Ten Items On My Windows 8 Wishlist

Everton | Nov 14, 2009 | Comments

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The dust hasn’t yet settled on the launch of Windows 7 and I’m fairly certain that in the new year, Microsoft will not only release Windows 7 SP1 but also (finally) some details of Windows 8. Windows 7 is a brilliant OS, but there is still room for improvement. What features would you add to your Windows 8 Wishlist? My wishlist would include the following items:

Better dual monitor support: I want wallpapers that stretch across multiple wallpapers
Fewer versions: I think Microsoft are confusing too many users with the various versions. Windows 7 was a step in the right direction with fewer versions; hopefully Windows 8 will no more than 3 versions
Customisable boot screens: (although hopefully windows 8 will boot so fast you won’t see it!)
Better multimedia network support: I run a number of media centers and it’s near on impossible to share playcounts, playlists etc across machines. I want features like knowing what films on my server haven’t been watched
Ditch the taskbar: Integrate an improved flip or something better i.e just make a virtual taskbar appear anywhere on the screen on demand
An updated Windows Explorer: come on Microsoft, it’s getting a bit long in the tooth now and needs to be retired
A complete rewrite of the Windows code: with backwards compatability via an emulator
User account synchronisation: Why should I have to setup my bookmarks, folders, settings, preferences, files etc on each and every machine? I want to login to any machine in my Homegroup and pickup where I left off
Better Updating & Maintenance: I would love it if Windows 8 ‘healed’ and ‘fixed’ itself in the background
Storage Array: My Windows Home Server just tells me how much storage I have available, rather than looking at each disk individually. I hope Windows 8 treats storage this way, allowing users to allocate storage to users or to create ‘virtual drives’

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Tags: windows 7 sp1 • windows 8 explorer • windows 8 multimedia • windows 8 networking • windows 8 taskbar • windows 8 wishlist

About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Connected Internet and One Tip A Day.

ramsey
Who cares about windows 8? Google Chrome OS will be out soon for PCs.

Francis
I wish they add Hyper-V on Windows 7 SP1. It has more features compare to Windows 7 Virtual PC like running guest OS on background and direct use of physical disk which is very useful for running virtualized Windows Home Server. I'm currently running Windows 2008 R2 because of this features but I loose the Media Center for recording TV programs on my tuner card as windows 2008 does not support it.

Haily
Rewriting the code base is retarded. A complete rewrite means completely new bugs-- ie all the stuff that has been fixed up till XP and Vista and so on. It means new vulnerabilities. It also does not necessarily have anything to do with speed.

9 times out of 10 when you are thinking of rewriting your entire code base the problem is:

1) you are inexperienced and don't really know what you're talking about
2) you are so screwed that the project is doomed-- ie the code is nonworking
3) someone fucked up bad and now it's unmaintainable garbage that you cannot deal with-- ie it's working but you don't know how or why, and you need to add something
4) you are an idiot
5) all of the above

Considering the fact that you are obviously not a Microsoft engineer and don't know what the code base is like over there... I would go with #4

ardation
lol at your rewrite idea. THAT'S CRAZY SHIT.

last time m$ sat down to do that, they shat out VISTA.

BacchusN1
Why a Whislist ? Just get a Mac !

Thomas
The funny thing is that all of this is possible with programs and hacks.....

nox
Windows 7 SUCKS. This is NOT "brilliant OS". Windows 7 is the same shit as VISTA.

Bob
Completely ditching heritage code is something I'd love to see. Offer a VM addon with XP or Win7 to ensure backwards compatibility if needed but it would really help to start clean slate. We will see a smaller package designed on the most current design principles that runs much more efficient.

Hideaki
You forgot something VERY important that Windows is in dire need of. VIRTUAL DESKTOPS! Every other OS has it, it's unacceptable that Windows has not implemented this yet.

Justin Kaise
I think they should just ditch pushing physical hardware altogether. Think about the possibilities with simple netbook computer specs and cloud computing. G.ho.st, has given us a glimpse at what's possible with cloud computing. Microsoft could really change the way we've been thinking about computers if they take advantage. No more paying thousands of dollars for a gaming computer. The game will be played at Microsoft's remote server, and just deliver the video to our computer. Think of the possibilities.

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