Resident editor Mike Halsey has just published on Windows 7 News, the latest post in his series ‘Looking Forward To Windows 8, What Microsoft Missed In Windows‘.  In part 5, he covers improvements he would like to see to Windows 7′s libraries and search  in Windows 8:

I’ve spoken before about Libraries being an excellent example of this. You can add folders to libraries, even on Homegroup connected PCs, but why can’t you filter those folder by content type, or have a library of all your Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) files? This is a very annoying omission and one that makes the otherwise excellent Libraries feature much less useful than Microsoft would like it to be.

To read the full post, click here.  Below you can find links to the earlier instalments in the series:

• Looking Forward To Windows 8, What Microsoft Missed In Windows, Part I
• Looking Forward To Windows 8, What Microsoft Missed In Windows, Part II
• Looking Forward To Windows 8, What Microsoft Missed In Windows, Part III
• Looking Forward To Windows 8, What Microsoft Missed In Windows, Part IV

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I’m very happy with Windows 7, but I could be happier…read on Windows 8 News ‘Ten Items On My Windows 8 Wishlist‘.

Number 1 on my list is  user account synchronisation:

Why should I have to setup my bookmarks, folders, settings, preferences, files etc on each and every machine? I want to login to any machine in my Homegroup and pickup where I left off

I have several computers and I hate the time it takes me to customise each one to get it just the way I like it – what I really need is an ‘Everton’ account in the cloud that syncs all my changes.  You can also join the Windows 8 discussion in the forum with over 4,000 other members.

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The dust hasn’t yet settled on the launch of Windows 7 and I’m fairly certain that in the new year, Microsoft will not only release Windows 7 SP1 but also (finally) some details of Windows 8.  Windows 7 is a brilliant OS, but there is still room for improvement.  What features would you add to your Windows 8 Wishlist?  My wishlist would include the following items:

1. Better dual monitor support: I want wallpapers that stretch across multiple wallpapers
2. Fewer versions: I think Microsoft are confusing too many users with the various versions.  Windows 7 was a step in the right direction with fewer versions; hopefully Windows 8 will no more than 3 versions
3. Customisable boot screens: (although hopefully windows 8 will boot so fast you won’t see it!)
4. Better multimedia network support: I run a number of media centers and it’s near on impossible to share playcounts, playlists etc across machines.  I want features like knowing what films on my server haven’t been watched
5. Ditch the taskbar: Integrate an improved flip or something better i.e just make a virtual taskbar appear anywhere on the screen on demand
6. An updated Windows Explorer: come on Microsoft, it’s getting a bit long in the tooth now and needs to be retired
7. A complete rewrite of the Windows code: with backwards compatability via an emulator
8. User account synchronisation: Why should I have to setup my bookmarks, folders, settings, preferences, files etc on each and every machine?  I want to login to any machine in my Homegroup and pickup where I left off
9. Better Updating & Maintenance: I would love it if Windows 8 ‘healed’ and ‘fixed’ itself in the background
10. Storage Array: My Windows Home Server just tells me how much storage I have available, rather than looking at each disk individually.  I hope Windows 8 treats storage this way, allowing users to allocate storage to users or to create ‘virtual drives’

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