Here are the 20 most popular requests for Windows 10

Oct 17, 2014 08:39 GMT  ·  By

Windows 10 Preview is all about feedback, and Microsoft is willing to do everything that’s possible to get closer to users and find out what they want to see in the operating system, so in addition to dedicated feedback apps, the company also rolled out a UserVoice program to receive more suggestions.

Needless to say, users rushed to send their requests to Microsoft, so at this point, we can already figure out what users expect to find when installing the full version of Windows 10.

As gHacks writes today, the most requested feature is an option to add tabs to File Explorer, as the default Windows file manager remains very basic these days, despite all the improvements that Windows operating systems have received lately.

“Every other OS has this feature and Windows is severely lagging behind,” the feature request reads. “A user should be able to view two tabs side by side within the one single Explorer window pane.”

Aero and free Windows also in the top

Unsurprisingly, among the top 20 feature requests submitted by users, it’s easy to find a “free Windows license,” most likely following reports that Microsoft could offer Windows 10 free of charge to those running Windows 8.1.

At the same time, users also want Microsoft to make Windows Update the one stop for all drivers, bring back Aero Glass from Windows 8 Developer Preview, and provide a better Notepad application.

Not all feature requests are aimed at the desktop though, and some people are also asking for options that would make the Modern UI a bit more helpful and easier to use.

For example, options to pin anything to the Start screen are among the most voted requests, and so are settings to enable everyone create custom live tiles.

Microsoft already working on some of these features

Even though many of these requests are very unlikely to be addressed in Windows 10, some are already in the works, and sources from within the company indicated that Microsoft could make them available in the upcoming builds of the Technical Preview.

For example, a PC version of Cortana is under development at Microsoft right now, and the original preview build contains references which confirm this.

Cortana, however, might not be here before the final version of Windows 10 comes out, as Microsoft still plans to keep some of its features secret and make them available exclusively in the final product.

Windows 10 is expected to be finally unveiled on April 29, 2015, during the BUILD 2015 developer conference in San Francisco.

Top 20 Windows 10 Requests