20 Features Windows 7 Should Include

Damian Francis writes "Australian computer expert Vito Cassisi has come up with a list of 20 features that Windows 7 should have. The article includes features like modularized OS, new UAC, program caching, standards compliant browser and a whole lot more with explanations as to why these features should be included. With Windows Vista only receiving a luke-warm reception, Microsoft needs to make sure Windows 7 is a winner from the get go." What other features would you suggest to Microsoft if they are to have a hope for recovery?

Comments

Re:Microsoft sucks

[Yvan256]

Changed my password, some fucker was using my account. Sorry for the crap he/she wrote.

Re:Standards-compliant browser

[Yvan256]

Changed my password, some fucker was using my account. Sorry for the crap he/she wrote.

Re:Easy...

[Talderas]

I'm not claiming just one company is not making RTS games for consoles. There's way too much you need to do that essentially requires a keyboard in order to have all the necessary input.

Let's take a PS3 controller, assuming the left stick is for moving the cursor and the right stick is for moving the screen (unless you want to only move around the map by clicking on the minimap, or moving your cursor to the edges), and the Start button being utilized to bring up the pause menu, that leaves you with the directional pad, L1/L2/R1/R2, Triangle, Circle, Square, X and Select. Possibly also R3 and L3. X would likely be used to select units, gui objects, and menu items. Triangle would be useful for issuing the basic move action. Use Circle for the attack command (also includes attacking on way). That leaves square for some action.

Now onto the trigger buttons. If the designers decide to make this a top down with no way to rotate or tilt the camera, you're going to free up the trigger buttons. Otherwise you're going to use the L1 and R1 buttons for rotation and L2 and R2 for tilting the camera.

Assuming all of that, I'm left with the Select, Square, and directional keys. That means at best 6 hotkey unit groups (likely 4 for the directional buttons only) instead of the 10 or 12 you get in RTS.

There's just simply not enough input available for an RTS. This could change on the Wii, but I really wouldn't want to be making gestures in order to control my troops.

Re:First hand knowledge?

[TeXMaster]

Same thing here in Italy if you want to become a minister. (Not that anybody abroad gives a damn about it.)