Comments on: Yet Another Windows 7 Wish List http://codingexperiments.com/yet-another-windows-7-wish-list/ $ sudo make money Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: fyc http://codingexperiments.com/yet-another-windows-7-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-761 fyc Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:21:39 +0000 http://codingexperiments.com/?p=612#comment-761 Well, at least a couple of those are already there. WordPad finally has ODF (as well as OOXML) support and there's rudimentary ISO burning from Explorer (I don't think you can change burn speed, though).<br><br>Voyagerfan's right about the Performance options (it exists in XP, Vista and 7). To get to it, go to System in the Control Panel (or just Win+Pause there), go to Advanced system settings, then into Performance settings.<br><br>A companion to the new WordPad that does spreadsheets would be great, too. Not sure how likely it'd be, of course, but it'd be useful. Well, at least a couple of those are already there. WordPad finally has ODF (as well as OOXML) support and there's rudimentary ISO burning from Explorer (I don't think you can change burn speed, though).

Voyagerfan's right about the Performance options (it exists in XP, Vista and 7). To get to it, go to System in the Control Panel (or just Win+Pause there), go to Advanced system settings, then into Performance settings.

A companion to the new WordPad that does spreadsheets would be great, too. Not sure how likely it'd be, of course, but it'd be useful.

]]> By: fyc http://codingexperiments.com/yet-another-windows-7-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-424 fyc Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:21:39 +0000 http://codingexperiments.com/?p=612#comment-424 Well, at least a couple of those are already there. WordPad finally has ODF (as well as OOXML) support and there's rudimentary ISO burning from Explorer (I don't think you can change burn speed, though).<br><br>Voyagerfan's right about the Performance options (it exists in XP, Vista and 7). To get to it, go to System in the Control Panel (or just Win+Pause there), go to Advanced system settings, then into Performance settings.<br><br>A companion to the new WordPad that does spreadsheets would be great, too. Not sure how likely it'd be, of course, but it'd be useful. Well, at least a couple of those are already there. WordPad finally has ODF (as well as OOXML) support and there's rudimentary ISO burning from Explorer (I don't think you can change burn speed, though).

Voyagerfan's right about the Performance options (it exists in XP, Vista and 7). To get to it, go to System in the Control Panel (or just Win+Pause there), go to Advanced system settings, then into Performance settings.

A companion to the new WordPad that does spreadsheets would be great, too. Not sure how likely it'd be, of course, but it'd be useful.

]]> By: Voyagerfan5761 http://codingexperiments.com/yet-another-windows-7-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Voyagerfan5761 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:37:29 +0000 http://codingexperiments.com/?p=612#comment-762 I like many of your suggestions. I am particularly fond of your ideas for a central spell-checker, custom Aero effects, and editable keyboard shortcuts.<br><br>For central spell-checking, is there any reason Microsoft couldn't integrate something like GNU Aspell? It's open-source, and they could even contribute code or donate money to the project (unlikely, right? :P ).<br><br>Keyboard shortcut editing is a no-brainer.<br><br>Customizing Aero effects might already exist buried deep in the system control panels. I know that XP has a "Performance" options panel if you dig around in the System Properties panel's Advanced tab. In it, you can change various display options such as animations, drop-shadows, translucency, and so forth. If Windows 7 has such a panel, I suggest you try looking there (or if you don't want to download Win7, i80and is as I type this). I like many of your suggestions. I am particularly fond of your ideas for a central spell-checker, custom Aero effects, and editable keyboard shortcuts.

For central spell-checking, is there any reason Microsoft couldn't integrate something like GNU Aspell? It's open-source, and they could even contribute code or donate money to the project (unlikely, right? :P ).

Keyboard shortcut editing is a no-brainer.

Customizing Aero effects might already exist buried deep in the system control panels. I know that XP has a “Performance” options panel if you dig around in the System Properties panel's Advanced tab. In it, you can change various display options such as animations, drop-shadows, translucency, and so forth. If Windows 7 has such a panel, I suggest you try looking there (or if you don't want to download Win7, i80and is as I type this).

]]> By: Voyagerfan5761 http://codingexperiments.com/yet-another-windows-7-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Voyagerfan5761 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:37:29 +0000 http://codingexperiments.com/?p=612#comment-423 I like many of your suggestions. I am particularly fond of your ideas for a central spell-checker, custom Aero effects, and editable keyboard shortcuts.<br><br>For central spell-checking, is there any reason Microsoft couldn't integrate something like GNU Aspell? It's open-source, and they could even contribute code or donate money to the project (unlikely, right? :P ).<br><br>Keyboard shortcut editing is a no-brainer.<br><br>Customizing Aero effects might already exist buried deep in the system control panels. I know that XP has a "Performance" options panel if you dig around in the System Properties panel's Advanced tab. In it, you can change various display options such as animations, drop-shadows, translucency, and so forth. If Windows 7 has such a panel, I suggest you try looking there (or if you don't want to download Win7, i80and is as I type this). I like many of your suggestions. I am particularly fond of your ideas for a central spell-checker, custom Aero effects, and editable keyboard shortcuts.

For central spell-checking, is there any reason Microsoft couldn't integrate something like GNU Aspell? It's open-source, and they could even contribute code or donate money to the project (unlikely, right? :P ).

Keyboard shortcut editing is a no-brainer.

Customizing Aero effects might already exist buried deep in the system control panels. I know that XP has a “Performance” options panel if you dig around in the System Properties panel's Advanced tab. In it, you can change various display options such as animations, drop-shadows, translucency, and so forth. If Windows 7 has such a panel, I suggest you try looking there (or if you don't want to download Win7, i80and is as I type this).

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