One Sentence Request to Microsoft
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Monday, July 18, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
If you were able to have a private meeting with Bill Gates and able to request ONE thing that had to be expressed in a single 25 word statement to be added/changed/fixed for Longhorn, what would it be?
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WebGizmos
Reply #3 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:15 PM
Reply #3 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:15 PM
Don't know enough about Longhorn. But Hey Bill...how about a loan? 
CerebroJD
Reply #4 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:18 PM
Reply #4 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:18 PM
Please dont use OPM to limit what systems can display in video content.
Hawkeye666
Reply #6 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:41 PM
Reply #6 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:41 PM
Detailed documentation of how to customize a Windows in the same way that recompiling the Linux kernel taylors a Linux install to your specific needs.
zarek
Reply #7 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:59 PM
Reply #7 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:59 PM
just make it a better OS than XP and add a heaps more options. 
zarek
Reply #8 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:59 PM
Reply #8 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:59 PM
just make it a better OS than XP and add a heaps more options.
KeithMacDonald
Reply #9 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:14 PM
Reply #9 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:14 PM
Pre-install Object Desktop, and incorporate better functionality with skins.
Corky_O
Reply #11 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:18 PM
Reply #11 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:18 PM
How about a special H-Key in the registry for customizing all parts of the explorer shell, which is accessible to both users and software developers? 
mittens
Reply #12 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:20 PM
Reply #12 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:20 PM
I want a permanent "scratch pad" (text pad) that is integrated into the OS (uses the current theme and options, etc.), that can be brought up at any time with a key-combo.
Reppiks
Reply #14 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:41 PM
Reply #14 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:41 PM
Second vote for spellchecking! Also better security between the OS and the applications. It's fine for "Word" to be the default text editor for "Outlook", but snagging a bad macro in Word shouldn't be able to jump into the system files or your email client and address book.
Reppiks
Reply #15 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:42 PM
Reply #15 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:42 PM
Second vote for spellchecking! Also better security between the OS and the applications. It's fine for "Word" to be the default text editor for "Outlook", but snagging a bad macro in Word shouldn't be able to jump into the system files or your email client and address book.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #16 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:53 PM
Reply #16 Monday, July 18, 2005 4:53 PM
Get rid of those stupid tooltips. I know what the start button and other buttons do without being reminded every time I mouseover, grrrr 
spacepants
Reply #18 Monday, July 18, 2005 5:46 PM
Reply #18 Monday, July 18, 2005 5:46 PM
Make it easier to turn on and off "services," and I'd like to have a "close every unnecessary program, service, and shell button" for max processing power and memory when playing high end games and when rendering stuff.
sixshot
Reply #19 Monday, July 18, 2005 6:10 PM
Reply #19 Monday, July 18, 2005 6:10 PM
I think this one would benefit Stardock on two fronts...
"Get rid of GDI altogether and implement a simple 3D windowing subsystem API and framework."
To elaborate the above suggestion, make drawing desktops accelerated using direct 3D hardware calls similar and akin to what OS X does in their desktop. Copying ideas? Yes. But at least we won't be limited in what software developers can do when decorating a desktop and customizing windowing behavior.
"Get rid of GDI altogether and implement a simple 3D windowing subsystem API and framework."
To elaborate the above suggestion, make drawing desktops accelerated using direct 3D hardware calls similar and akin to what OS X does in their desktop. Copying ideas? Yes. But at least we won't be limited in what software developers can do when decorating a desktop and customizing windowing behavior.
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Reply #1 Monday, July 18, 2005 3:00 PM