- IE should be able to do spell checking like how Firefox does.
Figure: spell checking in Firefox
Help me spell check
Play a sound at the end of send/receive process
By playing a sound at the end of the long process, it will alert the user to go back and check on it. We have a rule about this, please refer to Long Process – Do you know how to make long-running processes user-friendly?
Figure: (Supposed) adding a check box for playing a sound at the end of send/receive progress
Add the status for the progress bar
Add the status for progress bar, we can clearly see the progress status. We have a rule about this, please refer to Long Process – Do you show the status of progress bar on winform’s title?
Figure: Send/receive progress form in Outlook
Compile to hide tables and queries
Microsoft Access should support the ability to compile an Access Database to an EXE so that the end user cannot see the tables and queries.
Make a “Save As” option for pictures
Please add another menu item to this right click menu “Save As” just like Internet Explorer.
Add “Move to Folder” function
Figure: Please add a “Move To Folder” function (like in Outlook)
Automatic File Version Increment
It would be really useful if Office documents (e.g. Word, Excel) would have an option to increment the file version every time a document is saved and closed.
For example, if you opened
Session1_ExtremeProgramming_Access97to2003_AdamCogan_v3.ppt,
made a changed, saved and closed the document, the filename would update to
Session1_ExtremeProgramming_Access97to2003_AdamCogan_v4.ppt.
This would help ensure that the latest version is being used and that you can determine at a glance which version of a document is the newest.
Why can’t I add custom tag’s to the FrontPage validator?
In Tools – Page Options, users should be able to add custom tags. (eg missing span). Currently I need to switch to Dreamweaver to use this functionality.
Figure: …nor in Front Page 2003 Beta 2
Hide the progress bar at the end of send/receive process
The progress bar should be hidden at the end of the long process. We have a rule about this, please refer to Long Process – Do you know how to make long-running processes user-friendly?
Figure: The progress bar will be hidden at the end of send/receive progress
Add the ability to have a contents page added to an email
This functionality existed in Outlook 2003.
Figure: Table of Contents functionality in MS Word 2007