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Suggestions For Future Versions of Windows
The Windows Early Feedback program was created by Microsoft as a means of rounding up suggestions and feedback that may be considered for implementation in future iterations of the Windows operating system. The team in charge of the program has collected and released a list of (what they consider to be) the top 61 suggestions to be presented to the development team of Windows 7.
The ideas being presented to the team range from basic usability improvements, such as a download manager in Internet Explorer, to more far fetched ideas, such as the ability to back up Xbox 360 games to a PC (good luck with that one). Some of the top suggestions are even features that were promised for and then dropped from Vista, such as a completely vectorized graphical user interface.
Check out the list by clicking the link below and let us know if anything catches your eye. Think you have a better idea? Let's hear it!
Comments (74)
+Nightwind Hawk - 10 November 2007 - 01:21
I like a lot of the suggestions, but now the problem might be bloat. It's just gonna get too big.
+xiphi - 10 November 2007 - 01:53
I think the Windows 'Gaming' Mode would be a killer feature.
MightyJordan - 10 November 2007 - 18:30
Agreed. That would be a godsend to people like me, who have trouble playing the latest games.
internetworld7 - 10 November 2007 - 02:47
The best suggestion for the next version of Windoze is to emulate all things Mac.
MioTheGreat - 10 November 2007 - 03:58
Terrible advice.
There are those of us who hate OSX, and cringe every time we have to use one of them. (4 hours weekly for me for the last few months. It makes me hate everything about OSX even more every time.)
osirisX - 10 November 2007 - 04:35
Flamewar in 3... 2... 1...
internetworld7 - 10 November 2007 - 04:39
There are those of us who hate OSX, and cringe every time we have to use one of them. (4 hours weekly for me for the last few months. It makes me hate everything about OSX even more every time.)
You're entitled to your own opinion but don't expect me to respect your intelligence.
+dead.cell - 10 November 2007 - 05:49
Why would you need to emulate OS X?
toadeater - 10 November 2007 - 06:25
You mean like Windows hasn't been doing so already? Doesn't seem to have worked out very well, Vista being the culmination of that flawed strategy.
ANova - 10 November 2007 - 09:02
There are those of us who hate OSX, and cringe every time we have to use one of them. (4 hours weekly for me for the last few months. It makes me hate everything about OSX even more every time.)
Care to elaborate on why? Or are you just another anti-anything other than MS nutjob like alot of the Apple idiots out there. I for one have used many types of operating systems and find OSX to be among the most well designed if not the most. It's not perfect by any means but then nothing is.
As far as I'm concerned, OSX plus the original ideas for Longhorn would make a great OS if designed well. I'm talking OSX style applications - no registry, XML integrated shell, WinFS, fully integrated and completely customizable hardware accelerated vector interface including a dock/sidebar hybrid (Compiz Fusion as a point of reference). OSX style security (meaning a less obtrusive and annoying UAC), better efficiency in OS design so there aren't 60 processes at startup for programs or services most people don't need and can choose to run themselves as needed, options for power users so they aren't forced into an OS that tries to make decisions for you, I could go on.
geoken - 10 November 2007 - 15:58
As far as I'm concerned, OSX plus the original ideas for Longhorn would make a great OS if designed well. I'm talking OSX style applications - no registry, XML integrated shell, WinFS, fully integrated and completely customizable hardware accelerated vector interface including a dock/sidebar hybrid (Compiz Fusion as a point of reference). OSX style security (meaning a less obtrusive and annoying UAC), better efficiency in OS design so there aren't 60 processes at startup for programs or services most people don't need and can choose to run themselves as needed, options for power users so they aren't forced into an OS that tries to make decisions for you, I could go on.
What does XML integrated shell mean? And what functionality of WinFS, in specific, are you looking for?
DWM already works like compiz fusion, each window is a plame with the window contents as a bitmap texture on said plane. The only difference between compiz and DWM is that compiz is open and developers can control it, while DWM is closed.
I don't know why you'd accuse a guy of being a fanboy, or even suggest it just because he doesn't like OS X. I personally hated OS X for years because using apps with floating panels (which I believe was the norm in responce to Apple HIG's) pained me to no end. All the adobe apps followed this mathod. I also wasn't down with the top menu bar.
ANova - 11 November 2007 - 00:02
It means XML integration within explorer, the benefits of which would allow one to write a program with a hardware accelerated gui that can also act as a website for example. WinFS had a number of benefits as originally intended.
Compiz fusion is a much better design than DWM. It runs faster for the same end result, plus it's utilized much better. However, a vector based GUI is what should be done.
So, OSX is terrible simply because some applications use floating panels? You do realize Photoshop does the same don't you? Hating the OS for something as trivial as that, which is ultimately up to the developers of the software, is plain silly. I mean, should I say windows sucks because creative writes crappy software? Yeah, lets ignore all the useful features of the os. Technically, liking one product and claiming everything else sucks qualifies you as a fanboy.
J_R_G - 11 November 2007 - 00:51
If windows users wanted OS X, they would go buy it and not windows. And before someone trots out the tired monopoly argument, remember apple was selling OSes before Microsoft. Hard to lose to a late comer and still claim it's because of their monopoly, but no one on the internet cares about reality anyway, so carry on.
ANova - 11 November 2007 - 00:56
If windows users wanted OS X, they would go buy it and not windows. And before someone trots out the tired monopoly argument, remember apple was selling OSes before Microsoft. Hard to lose to a late comer and still claim it's because of their monopoly, but no one on the internet cares about reality anyway, so carry on.
Except that in order to run OSX you need to buy another expensive computer, you cannot compare them.
SirEvan - 11 November 2007 - 01:29
You mean like Windows hasn't been doing so already? Doesn't seem to have worked out very well, Vista being the culmination of that flawed strategy.
because I as well as a good number of other people don't have any major/any problems with vista at all? yeaaa....
internetworld7 - 11 November 2007 - 03:51
Why whouldn't you?
kaiwai - 11 November 2007 - 14:55
There are those of us who hate OSX, and cringe every time we have to use one of them. (4 hours weekly for me for the last few months. It makes me hate everything about OSX even more every time.)
There are those like me who love their Mac to pieces but acknowledge that it isn't perfect.
What I'd love to see - look at Irix's native desktop; something like that; its a good compromise of all the great features from Amiga/Atari/Windows/MacOS.
geoken - 11 November 2007 - 22:00
Ever heard of WPF? The more you post the more I realize you have no idea what you're talking about. WPF is an XML based language for the specific use of creating 3 dimensional vector shapes that are to be used in the GUI's of .NET and Silverlight apps.
I guess since you can't point out an actual feature of WinFS it's safe to say that yet again you have no clue what you're talking about.
Thanks for sharing that with us. I'm glad to know that you have more knowledge of milcore.dll than any other non-MS programmer on the planet. Can you also let me in on the benifits of a full vector based UI vs. vector plane windows with bitmap cached contents?
Oh, photoshop uses the same floating panel design? No I didn't realize that. When I said all adobe apps use a floating panel layout I was referring to a different Adobe.
And why is it silly to dislike an OS for that reason. Why would you blame the third party developer when they are following the HIG layed out by the OS maker. If Apple's HIG says apps should have floating panels or shelves rather than fixed panels why would I blame the app maker for following those instructions?
I never said OS X sucks. I said I hated working in OS X. I'm using Adobe apps (Flash, Flex, Illustrator, PS) for 90% of the time I'm on a computer. Frankly, the OS doesn't have anywhere near enough usefull features to make up for how severely it hampered my workflow. And I never said I liked one product and claimed everything else sucks. I said *I* hated OS X. I like Windows and I like Linux. Technically, not being able to handle that fact that someone dislikes an OS it what makes you a fanboy. Not liking something and producing legitimate reasons why is pretty far from a fanboy.
BTW, can you please tell me what usefull feature of the OS I overlooked that would allow me to code AS3 and MXML faster?
whocares78 - 12 November 2007 - 02:32
You're entitled to your own opinion but don't expect me to respect your intelligence.
Funniest COmment of the year, a MAC user (we all know mac users have the whole it's easy to use thing) not respecting an MS user for their intelligence, when they can use a 'harder to use' OS than you. so whats that say about you????
ANova - 12 November 2007 - 03:06
Ah and the usual personal insults come out. Did I hurt your poor precious or something? Go back to your hole assclown.