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Personally, I think Microsoft should spend more time improving Windows
Explorer than any other softwares included in Windows. It looks like
as new versions of Windows come out, Microsoft is showing off brand
new bundled applications for example the Sidebar, DVD Maker, Windows
Picture Gallery or something for Vista. Actually there are many good
or better softwares that can replace them. Many of them are even
freewares. See Picasa for example.
But Windows Explorer, it cannot be easily replaced, and most of the
time, we are dealing with Windows Explorer. Making good application is
what other companies are to do, what Microsoft should do is to improve
the OS. So I hope Microsoft would put more and more functionalities to
Windows Explorer. Of course those should be able to be turned on and
off in order not to confuse novice users.
Some improvements I can think of are,
1) Queuing file move/copy operations: this will be useful if you need
to copy many files to a slow medium like a flash memory drive.
Currently, you can start copying with multiple files are selected, but
once it has started, there's no way to add new files to copy to the
operation. And, if you commit another copying, it will be started
promptly rather than being queued, thus causing both copying
operations to be slow.
2) Remembering speed displaying status : I need to unfold it each and
every time to see the copying speed.
3) Pausing file copy operations: when copying a big file, the computer
may become very slow, you need to do something right now quickly but
you don't want to cancel the copying and start it from the beginning
again.
4) Quick toggle buttons on the Explorer toolbar for showing hidden and
system files: these days, many files could be created hidden. This
could also be some security issue. But changing the setting is not
easy, and you don't want to see the system files all the time, it's
ugly.
5) "Open command prompt here" for the context menu : now that TweakUI
is unavailable for Vista.
6) "New folder" context menu, instead of New -> move the mouse ->
Folder.
7) Remove Internet Explorer history from Windows Explorer address
bar : annoying, now that Windows Explorer cannot host Internet
Explorer but launch a separate process.
8) Hiding file extensions by default can be deceptive and confusing.
But other people who have used Windows for a long time should have
many better ideas how to improve Windows Explorer.
Explorer than any other softwares included in Windows. It looks like
as new versions of Windows come out, Microsoft is showing off brand
new bundled applications for example the Sidebar, DVD Maker, Windows
Picture Gallery or something for Vista. Actually there are many good
or better softwares that can replace them. Many of them are even
freewares. See Picasa for example.
But Windows Explorer, it cannot be easily replaced, and most of the
time, we are dealing with Windows Explorer. Making good application is
what other companies are to do, what Microsoft should do is to improve
the OS. So I hope Microsoft would put more and more functionalities to
Windows Explorer. Of course those should be able to be turned on and
off in order not to confuse novice users.
Some improvements I can think of are,
1) Queuing file move/copy operations: this will be useful if you need
to copy many files to a slow medium like a flash memory drive.
Currently, you can start copying with multiple files are selected, but
once it has started, there's no way to add new files to copy to the
operation. And, if you commit another copying, it will be started
promptly rather than being queued, thus causing both copying
operations to be slow.
2) Remembering speed displaying status : I need to unfold it each and
every time to see the copying speed.
3) Pausing file copy operations: when copying a big file, the computer
may become very slow, you need to do something right now quickly but
you don't want to cancel the copying and start it from the beginning
again.
4) Quick toggle buttons on the Explorer toolbar for showing hidden and
system files: these days, many files could be created hidden. This
could also be some security issue. But changing the setting is not
easy, and you don't want to see the system files all the time, it's
ugly.
5) "Open command prompt here" for the context menu : now that TweakUI
is unavailable for Vista.
6) "New folder" context menu, instead of New -> move the mouse ->
Folder.
7) Remove Internet Explorer history from Windows Explorer address
bar : annoying, now that Windows Explorer cannot host Internet
Explorer but launch a separate process.
8) Hiding file extensions by default can be deceptive and confusing.
But other people who have used Windows for a long time should have
many better ideas how to improve Windows Explorer.