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Less 'bloat', but hardly likely, as it will be built around Vista....... :rolleyes:

I seriously hate people like you who complain about such things like that. If you know what you are doing on a computer, you can easily run Windows well, with little to no slowdown. I suggest you actually try to do something or atleast use it before you go around saying its "bloated"; its just such an old and useless comment which really means "I think this is bad because it is made by Microsoft", which in itself makes no sense..

I want less crashes. Today Vista64 hung then bluescreened while running the UT3 installer - that to me is completely unacceptable. I want unresponsive apps to be completely isolated, as currently they still hang the computer. I want folder views to be remembered permanently. I want Explorer and Task Manager to take priority over all other applications and don't want them to be sluggish after closing down a demanding app. I want to be able to alt-tab / windows-tab out of an application, even a demanding game, without delay. I want Add/Remove Programs to be more responsive and not regenerate everytime it is launched. And finally... I want the Bubbles screensaver to run over the desktop in realtime and not over a snapshot.

A tabbed Windows Explorer!

They could easily get that to work very well, just like the way IE 7 or FF 3 deal with tabs.

I seriously hate it when I have to have so many Windows Explorer windows open.

Also, much better consistency in design throughout the OS & with Windows Live. I want my Windows Live to look like Windows - after all, it is a part of Windows otherwise it wouldn't have the name of Windows Live!

I suggest you actually try to do something or atleast use it before you go around saying its "bloated"; its just such an old and useless comment which really means "I think this is bad because it is made by Microsoft", which in itself makes no sense..

I use a lot of Microsoft products, and most are brilliant, so MS has nothing to do with my statement.

How do you know I have or have not used Vista is the question I ask? I say its 'bloated' because I have used it since early beta days, and still use it, and because my new laptop comes with the darn thing, XP is not an option due to lack of driver support, unfortunately. I'll live with it, its not the end of the world, but in all the tweaks and stripping down of Vista that I have performed, in testing, and in real life usage, day to day, its the most bloated, resource hungry software I have ever ran......PERIOD!

Sorry if that offends you, and more sorry its actually made by Microsoft.

S.

Edited by scaramonga

* Less bloat -- Get rid of legacy files and code that isn't needed or used 99% of the time anymore.

* Modular Installer where you can pick and choose which features to install ala nLite or vLite

* Better UI consistancy especially in the control panel where some windows open up in the new vista format and some are the old style dialog boxes

* Several new built in visual styles to choose from including Aero, Luna, Royale, Classic and one or two new ones

* Allows unsigned themes out of the box

* 64-bit Only (Yes I know this isn't going to happen)

* One "Ultimate" version of Windows 7 only for a reasonable price (no more than $200 for a full retail version, $100 for oem, $150 for upgrade) going along with the modular installer idea

* Upgraded Notepad, Wordpad with at least read only support for the new .docx format and possibly integrate Paint.Net

* Tabbed Explorer option along with more UI Customization

* More out of the box customization of Windows in Control Panel similar to TweakUI or the many windows tweaking programs out there

* Built in ISO Mounting "Virtual" Drive support

I'm pretty happy with Vista it must be said but off my head I still fins anything related to moving files slow at times even after SP1.

I'd also like to see some really smooth way to synchronise data between multiple networked computers so people who have a laptop can have it auto sync with their desktop.

Complete rework of the threading. Today I couldn't figure out why my computer wasn't responding, then I realized my Pocket PC stuck in an endless CPU loop and was still connected via activesync. Why should that hang the system? WHY?!

Not to happy about all explorer and desktop windows hanging when inserting a CD.

I'm skipping Vista unless I am forced to use it for work (unlikely), but if I have to use it you can bet I will strip it down to the absolute minimal config I need or use 2007 Server.

64-bit is still not practical in a home environment. The only real 64-bit systems I have used with good results are servers, and that doesn't help a gamer.

[*]Customisable Search (Allow me to specify my own file extentions).

You could do that right now...

What do you mean? Windows already supports multi-mon. Has since Win98.

I think his point was that support is so horrible right now it's barely usable, and I have to agree to some extent.

I'd really love to see Windows natively support stretching the taskbar across (and each taskbar holding whatever windows are on that screen), as well as better wallpaper management on multi-mons.

What do you mean? Windows already supports multi-mon. Has since Win98.

yeh it does, but tbh to me it supporting features lack somewhat, teh OS doesnt puta taskbar on the other monitor, i have to run a separate program to give the the 2nd taskbar.

also media centre when it is in fullscreen, it locks your mouse onto one screen, so i carnt use IRC on one screen and media centre on another.

ste

More options in Explorer!

Better control over how the OS looks (So many toolbars and boxes in Vista that cant be removed)

Get rid of the translucent boxes that cover icons when you move your mouse over them!

Basically have the option to have a professional detailed view and not the type of user interface you get on a photo printing machine in the supermarket

@ zerologic - so you basically want windows 7 to have OSX integrated :)

:blush: Well, OS X has a great Interface, Microsoft could learn a lot from Apple.

Also Microsoft should expact the 'breadcrumb' idea into something like this from Apple (Column View):

500px-osx_finder_columnview.jpg

:happy:

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