2005.08.27
Windows Explorer - What a Piece of Junk [General] -
chris - chris@chrisrussell.net @ 558 (08:08:45 EDT)
I sure hope that Microsoft fixes Windows Explorer someday because it's the single most annoying aspect of my Windows experience.
Specifically, Explorer should leverage multiple execution threads: one for updating the on-screen UI, and however many threads are necessary to query DVDs, network shares, etc. The on-screen display should always display valid and timely status information. IT SHOULD NEVER SIMPLY HANG, REFUSE TO REPAINT ITSELF, TIMEOUT, KILL THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE START MENU ETC.
This is most annoying when using a wireless laptop for similar device whose network connectectivity is a bit tenuous.
It's been ten years since Windows 95 has been released. Time for a speedy and responsive Windows Explorer! (and this goes for all those common control dialog boxes that sit and spin waiting for network connections to timeout while they crud up the display with nonresponsive MS Office applications).
One more Explorer nit pick: During a right-click drag-and-drop of an resource into an Explorer-displayed folder, moving the cursor over folders in the Explorer window highlights the folder directly under the mouse cursor. However, once the right mouse button is released Explorer erases the highlight on the target folder and re-highlights the folder previously selected in Explorer. This is really annoying because release of the right mouse button pops open a Copy/Move/Cancel context menu. But what is the target folder for the Copy/Move/Cancel? Explorer has erased the highlight so you're never really sure you have selected the correct target folder for the Copy/Move and there's no way to determine this without actually performing the operation, or starting over (paying extremely close attention).
Specifically, Explorer should leverage multiple execution threads: one for updating the on-screen UI, and however many threads are necessary to query DVDs, network shares, etc. The on-screen display should always display valid and timely status information. IT SHOULD NEVER SIMPLY HANG, REFUSE TO REPAINT ITSELF, TIMEOUT, KILL THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE START MENU ETC.
This is most annoying when using a wireless laptop for similar device whose network connectectivity is a bit tenuous.
It's been ten years since Windows 95 has been released. Time for a speedy and responsive Windows Explorer! (and this goes for all those common control dialog boxes that sit and spin waiting for network connections to timeout while they crud up the display with nonresponsive MS Office applications).
One more Explorer nit pick: During a right-click drag-and-drop of an resource into an Explorer-displayed folder, moving the cursor over folders in the Explorer window highlights the folder directly under the mouse cursor. However, once the right mouse button is released Explorer erases the highlight on the target folder and re-highlights the folder previously selected in Explorer. This is really annoying because release of the right mouse button pops open a Copy/Move/Cancel context menu. But what is the target folder for the Copy/Move/Cancel? Explorer has erased the highlight so you're never really sure you have selected the correct target folder for the Copy/Move and there's no way to determine this without actually performing the operation, or starting over (paying extremely close attention).
2005.08.10
"What could happen? We're superheroes!"
Disney/Pixar's "The Incredibles" is well worth watching. It's very well done and extremely amusing.
Disney/Pixar's "The Incredibles" is well worth watching. It's very well done and extremely amusing.
