- I hate not knowing which tab is playing sound and which one is making my PC slow.
Add 2 more columns:
- Sound playing now
- Processor%
Figure: Add 2 more columns
Help me know the slow or noisy tab
Microsoft
Help me work offline
IE8 broke it…. Firefox works much better when offline
Figure: IE8 Cannot Work Offline
Excel to support Import Data from Web Services
In Excel 2007 and 2010, it supports importing data from various data sources, e.g. SQL Server, Analysis Services, etc. But it does not support importing data from “Web Services”. Importing data from Web Services functionality is great to have, so it will save user time to write VSTO code or VBA code to call web services.
Figure: Adding Import from Web Services functionality
Access to support Import Data from Web Services
Sometime, users may want to get data from Web Services provided by other party. It is a bit cumbersome to do at the moment, since Access 2007 and 2010 does not support importing data from Web Services. Users may need to write VSTO code and VBA code to call the web services. It will be very helpful if Access supports importing data from Web Services.
Figure: Adding Import from Web Services functionality
Word – Office 2010 – Hate the new UI – Print button should be bottom right
My Feedback for Office 2010 team is…
The Print button should be at the bottom right ?as the eye navigates down we have to look back up to hit Print
I could be wrong, so I would love to know the logic behind this change.
Cater for Subscribed Newsletters (aka SPAM Level 2)
We all know what SPAM is… and Outlook seems to catch most of that fine.
But there is a 2nd level of SPAM, and that is newsletters you subscribe to, but rarely get to read… but you will ‘one day’
I would love another mailbox called ‘Junk Newsletters’ and it picked up my newsletters.
Figure: We need another folder “Junk Newsletters” and button “Not a Subscribed Newsletter”
Help me use Office’s Quick Access Toolbar – Make our software learn
I don’t see users (aka knowledge workers) use the Quick Access Toolbar… I don’t even see advanced users like developers use it.
I think it would be great to have it automatically learn how we use the application and put shortcut commands there.
Then encourage me to use the shortcut commands, by having it give a visual indication (eg. flash) when I use the normal slow menu.
Figure: It would be great to see the Quick Access Toolbar grow from this…
Figure: To this… automatically
PS: I would also like to see it in VS.NET
Outlook 2010 – Help me fix this annoying behaviour of “Check Names” (aka Control + K)
If I type “Brian”
Figure: Then click “Check Names”
It will change to “Brian Norton”
Instead of giving me a choice of “Brian Norton” and “Brian Noyes”
Figure: The reason is it only looks in the “Global Address List”
Figure: I want it to also look in the “Contacts” Address Book too.
PS: My iPhone uses the same data, but works as I expect.
Summary points
- It should work out of the box (BTW it shows both “Brian’s” out of the box, for my iPhone).
- This option, should be more discoverable.
Suggestion for the Outlook Team
Figure: Change the “Check Names” button to this style
Figure: Make the order more discoverable by adding “Change Order” under “Check Names” button that would take you to
Address book
Figure: Address Book
Calendar – Help me Print my Monthly Calendar without certain appointments showing
Figure: There should be a way of setting some appointments to low importance (eg. Daily Standup) and not printing it
Figure: What we need is 2 more checkboxes under this one
[x] Don’t print anything for ‘Low Importance’ appointments
Help me undo a hotel broadband inflicted Redirect
I am travelling in (say) NZ and accessing the Net through the Hotel’s broadband access system. If I have to reboot I save all my current open tabs when I close down Internet Explorer.
After I reboot and reopen IE every page is redirected to the hotel broadband login homepage. Aaaaaaaaaahhhh… Not happy. I won’t be able to remember and I am not going through all my history for the last week.
Figure: All pages have been redirect to hotel page