Learn about the 10 most requested improvements by users of Windows 10 Technical Preview

When the testing program for Windows 10 was launched, Microsoft made it very clear from minute one that The objective of this was to collect feedback from its daily use in order to improve the product, and make it as polished as possible for when its final version sees the light.

In that context, Paul Thurrott has had privileged access to the list of features or Most requested improvements by users of the Tech Preview through the Windows 10 feedback tool, and from that it tells us which are the 10 most requested changes by beta-testers.

Something that stands out about the list is that the most requested features are mostly cosmetic changes, or small sense tweaks how well accomplished is the Tech Preview of Windows 10 as a concept.

Many of the requested changes are just cosmetic tweaks, which suggests that the Windows 10 Tech Preview is very well done when it comes to usability. "

Specifically, the most demanded feature is the incorporation of an animation or transition when opening the Start Menu, with 453 votes. And in the same vein of cosmetics, but with 293 votes, we have a request that Microsoft add a pretty home screen while the system loads. Certainly both are things that we would like to see, but the fact that they are indicated as a priority can only realize that there are no major problems in the main sections of the system."

Anyway, that does not mean that there are other requests more focused on the practical. Many users ask that be allowed to move or hide the Search and Task View buttons currently displayed on the taskbar (415 votes, rising to 701 if we add those of a similar request: request that the search button can be removed from the taskbar).

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There are other requests that are more like common sense things, and that are simply not in the Tech Preview because Microsoft didn&39;t manage to incorporate them. In that category we have the request to be able to select multiple tiles within the Start Menu using the CTRL key (as is done today on the Windows 8 start screen) , or that allow access to charms in the traditional way, that is, by pointing the mouse to the right corners of the screen."

Other users call attention to interface consistency, asking Microsoft to unify system options in the new Settings app Metro style (abandoning the Control Panel), and also that they finish redesigning the system icons so that they all follow the same visual style, and thus eliminate the mix of designs that there is now, mixing icons from the Vista era, Windows 7, and Windows 10. Both are things that have to happen sooner or later, but it does not hurt that users ask Redmond put your foot on the accelerator.

Another improvement that was mentioned a lot was to make it easier to use Windows 10 with local user accounts (not connected to the cloud) . These local accounts can already be used in both Windows 8 and Windows 10, but the option to create them is requested to be more visible.As you can imagine, it is very difficult for Redmond to access this, since with their new focus on services and in the cloud, they have as a priority to encourage more use of Microsoft accounts.

Lastly there are what I think are the most useful suggestions: that you can customize multiple desktops, assigning them different wallpapers to each one to better differentiate them, and avoid getting confused when working with many at the same time. And along with this, that add tabs in the file explorer, in order to manage several instances within the same window (something that has been requested for almost a decade by Windows power users).

What do you think of these suggestions? Do you think they are correct? Let's remember that all of us who participate in the Windows Insider program can influence what appears on this list through the feedback app, and thus influence the decisions that Microsoft makes about the future direction of Windows 10.That's why it's so important to be responsible beta-testers, sending our feedback whenever we come across something we think needs to be changed.

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