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Aug 2010
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Poll: What changes do you want to see in Windows 8?

(Thanks to the anonymous tipster whom indicated that the below poll is “pretty darn accurate” in terms of what’s being discussed internally.)

Michael Pietroforte at 4sysops emailed me about a month ago, wanting to run a cross-technical-blog poll of sorts, garnering feedback to potentially help shape Windows 8. I agreed to participate, it sounded neat. I mean, it can’t hurt, right? Worst case, Microsoft simply ignores the whole thing.

Here’s how it works: Scroll down and follow the on-screen instructions. It’s pretty simple. At the conclusion of the poll, the results will be gathered from all the participating blogs – actually already done on the backend – and be published. If you have any questions regarding the definition of some poll items, don’t guess – simply refer to Michael’s post. (If Microsoft works on UAC, vice the bare-metal hypervisor, because of an errant vote… I will hurt you.)

Participating blogs: Demonic Talking Skull – markwilson.it – msigeek – Standalone Sysadmin – Teching It Easy: with Windows – The Experience Blog – The things that are better left unspoken – The Windows Club – WindowsPro – Within Windows (you are here) – 7tutorials – 4sysops

  • Brian Henderson

    A better File Explorer.. current (Win7) seems like carry-over from WinNT days and feels single threaded for many operations. It also looses my custom settings. (particularly for folder views)

    • GG

      1. OS Activation that actually works through the internet
      2. Remove UAC
      3. Bring back classic menu
      4. Basically bring back XP’s Window Explorer
      -a. Fix the bug with naming files in Windows Explorer. Clicking on the file name and pasting in text tends to randomly move the cursor + text to the end.
      b. Have Windows Explorer default to C:\ and move the Favorite Links, Desktop, Username and Public folder clutter to the bottom
      c. Prevent Windows Explorer from automatically refreshing the folder view when new files have been added
      d. Have Windows Explorer on the desktop by default
      5. Dual boot that works, regardless of installation order
      6. Drive resizing that works 100%
      7. Shutdown that shuts down without a million prompts
      8. Pre-Windows 7 task bar
      9. Fewer running services
      10. Power options that are remembered

      • thartist

        Dude, stick with XP or move to Linux

  • http://www.quardev.com Jon Bach

    Instant OFF.

    “Shut down” means “shut down”, not “wait 15 minutes to figure out how best to close everything.”

  • Dave

    I want to see better handling of application installations, removals, behavior and mass deployment management. Like this –> http://coapp.org/

  • http://joshuadelaughter.blogspot.com Joshua Delaughter

    I dont agree with the Instant off guy. I mean, in theory that would be nice, but a well maintained system doesn’t take very long to shut down…

    But one major feature I would like to see is the ability to mount ISOs.

  • http://danvanderboom.com Dan Vanderboom

    A touch-friendly (multi-touch) UI shell. Better yet, more easily replaceable shells for different devices, form factors, and UX paradigms.

  • Matthew Carter

    Live the movie Avatar and MORE touch, like the iPAD, but NOT a stupid netbook. Sharing of applications and files with a flick of a button to another system, like remote assistant, or remote desktop. Flick to another person and they have the file.

  • GoodThings2Life

    I really just want improvements upon Windows 7, and for them to finish the UI improvements throughout control panel… either pick the dialogs or pick the new styles… no more hybrid crap!

    • Dave

      The best improvement would be MS coming up with an OS that doesn’t require service packs. Make Windows XP open domain and watch it become the OS of the century!

  • Brett Hood

    Good post Rafael
    I would also like to see an improved windows explorer. Applications like power desk shows a glimpse at what could be achieved with a more improved interface, better file manipulation and file compression options than is presently available in Windows 7.

  • Rob Cannon

    How about the elimination of the 255 (or is it 254) character path limit? That’s from Windows NT days and we should be way beyond that.

  • http://www.bytehead.org/blog/ Bryan Price

    Instant off? Not necessarily. But if I tell it to do a shutdown or a restart, I don’t want to come back to it 15 minutes later waiting for me to answer some stupid dialog for it to finally finish it’s thing.

    More threading. I’ve had this four core for three years now. And I see way too many instances of where one thread is just hanging EVERYTHING else on the computer. MSE got to the point that it would regularly hog one core, which with three others, you would think wouldn’t be a big deal. Too bad it was the same thread/core that Firefox was using (MSE decided to scan something FF was doing? Profile going south? I haven’t a clue), which meant waiting way too long just to open a new tab. Which is why I’ve dumped MSE for now. Even my previous build had hyper-threading. So, thread it baby, make everything as thread safe as possible, because you know the 12 and 16 core (or more, don’t forget the hyper-threading) chips are going to be there when it’s out there. Time to take a lot more advantage of the silicon.

    Cloud APIs? Sorry, I don’t see the cloud having enough substance to think about putting anything about cloud APIs into Windows 8.

    • flaboy909

      They’re not really advancing silicon too much anymore, in fact, if you check Google, Intel is finding a way to make processors and usb hubs based on light, no more integrated circuitry! :D

    • MBS

      Shutting down with an SSD (even a meh one) in windows 7 only takes a few seconds.

  • http://www.clarkezone.net James Clarke

    More cowbell.

  • Speedy Gonzales

    I switched to Ubuntu 10.04, I couldn’t take the “rattling” of my hard disk under Win7 anymore. Everytime whether it’s a new boot up or restart the damn OS takes ages until it stops accessing my HD. And no I don’t have an old computer nor any virus on board. And I know I can stop services that I don’t need, blabla

    Ubuntu starts in half the time and shut down takes a third :) And NO I’m NOT a Linux fanboy.

  • Andrea

    With Windows Store, software installations and updates would be completely transparent, it will simplify the discovery of new applications and will help reducing malware, because the preferred method of installation for viruses is tricking users into downloading “free emoticons”, “free super antiviruses” or “codec is required to see this video”. If Windows Store becomes the main system for installing software (except for expert users, of course), Internet Explorer could display a stronger warning message for exe files, for example “Warning. Install only certified programs from the Windows Store (link to the windows store). Programs downloaded from the Internet could…”

  • http://www.secondshell.com Andras Szekely

    -I second to Bryan Price’s opinion about prompting (even for user/pass) in the middle of booting/account login. In fact I want to be able to enter my user/pass at the very beginnig with an option to boot into locked mode so that I can safely walk to have a coffee and a smoke and leave my windows unattended.
    -Better running states. Locking should happen when the screensaver fires, not when I move the mouse and want to get back to work. Many scheduled tasks I see are misconfigured as they assume they can be triggered to locked state after some minutes of idle time.
    -Some decent scripting that can detect and react to running states, events, application launches, application events such as file opened in MS word, or mydomain.com loaded in chrome, and 57 seconds idle time has passed since pageloading is finished, etc.
    -Improved window management. (khmm – see secondshell.com for the things I’m missing)
    -Decent virtual desktop (virtual workspace) solution supporting dwm instead of 3rd party payware memory hogs.

  • Joe

    The AppStore is a must. THe fact that there’s not a single AppStore using some sort of sandboxed technology like Silverlight is really puzzling. Why not extend that appstore to different form factors – like XBOX, Zune and WP7?
    The traditional MSI Windows Application should be the exception. Just look at the add/remove program list – why are regular applications listed alongside system files and frameworks?

  • Jim

    Two points…

    1. I don’t get why instant on is so incredibly important. The power management features in Win7 are good enough at standby and hibernate that I only reboot my laptop maybe once a week. Improve OS stability and power management even more, and I’ll reboot even less.

    2. An App Store would be nice, but only if it does cost developers 30% of the purchase price to list their items there. These companies must be salivating thinking about how customers have fallen for the idea that everything needs to come from an App Store where they can charge the developers a 30% take. This just means to me that everything will be 30% more expensive.

  • Wayne

    -New Filesystem (WinFS?);
    -User virtualization;
    -New patch system engine that doesn’t require reboot at each update (linux style);
    -Multi and 3d desktop support with animated background based on weather/time information for current location;
    -A rss feed reader (like rssvoyage) that can be set as wallpaper;
    -Unity’s style manager (ubuntu 10.10) for icons in the taskbar;
    -System snapshots manager like virtual machines;
    -More powerful explorer: sync folder, copy/move process with the ability to put in pause or save/load the current state;
    -Rar and virtual drive/mount iso support;
    -Ability to adjust partition size of the hard disk/vhd on the fly;
    -Rethink the way the windows registry works: stop to make it bigger and bigger at every installation;
    -Sandbox for each applications;
    -Smart services manage: start and stop required services only when needed;
    -Concurrent connection to remote desktop allowed by default;
    -SSH/SSL/Encryption for RDP;
    -Games Profile: switch windows into game mode. In this profile the OS is optimized to fully unleash the power of the hardware for gaming applications, shutting down all the others unneeded services.

  • Wayne

    Another add:

    -Advanced clipboard manager like ditto;

    That’s all for now :)

  • Erik Wassenich

    What for Windows 8? If Windows 7 isn’t perfect enough, why not just improve on it? How soon would Windows 8 come out? It’ll be a mistake and wouldn’t sell

  • Francesc Vila

    Some UI tweaks, for example, would be the possibility to have several rows in the taskbar.

  • Willem van Arkel

    I would be very glad if it were possible to give more to the point information when your systeem shuts down. No matter what the reason. Not some information that isn’t even helpful. And above that if you get a BSOD. You get no time what so ever to read what is on the blue screen. 2 seconds and it’s gone! I know you can look it up. But why not link directly to information that is helpful in the matter!

    Thanks.

  • http://www.herbal-vision.com Badan

    A dual-panel technology – horizontal and vertical – windows file manager like in FreeCommander: http://www.freecommander.com/

  • Nikolaj

    A unified control panel: http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/145
    Better speech recognition for those of us who doesn’t use the english version

  • http://danvanderboom.com/ Dan Vanderboom

    Accountability of all software publishers. That is, require signing applications the way that Windows 7 requires signing of drivers. Make obtaining these software signing certificates efficient and cheap but secure. That way, when an application’s behavior becomes malicious, we know who to blame (and go after legally). Sandbox legacy software unable to comply with signing, or require the publishers (or another organization vouching for it) to wrap it in a signed container.

    • Bob

      Definitely not. Requiring applications to be signed before being run crushes small-scale development for a few systems. Even if it is free to get certificates (highly unlikely considering the overhead cost), that’s additional overhead that discourages small-scale development. Why should I have to get a certificate for software that I’ll use on a few computers, and either a few friends or a few other people with a specialized area of interest will use? We trust each other, and additional obstacles are simply incentives to use a different platform (be it an older version of Windows or another OS). Small-scale development is essential both because it may lead to large, important applications, and because it’s what the newcomers to computer science will be doing. Even Vista’s requirements for signed 64-bit drivers rendered several very useful utilities unable to work on it when they work just fine in XP 64-bit.

      I wouldn’t necessarily be opposed to making it opt-in for running unsigned software, but it should certainly be possible. I’d even go so far as to make it opt-in for running unsigned drivers – just because a driver is unsigned doesn’t mean it’s unsafe or unstable if you know where it’s coming from, and some of them do come from very reputable places, such as Sun Microsystems.

    • Bob

      I should add that while better security is a good thing, requiring applications to be signed is only a part of the problem. Most security problems these days are exploits of holes in existing systems, not cases of users installing a malicious application on their machine. Cross-site scripting and SQL injection are amongst the most common and serious security flaws, and neither require the victim to run any software (although they may take advantage of installed, perfectly legitimate software on the target machine). This wouldn’t fix problems with PDF exploits, Word doc exploits, or similar, either – it’s entirely impractical to require everyone to get a certificate for each Word document they create. Requiring certificates would make it harder on attackers, but by no means would it stop them. Third-party updates would probably do as much to decrease attacks (by helping ensure security hole are patched more universally) and do much less to hinder development or deployment of small-scale software.

  • Franklin

    I would like to see a menu in the start menu with search filters (automatically shows and hides when needed), rather than having to manually type them in.

  • JohnCz

    I would add “USB Connected Windows Device Support”. For example, suppose you have a slate computer for inking purposes and casual computing and desktop computer for more focused/demanding creative work. Let the slate device behave as a second display with active digitizer for your desktop environment when connected by USB. Create a NUI experience that make moving files/documents between the two very natural.

  • Ricardo

    i would like to see support for more audio and video file types like flac, ogg, wavpack, flv, etc

  • Rick

    Get rid of the registry to stop windows rot

  • http://nicholas.piasecki.name/blog Nicholas Piasecki

    Third-party patch management FTW!

    Take Winqual to the next level by allowing vendors to integrate with Windows Update. Imagine! No more Apple Software Updater, Adobe Flash Software Updater, Adobe Reader Software Updater, Google Chrome Software Updater … one, central, secure interface for patch management.

    I imagine the architecture would be kind of like podcasts — aka the vendor hosts the files — but rely on PKI to ensure the validity of the offered updates. When relying on PKI, don’t make us use Verisign Authenticode, which is grossly expensive, and is why most software is unsigned. (If Microsoft wants to solve this problem for their developers, they need to take it out of Verisign’s hands.)

    Why hasn’t this happened yet?!

  • http://tnm2.wordpress.com .tnm

    A more advanced windows update manager is very much needed, with a rules/exceptions system. E.G. an option to automatically [and i mean fully automatically, without user/administrator interaction] update the Windows Definition, the Malicious Software Removal Tool, but never notify/ask me about MS Outlook updates (when you don’t even have Outlook installed), etc.

  • Eric

    I REALLY REALLY want the old Advanced Search that was in 2000 & XP. It’s a lifesaver working in IT, specially with network shares.

    • http://None Giant Waffle

      Old advanced search? Your prayers are answered! :) Just go to:

      http://tinyurl.com/33hmx4l

      …and download Super Finder 1.5.3.2. There is a newer version that is a bit of a different program. I did NOT like it! It’s more like what we’re trying to get away from! Stick with this one. It isn’t updated any more, but it doesn’t need to be and it works on all versions of Windows, from XP up, including 64-bit! :)

      Once you have the program installed, do NOT reboot yet at the end and please follow the instructions below, for the best performance and usability:

      1) Install Super Finder.

      2) During install, get rid of the “FSL” in the install to folder and the Start Menu folder.

      3) After install, tell it that you will reboot later and then run the program.

      4) Go to the “Search for…” tab and check the box that says “and/or Folder”.

      5) Now go to the “Setup” tab and deselect the following, in this order:

      Start minimized to Tray
      Load with Windows
      Automatic Check at Program Startup
      Close to Tray Bar

      Then click on the “Search for…” tab, which is where you will normally operate from and close the program and you can right-click on its icon and click either “Pin to Start Menu”, or “Pin to Task Bar”, if you want to have it in one of these places for ease of use and you’ll be good to go! :)

      But don’t forget to reboot! :)

      P.S.: The program has two search modes. “Normal” that we like, with asterisks and so forth, like a normal search and a “Smart Search” mode, which will search for whatever you type as a string within the file and I think also (don’t quote me) within the files as well.

      YOU WILL LOVE IT!!! It is not some shiny piece of bloat/crapware! It i plain. It is simple. IT JUST WORKS, DUDE!!! :)

      • http://None Giant Waffle

        P.P.S.: It also searches across networks! You mentioned IT and so, I thought I’d better throw that in! :) I use it to search cross my network here and it does it as quickly as one could expect, too! It’s great!!! :)

  • Dean

    Would like to see enhanced support for media types. Native Blu-ray playback in WMC and WMP. Native support for MKV including chapter support. VC-1 hardware assist decode. Support for HD-audio … EAC3, TrueHD, DTS MA, etc. Same goes for splitters for FLV and other popular formats. Of course, thumbnail support for these formats in the Explorer shell too…

  • somedude87345879345

    i would really love to see a build-in way to customize the “host” file to block for example facebook and twitter entirely!

  • http://www.elucidsoft.com Eric Malamisura

    Better Windows Explorer (Much Better), Windows Update Doesn’t Nag Me or Delay my Logon or Shutoff experience! Basically stop treating Windows Update tasks as being more important than my tasks!!! The start search needs more ability like Quicksilver type features where I can do everything from it… Also would be GREAT if you could improve the performance even more, I know 7 was a great start, but its still a pretty far cry from OSX which sucks but its performance is great!

  • zdv

    As stated above: Force all EXEs, DLLs, MSIs etc. to be signed. Refuse to load them when they are unsigned or the signature is broken (which means that the file is changed after signing, or: the file is corrupted). Provide policies so system admins can adjust the behavior.

    The ability to sign those files is present for over 10 years, why can’t it still be enforced?

    • http://None Giant Waffle

      Yes, yes, yes!!! I am so sick and tired of the weak, lame Windows Explorer! Yet I am also tired of the replacements out there taking away my context menu and forcing me to use their Zipping, etc.!

      Q-Dir leaves the context menu alone and has four panes. But the problem is, when deleting files on a network drive, they have a tendency to reappear and the author hasn’t fixed this yet, nor the three other bugs I noticed.

      I did find a util called, “FolderBar”, which is an Explorer addon, but it won’t work on Win7 x64 for some reason.

      Ugh!!!

  • Skynet

    1. Selectable components at installation like in win98.
    2. XP’s “Windows Classic” Theme for all programs as a GUI. (NO Aero!)
    3. Much simplier file explorer, mostly like the one in win 3.1. (Who wants better, search the net.)
    4. Do not write every stupid data in the registry. Use the old ini files instead. ALL programs, not just the OS itself.
    5. Do NOT include IE, WMP and other crap in the installation by default. (Or make three versions, like in Office XP: Full, Standard And Custom installation.)
    6. Shutdown non-responding applications automatically by default after two seconds.
    7. Bring back the simple Start menu of Win98. No grouping and combining on the taskbar and in the notification area. Bring back the icons of XP.
    8. Make it FREE. :D

    • venomz3

      How can Y be so selfish… (NO Aero!) Y can already change theme. But saying that windows should not have it it`s just selfish.Every program and feature should be selectable by user. Y`re denying progress when saying everything should be like windows 98. Next windows should have wddm 2.0 driver model and d2d hardware accelerated ui and it should have less reboots when applying updates
      That`s progress when as much as possible is offloaded to gpu.
      btw Y`ll never get it FREE.. unles it a gift.. :)

    • GG

      I am with you, buddy. Same grievances. MS keeps going backwards.

  • Skynet

    I forgot to say: MS has to birng back the classic “Install new font” panel. Or make a font manager software that:

    1. Displayes the full name of the installed fonts (with NO grouping!)
    2. Makes it possible to preview them with some built in and user defined text and size.
    3. Makes it possible to delete them just like you delete any other filetype in explorer
    4. Installs them via the classic “Install new font” panel with preview possiblities added. (It has to be able to preview fonts that are not installed on the system yet.)
    5. Has a window style of the classic explorer of win98 or win 3.1

  • Ashish

    Some sort of really easy software installation and upgrade management system, along with signature et al. Plus, some really interesting gadgets out of the box. A spell checker. And faster WMP, its slow for my 26GB lib. A GUI to edit context menu. So that the enormous number of options added by random apps can be reduced. And make powershel UI suck less and start in less than 30 seconds. I know powershell issues are not Windows issues, but still, the sh*t doesn’t even have history so I’m forced ot use cygwin + bash + .inputrc. And most importantly, a much improved contxt menu, the current one just doesn’t cut it.

  • Ashish

    The file compression should be one step. Not a “Wizard”, wizards are old and should be abandoned.

  • Dwight Stegall

    There are a lot of us that are left-handed. Since we can change the mouse settings to accomadate left-handers why can’t we also have a global option for moving the vertical scrollbar to the left-side in all windows?

  • Adrian

    I think it should have a lot more out-of-the-box support for things like PDFs and RAR files. Also, it would like to see a better Explorer, and generally lowere system requirements.

    -Adrian

  • http://www.velociraptorsystems.com/ Philip Kahn

    - Instant on.

    - Better media support (as mentioned above; most notably blu-ray support. HD-DVD would be a nice nod to those who have those discs lying about)

    - I would not really want an “app store”, but I WOULD strongly support a central repository like Aptitude in Linux. Someplace where you could add repositories if you wanted, but by default just had “trusted” sites and a direct link to download apps from there, no browser needed. But it would nevertheless be simple to add a “sourceforge” repository, for example. A solution like this would then tie in third-party patch management; if an app is installed through the repository, the OS knows the version number, and periodically pings the repository for a new file list, and will “see” new version numbers shortly after it’s been pushed to the main repo list. But an ipad/iphone like store? You can leave it.

  • Skynet

    All of us should stick with XP. We don’t need the new features of windows 7 at all. If in windows 8 any of the new craps will be introduced I will NOT upgrade even in 2525! :) Return to the classic GUI of win98 with the features of selectable components to install, classic taskbar with the classic start menu, no skins and no themes or any resource consuming crap.

  • Greg Ramsaran

    1) Remove UAC, or atleast do it right. (Feel free to follows Mac OSX or Ubuntu.
    2) “Install updates and shutdown” Really? Why? I want “install and reboot” option back please.
    3) Better Explorer. I miss the days of Win XP cascading folder structure.
    4) Better Internet Explorer, Follow Chrome/Firefox. But please stop releasing version 7 and 8 (7.5), and decide to follow standards with 9.
    5) Speaking of Standards.. EMBRACE THEM. WTH is silverlight? Failed attempt to your own Flash? Interoperable formats with Apple’s iWork files, they are just packaged XML files, figure it out.

  • http://www.yojiki.com.ua SmaLL

    See UBUNTU’s features and visual effect’s (burning windows, cube, expo, spaces and other), mac os stability and powerful software, after that bring it to windows 8))

  • Fa.K.

    Come on boys these things that you have said about that Windows should bring it’s Classic look it’s your opinion but the survery of Microsoft Corporation shows that 98.7% of all Windows 7′s users like the Azaron GUI Engine that called commercialy Windows Aero. Us now are working on a big a step for Windows OS a bigger step than Mac step between MAC OS 9 Series and MAC OSX Series. We are working on an OS that moves Beyond every thing even MAC OSX and Windows and Linux. I can’t to tell you any other info.

    Let’s move to the reall beuty of the web.
    I’m a PC and I running Windows 7
    Windows v.Next Your Idea our Idea
    Fa.K.
    Microsoft Corporation

  • Franklin

    In addition to search filters added to the start menu when typing in the search box (e.g. shows list of different file types found, rather than having to click “see more results” and manually look through them in explorer), the start menu should expand both horizontally and vertically.

    • Franklin

      To specify, I mean the start menu should expand when making the search.

  • Evilsushi

    1. System wide updater that works with everybodies software (that way I don’t have 25 diffierent applications looking for updates)
    2. Get rid of the start menu
    3. Better, Centralized System manager. Quit hiding management utilities
    4. Windows store, not just apps but themes, codecs, and more.
    5. Metro influenced GUI
    6. Multi touch, and stylus become more useable as primary input devices.
    7. Less chrome, more content.
    8. System wide dictionary
    9. Ability to tag anything so I can find it easier with search

  • Franklin

    Please do let programs steal focus. It’s very annoying typing something and suddenly have a dialog box pop up and vanish (due to your typing).

    Also, focus-stealing is very troublesome if you have your taskbar autohide.

  • Franklin

    Also, could you please allow there to be an option to change the default light blue color seen in many windows (e.g. details pane and start menu) and applications (e.g. mspaint.exe)? Thanks!

  • Derek F.

    Better functioning of function keys.

    e.g. F1 = Help
    Really? It’s not necessary.

  • Scott T.

    Removal of Start menu.

    It’s outdated. The concept of it is nice, but it has become increasing difficult to use with the start of Vista. It has become very cluttered. And attempts to organize it is very difficult. Also, the ability to access the right hand links on the start menu (e.g. Documents, Music, Downloads, Videos) is difficult, especially if the pinned icons to the start menu have jumplists. So whenever you click the start button on your keyboard and click on the down and right arrow, you have to make sure you avoid those jumplist programs because it’ll just open up the jumplist.

    Also, search in the start menu is very superfluous. The start menu limits the size the the search. So the smaller your start menu, the smaller the results. You have to click on “show more results” and have that open up in explorer? Also, the lack of filters in the start menu is very annoying. You have to manually type them in, which can be a hassle for people who are not very experienced with Windows.

    These issues must either be fixed or the start menu must be removed.

  • Dwight Stegall

    Everytime I install updates and some other apps I have reboot the computer.This wastes time and adds extra wear to the computer. Since browsers can update dynamically without rebooting why can’t an operating system?

  • Yra.R

    At first i want see new user interface, it must be more funkcial and easy in work. Then will be good see in new Windows better security sistem(mail and internet), also want new Windows better work with RAM. At last want, that windows will be integrated with W.Live!

  • LaGoS:D

    Свободное распространение….то бишь без активаций лицензии….

  • desbest

    I want a Start Menu that opens up a Metro style horizontal strip/pane instead of an outdated menu that houses all the installed programs and lets me see them all at once.

  • Carlos Manuel

    How, about better API’s for us developers to work with, which would give us the  freedom to choose either .net or a regular compiled language like C++…
    Also, notepad should finally support the opening of files with other newline styles, other than windows, or to be something like notepad++ or notepad2.

  • Carlos Manuel

    There is also other systems that do what coapp do, like CMake and CPack, so I don’t think that is a priority. Also, the package management, works in Linux because the system is free, and the software can be tweaked to work together. But, that does not works quite well, and even in Linux there are packages that mess with each other, I lived hell days using ubuntu (and it’s fully automatized package system), that where only solved when I switched to gentoo/paludis or arch (so that I could actually have control of what is in my system, and how packages work together, and actually configure it by hand if needed).
    So an fully automated package system, will never work, because the programmer of the system, and even the machine can’t predict everything.

  • Vahid

    Just copy all the features of Directory Opus file manager to your paralysed file manager