Windows 8 Wishlist Project
Windows 7 has been Microsoft’s best-selling Windows ever. 7 is a worthy successor of XP and Vista, but there’s still room for a lot of improvements.
Let’s think about the future for a moment. What are your wishes for Windows 8?
We can make this the ultimate Windows 8 wishlist!
My Windows 8 Wishlist
I am especially unhappy with the taskbar icons and the Windows rights management as well as the network sharing in Windows 7. Of course, many times 3rd-party tools interfere, but Windows should be able to work flawlessly with modern firewalls activated.
This list will grow over time, but for now here are ten ideas that I would certainly put on my Windows 8 wishlist:
10. Built-in Support for 3rd-party themes
9. Improved ZIP Manager (that is able to extract more file formats)
8. Scalable, stackable taskbar icons
7. Editor for Windows Themes (at least a simple editor to modify the images)
6. New Browser with improved tab management (colors, multiple rows, etc.)
5. Shortcut Manager (that allows you to add custom shortcuts for Windows commands)
4. Secure Note Manager that is integrated into the new explorer and can include references to files, hyperlinks and documents
3. Advanced Disk Manager (including a disk tree to find large folders and files)
2. Dialog Manager (more flexibility to customize your PC and add important folders to common dialogs)
1. Simplified New Rights Management & Improved Network Sharing (sharing printers or files is still too much trouble sometimes, especially when firewalls interfere)
Your Windows 8 Wishlist:
Reply to this post and let us know of your wishes. Do you want a fancy new GUI or do your want to some real features that improve your productivity? Let us know and they will be added.
Pictures, concepts, links are more than welcome!!
External Windows 8 Wishlists:
Of course, many tech blogs report about Windows 7 problems every day. This is going to be a list of all things that people want to see fixed in Windows 8:
What Microsoft must fix for Windows 8 (Mike Williams)
What I Think Users Want in the Next Version of Windows (Ryan Tetzlaff)
Know a wishlist that should be on this list? Let us know!
My wishlist for Windows 8 would be to have a media center. Something that integrated all media; music, video, social sites, e-mail, plus make it more customizable. Insted of having themes to download give us the toolsto make our own themes – EASILY!
Integrated email. Windows Live does not cut it, a very impersonal interface and “cold” feeling. Too bussiness like.
This is an awesome concept of the WISHLIST(S)…
My wishlist for Windows 8 would be to have a graphic accelerator that is integrated graphic card installer, so we have an option to buy a graphics card rather it being a mandate.
Another wish would be a theme maker, so that we dont waste time downloading themes…instead create our OWN…
Thank you
Here’s my contribution to the wish list:
I have read at various sites that it is not a good idea to have more than one anti-virus application installed, since (a) they might interfere with each other and cause system problems, and (b) having two apps running at the same time doing essentially the same thing would waste resources.
Even so, it seems to me that it would be a tad safer to have two, since each app would have its own virus database, etc.
So at the top of my wish list is a small utility that would temporarily totally disable one anti-virus application and enable another one. Assuming “AppA” is the primary anti-virus program, the utility would first run “App A”, then temporarily disable it, then run “App B”, then disable it, then make “AppA” active again, then show / save a report for both apps.
Of course, anything found by either app that’s dangerous would be quarantined.
Might even extend the idea to “AppC”, “AppD”, etc.
The ability to easily cluster computers together into a “supercomputer” by simply networking them together, and when I say easy, I mean something along the lines of plug and play. Maybe throw in a little program that helps organize what each system does. It’d be nice to wire my old computers together (that would be 14 computers) to render my 10gb+ image files quickly.
Why not send this list to Microsoft for consideration? The site connect.microsoft.com allows anyone to comment on upcoming products, and existing ones. You just need a Live ID to sign in.
1. Integration with Windows Live services in the context menu.
eg.(Ability to upload or send photo to photos.live.com via the context menu)
2. Different codec recording in Windows media center(Ability to record Live TV in AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, HD ENCODER, instead of the default WTV or DVR-MS formats)
3. Improved Network sharing would be great, yes it is troublesome at times.
4. An in built Folder password protection program.(Again context menu integration would be great)
I am not a power user but something I would like to check is my hardware for any problems like my display card, RAM, HDD. Narrowing down and locating which peripheral is causing a problem. There are tools out there to test it via BootCD or Flash drive, but way too confusing to use, even Memtest.
And I agree with another point in one of the external links.
Windows Explorer needs major attention, too. At a minimum, let’s fix the basics: we really shouldn’t still be wondering why the program forgets our folder settings at random moments, say (or dumping the option entirely as appears to be the case with Windows 7)
I never understand why my explorer settings go berserk at times, it’s annoying to re-size the preview window every time I open a folder or drive in explorer. And even more annoying when my View option is set to Large Icons or Tiles when I have selected Details both in Explorer and even for search results.
And will add more to the wishlist as soon as I can think of some more features.
Hey a great wish list! I would like to add a few more points,
1.) An inbuilt password storer
2.) Support or compatibility for older version of graphic,sound cards,etc.
3.) An inbuilt download manager like IDM to speed up downloads.
4.) More features in Ms. Paint, Snipping Tool, Etc.
5.) Make games in Microsoft Computers more advanced with lesser hardware commodities. The Solitaire in Windows 7 requires graphic card, but the game isn’t advanced in playing, just has improved in looks.
Also I agree with Satyan Bajaj’s points.
different versions for different needs:
- simpel and fast for business purposes (without mediacenter, games, screensavers, (fancy)themes etc)
- mediacenter: big icons (or dock like objectdock), all media/audio codecs
- best of both worlds for all other (home) users
My wishlist is GAMING! Im a big gamer so i was hoping windows 7 would come with some sort of 3d game. I was wrong. I usually use steam so i want windows 8 to have a gamers edition i know it sounds silly but i want to have it like to have a option to install a torrent application, steam(google it), and maybe firefox. IE is so slow.
Add an “Enter” on right click menu as paste and copy,would save some time.
I would like to have an customizable bootscreen animation. Also, a customizable bootscreen sound.
John
My top requests for Windows 8 is :
1. Should use Kinect (for Xbox 360) to introduce free space full gesture recognition to run tasks like Tony Stark does in the Iron Man and include biometric login for security.
2. Would also be nice to do everything from my windows mobile phone too.
Windows 9 wish list:
1. Navigate around Windows 9 by thinking my way through the operating systems controls and tasks.
add more colors… it looks glossy but when i photoshop or designing softwares i feel lack of colors.. add more colors…