/s transfer rates with a 32MB cache.

I'm NOT a MS fanboy at all but why can't people give MS credit for what they've accomplished?
Honestly; what would your machine be like if it weren't for MS?

Just my two cents!





Later :shock: Ted

 

[code2]

thanx bare foot kid

Hey bare foot kid, thanx man, i am soo soo excited about the new windows 7>> and + the new media player YYEEAAAA!!!!

im already jumping with joy!!!

 

[NormCameron]

Just a thought!

What does bloat matter with; a 64-bit OS, 8GB RAM, quad cores running at 3GHz or better and last but not least, 750GB HDDs running at 10k RPMs, 3Gb/s transfer rates with a 32MB cache.

Bloat doesn't do much to the performance of your machine, but a lot of bloat is caused by sloppy programming. Remember when Lotus Spreadsheet ran on 64kb. That was really tight programming, the program wasn't as powerfull as todays stuff, but it didn't crash. Todays programming ethos maintains why do something with one line of code when you can do it with a thousand. This is what makes the big programmes buggy.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again code2, you're welcome ...

@Norm, you're right about the excess and I agree there needs to be less bloat.
Unfortunately today's technology is outstripping the ability to be kept up with except by vast armies of code writers, hence the problem; too many voices all competing to put in their "two cents". That brings about the mentality: "If one is good then ten is better" it's a vicious circle!

Just "my two cents" ...






Later :shock: Ted

 

[AvatarOfTheShip]

The trouble is a lot of code just gets lifted out (of NT4, say) and dropped in (to XP) - it's like a subroutine, but on a vast scale- in fact it's a huge mess of repurposed code that really should be either dumped or radically rewritten; but no-one wants that job, so you get to 'if it ain't (too) broke why (pay someone to) fix it?'

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

This below; from here first posted by NormCameron

The operating system stores multiple copies of core system libraries, as each revision of a library typically adds/removes functions, and applications compiled with dynamic links to a specific version of a DLL file may call on functions not present in the currently installed library. Vista aims to solve this issue through the WinSxS collection; essentially a massive store of every differing version of libraries present on the system. That way, when an application makes a call for a dynamically linked library, Vista queries the WinSxS cache for the correct version, which is then loaded into memory. On the average system, this directory can be several gigabytes in size, with much of the code duplicated between the separate versions many times.





Later :shock: Ted

 

[Dzomlija]

Activities

Microsoft has also highlight the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7, but I think a bigger deal will be the voice-enabled Activities functionality. Remember when Scottie tried to turn on that Mac in "Star Trek IV" by speaking into the mouse? He must have been a Windows 7 user.

From http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_hereitcomes.asp