[MichiganMat]

Like I said, Im sure there are ways to do it on Windows, sure fine good.

But heres a few nit-picks about that window:

1.) Thats way too many options, and way too hard to find things. Some of the text is even cut off on the names, nice.

2.) Are those icons representing apps, or panels, or something else? They look like every other app on the system, can they be moved, deleted, etc? The Explorer they are shown in sure makes it seem that way. Can I rename them? God knows I would...

3.) Different panels for keyboard and mouse? Why?

4.) Networking: You've got "Network Connections", "Phone and modem", "Internet Options", "Windows Firewall", "Wireless Link", and "Wireless Network Set...". What for? What do these do? Isn't the modem a network connection? Isn't the wireless link and also the network setup, aren't those also connections? I can see it now, Im going to have to hunt through those aren't I?

5.) Security Center? Let me guess, that has network options in it?

6.) Add Hardware? What, the system can't detect new hardware on it own and maybe load a default driver until you install something extra?

7.) Scanners and Cameras, Portable Media Devices, Game Controllers.... Just configs for external devices? Why do you need configuration at the system level for these? The drivers and apps should take care of these things, and if the system doesn't know about any of these devices there shouldn't be an option to configure them.

8.) Mail? Is this a server setting of some kind? Shouldn't that be a preference in the Mail application and not a system setting?

9.) Java and Java Plug-in? What are these doing as a system configuration? It makes no sense to have it here. Why not in Internet Options?

10.) Administrative Tools? Ok, but shouldn't "User Accounts" be a part of that? And what about "System"? Aren't we looking at the "System"?

11.) "Folder Options"? Why not make that accessible in every Explorere window instead of over here? Why would I want to go away from my folders to configure them? The same goes for Fonts.

12.) You've got "Accessibility Options" in the corner, but then below you've got "TrackPoint Accessibility"... Oh I get it, the system didn't give the developers the option of tying into the system Accessibility config for that.


Do you see what Im getting at here? Placement, organization, intuitive controls, this is what differentiates a tool from a good tool. Granted, some of the points I've made may miss the mark, but that doesn't detract from the fact that even a highly critical and needed part of the Windows system is overly difficult to use.