14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 Preview was released with feedback in mind, and it appears that Microsoft receives thousands of suggestions from users who have already deployed the testing bits of this operating system.
Microsoft says that listening to customer feedback is a priority right now, so it promises that at least some of the features that people request will be implemented in the stable version of Windows 10.
Curios to learn which these features actually are? WinSupersite has a list of the most requested options and bug fixes that users have submitted to Microsoft through the integrated feedback forms, but this, of course, doesn’t guarantee that Redmond will really make them available when Windows 10 comes out.
All these requests were collected with the help of a script-based analysis, as the aforementioned source notes, and comprise feedback that Microsoft has received in the past week.
Some old, some new
Unsurprisingly, some of these votes are asking Microsoft to implement features that have already been requested by many people in the past few years, including tabs for File Explorer and new icons.
Here’s the complete list of requests, ordered by the number of votes they received:
1. Let us move or disable the new search and/or taskview buttons. 2. Add a little animation/transition when opening the Start menu. 3. Make it easier to use a local account. 4. Add tabs to File Explorer. 5. Can't access Charms. 6. Make a beautiful boot screen. 7. Unable to select multiple tiles when using CTRL. 8. Complete the transition from the Control Panel to PC Settings. 9. Complete updating icons. 10. Allow specific background images and folders on each virtual desktop.
Not all make sense
If you analyze these requests one by one, it’s easy to notice that some do not really make sense and could actually bother many power users who want to work faster on their desktops.
While we admit that tabs in File Explorer and backgrounds for each desktop would really be great options in Windows 10, there’s no doubt that a new boot screen wouldn’t be such a critical addition, especially because new PCs designed to run this operating system would get past this screen in just a couple of seconds.
What’s more, a possible transition from the Control Panel to PC settings would be just awful for PC users who try to stick to the desktop and might actually be counterproductive for people trying to configure their computers without accessing the touch-optimized environment.
In the end, there’s no doubt that Microsoft will itself analyze this feedback, but it remains to be seen how many requested options will actually make it to the final operating system.