Windows 7: The worst bits revealed

[Lite]

There's a lot to love about Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7. However, there's also some features that we're less enthusiastic about. Check out Windows 7's worst features.

When clicking isn't switching

If you're looking for a good reason never to use Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, try this: Open multiple tabs in IE 8 and open a Microsoft Word document.

Then click the IE icon in the taskbar, and... nothing happens.

Instead of switching over to Internet Explorer as you'd expect it to, Windows 7 greets you with miniature pop-ups for every tab you've opened in IE and asks you to choose the one you'd like to go to.

This feature, called Aero Peek, is actually a nice idea, since you get to choose the tab you want to see.

But we've been trained for years to expect to switch to a new program when we click on its icon in the taskbar, so why change the behaviour now?

The automatic switch

Thanks to another Aero Peek function, when you move your pointer over any of the small pop-ups, you suddenly find yourself in the new program - except that you aren't really there.

When you mouse over a pop-up, the corresponding application fills the screen, but when you move the pointer to go to the app the app disappears.

The purpose of this feature is to enable you to quickly navigate to another program like IE, refer to something in the browser, and then jump back to where you were.

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[LeetPirate]

I tried the first one, it switched over to IE as it should. :dunno:

If you're looking for a good reason never to use Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, try this: Open multiple tabs in IE 8 and open a Microsoft Word document.

Then click the IE icon in the taskbar, and... nothing happens.

[mara-]

I know that this is a bit off topic, but I noticed strange bug in Windows 7. I have same behavior on two systems. When I log off, and then log on, I start CMD. CMD windows becomes so small that it's not usable. Only way to fix it is reboot. And it's back again if I log off-log on. Anyone noticed/can confirm this?

Cheers ;)

[LeetPirate]

I know that this is a bit off topic, but I noticed strange bug in Windows 7. I have same behavior on two systems. When I log off, and then log on, I start CMD. CMD windows becomes so small that it's not usable. Only way to fix it is reboot. And it's back again if I log off-log on. Anyone noticed/can confirm this?

Cheers ;)

I just tried it, I cannot reproduce your bug. I logged off and back on, loaded cmd from the run box and also tried from the start menu link and the window size was normal.

[dishwara]

I know that this is a bit off topic, but I noticed strange bug in Windows 7. I have same behavior on two systems. When I log off, and then log on, I start CMD. CMD windows becomes so small that it's not usable. Only way to fix it is reboot. And it's back again if I log off-log on. Anyone noticed/can confirm this?

Cheers ;)

I too tried , but CMD is normal only.

[dishwara]

There's a lot to love about Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7. However, there's also some features that we're less enthusiastic about. Check out Windows 7's worst features.

When clicking isn't switching

If you're looking for a good reason never to use Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, try this: Open multiple tabs in IE 8 and open a Microsoft Word document.

Then click the IE icon in the taskbar, and... nothing happens.

Instead of switching over to Internet Explorer as you'd expect it to, Windows 7 greets you with miniature pop-ups for every tab you've opened in IE and asks you to choose the one you'd like to go to.

This feature, called Aero Peek, is actually a nice idea, since you get to choose the tab you want to see.

But we've been trained for years to expect to switch to a new program when we click on its icon in the taskbar, so why change the behaviour now?

The automatic switch

Thanks to another Aero Peek function, when you move your pointer over any of the small pop-ups, you suddenly find yourself in the new program - except that you aren't really there.

When you mouse over a pop-up, the corresponding application fills the screen, but when you move the pointer to go to the app the app disappears.

The purpose of this feature is to enable you to quickly navigate to another program like IE, refer to something in the browser, and then jump back to where you were.

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Yes, this is nice feature. But not works on chrome or firefox.

[JessicaLeigh]

Dear Mara, I too, tried to reproduce your glitch, and I could only get it to happen after a fifth of Jack Daniels. Could that have anything to do with it?? ;) ( I'm just teasing you! ) Seriously though, I think this article is really scraping the bottom of the barrel; trying to find things to complain about with W7. I'd rather spend my time enjoying it, instead. Hugs, everyone...

[nuthut]

If these two feature are the worse things you can think about using Windows 7, you are worrying way too hard about it. I use both of your "bugged" features on a daily basis and I can't tell you how much time it has saved me in the past looking for stuff in other windows... Hell I even use the aeropeek feature to type in a serial number in a registration while I have it peeked with my mouse

[Night Owl]

Hmmm, something went wrong with my edit.

[Night Owl]

Yes, this is nice feature. But not works on chrome or firefox.

In the current Google Chrome Dev and Beta channel, you can enable Aero Peek with the --enable-aero-peek-tabs option. The shortcut for your Google Chrome in the Target field would look like:

C:\Users\Your_User_Name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --enable-aero-peek-tabs

It is also possible to enable Aero Peek in Firefox, but I wouldn't recommend it. I tried it recently, but it was very buggy. That is why the Firefox developers have disabled it by default.

[jtmulc]

If these two feature are the worse things you can think about using Windows 7, you are worrying way too hard about it. I use both of your "bugged" features on a daily basis and I can't tell you how much time it has saved me in the past looking for stuff in other windows... Hell I even use the aeropeek feature to type in a serial number in a registration while I have it peeked with my mouse

Same here. The "Worst Bits" are a feature you can turn off in under 2 minutes.

[Kalliedog]

There's a lot to love about Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7. However, there's also some features that we're less enthusiastic about. Check out Windows 7's worst features.

When clicking isn't switching

If you're looking for a good reason never to use Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, try this: Open multiple tabs in IE 8 and open a Microsoft Word document.

Then click the IE icon in the taskbar, and... nothing happens.

Instead of switching over to Internet Explorer as you'd expect it to, Windows 7 greets you with miniature pop-ups for every tab you've opened in IE and asks you to choose the one you'd like to go to.

This feature, called Aero Peek, is actually a nice idea, since you get to choose the tab you want to see.

But we've been trained for years to expect to switch to a new program when we click on its icon in the taskbar, so why change the behaviour now?

The automatic switch

Thanks to another Aero Peek function, when you move your pointer over any of the small pop-ups, you suddenly find yourself in the new program - except that you aren't really there.

When you mouse over a pop-up, the corresponding application fills the screen, but when you move the pointer to go to the app the app disappears.

The purpose of this feature is to enable you to quickly navigate to another program like IE, refer to something in the browser, and then jump back to where you were.

Continues at source.

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That sounds more like a "user's worst bits" not windows 7.

The user seems to be the one that has the bad habits and has to change their switching of windows habit.

For the second part...IT CALLED PEEK. It is not a swiching function. OMG.

I rather prefer the way it is set up and is very easy to switch. This article is a bunch of nothing and is more an attempt to trash a very good OS.

Hummmm, any mac influance here....me thinks so.