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Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008: GUI Improvements Required
Hi,
Evaluating Vista/Server 2008 for migration from W2k, W2k3, XP I noticed a couple of drawbacks when using those OSs. I've compiled the problems and put them all into one issue here instead of creating separate issues for all of them. -- 1 -- : Keyboard handling: It's very straining to use Vista/Server 2008 by keyboard. It should by far be better supported, like in the previous Windows versions. Current drawbacks a -- 1.1 -- : Common Dialog File Open/Save boxes are missing keyboard shortcuts, e.g. for creating new folders (previously ALT+F-W-F). -- 1.2 -- : Using Windows Explorer with the keyboard becomes horror: -- 1.2.1 -- : Opening Windows Explorer (=WE) with FLAG+E gives focus to the ListView instead of the TreeView control. So a reverse Tab SHIFT+TAB is required to navigate the tree. (It's very uncommon that any action is required at the "Computer" node, so TreeView navigation is usually *always* the first thing to be done in Windows Explorer.) -- 1.2.2 -- : Navigating the WE TreeView doesn't update the ListView. It's required to hit the [RETURN] key to get the ListView updated. This makes browsing quite awkward to do. -- 1.2.3 -- : Tab sequence in WE is very strange! Usually, switching focus between TreeView and ListView is just a one-tab sequence (you just have to press the TAB key once). But after hitting [RETURN] on the TreeView, the ListView becomes 4 TAB hits away! -- 1.3 -- : SQL Server 2005 Management Studio doesn't provide a quick "Open Database Connection" shortcut (previously CTRL + O, now only F8-ALT+V [on German version]) -- 1.4 -- : Internet Explorer 7 doesn't provide a shortcut for setting focus to the address bar (formerly ALT+D). So it's very hard to correct typos after hitting [RETURN]. (Awkward, but yet best workaround: CTRL+E - SHIFT+TAB - SHIFT+TAB) -- 1.5 -- : The new Start menu is very unhandy. Just mentioning it to keep the classic view available in future Windows versions: I've traditionally arranged my (classic) start menu tree in a way to quickly reach any program by simply pressing the FLAG key plus the first letter of a Start menu entry to finally reach a program entry (e.g. FLAG-P-O-W which is "Programs - Office - Word 2003" ...or... FLAG+P+D+8+S which is "Programs - Development Tools - 8_Visual Studio 2005 - S_Visual Studio"). (This is more easy to do in German than in English because of default entries starting with the same letter in English [e.g. "Accessories/Administrative Tools"]). So I'll stick to the classic Start menu version. -- 2 -- : Copy File dialog doesn't provide useful information. Even after updating Vista to SP1, the Copy File dialog still doesn't display which file currently is copied. So when copying large files the user can't tell which file is currently copied and, thus, isn't free for use. -- 3 -- : Color Schema: Hover color is (almost) same as selection color. So it's hard to tell if an entry has been selected of if the mouse pointer is just hovering above a ListView entry in WE. -- 4 -- : Back button in WE doesn't provide a history list. So it's impossible to go back in history and skip a recently visited folder that might have become unavailable. -- 5 -- : WE and Common Dialogs are missing "Navigate to parent node" functionality. Thanks for taking the time and eventually forwarding my concerns/suggestions to the Vista/Server 2008 group. Axel Dahmen www.axeldahmen.com ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com... e_management |