Bugs in Classic Theme of Windows Vista



FIRST BUG

1. Change the Windows theme to "Windows Classic".

2. Open "System Properties" (sysdm.cpl) and goto "Advanced" tab and click on "Settings" button in "Performance" section.

3. Uncheck the option "Show previews and filters in folders" and apply.

4. Now open My Computer and you'll notice that Menubar is automatically shown in My Computer. I can't understand why Menubar is related to Preview & filters option? OK, no problem. BUT.....

Now click on "Organize -> Layout" and the worst thing will happen. Menubar is unchecked even its showing in My Computer. And the most strange thing is that nothing will happen if you'll enable / disable this option. Try to enable "Menubar" or disable "Menubar", nothing will change and Menubar will always be there.

So IMO, if this option can't do anything then it should be disabled. Whats the use of enabling an option if it can't do anything?

SECOND BUG

1. Change the theme of your Windows Vista to "Windows Classic".

2. Open My Computer and look carefully at the "Back" and "Forward" buttons in Toolbar!

3. Now hover your mouse to "Little Down Arrow" just after the "Forward" button.

What you see?

A. First thing is that the Back & Forward button are a little bit far from background image. They should be placed at 1 or 2 pixels less from left.

B. When we hover the mouse at "Little Down Arrow", the background image is misplaced from its actual position and a little curve is displayed just before the addressbar.

These are very small issues and not very noticeable.

PS: Try it yourself and you'll understand what I'm talking about or just save the images at your computer and look at them one by one.

THIRD BUG

Open Windows Explorer in Windows Classic theme and guess what? The "Up" button will not be visible (it should be there just after the "Forward" button). But if you'll move your mouse at that place, you'll see the tool tip "Recent Pages".

So the button is there but is not visible. A BIG goof-up. And if you look carefully, the buttons "Back" and "Forward" are correctly placed in this condition but as soon as you'll open any drive or anything, they will be misplaced.

FOURTH BUG

1. Make sure you are using "Windows Classic" theme in Vista.

2. Open Windows Media Player.

3. Open any video file.

4. Look carefully at the bottom bar of WMP, you'll see the time duration of the video file but it'll be hardly visible.

5. Now maximize WMP and guess what? You can't see the time duration. WHY???

Its really too annoying. If I'm watching a movie and want to know about time duration, then I can't. I'll have to exit from Full screen mode and then I'll be able to know about time duration.

If you are using Basic or Aero theme, the time duration will be visible in Full Screen mode.

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7 Comments

  • asd

    :razz: :roll::wink::twisted::mrgreen::sad::mad::lol:

  • voivodul

    At least I know I'm not the only who found these annoying bugs. But I really doubt any of those will be fixed. I particularly hate the second one - it is actually very noticeable and totally messed up the classic theme. :mad:

  • VG

    ^^ And I'm really glad that I found someone who also noticed these options. Really I can't use Classic theme because of these annoying UI bugs. It clearly shows how much attention Vista developers provided for Aero and how they totally ignored the Classic interface. :neutral:

  • Hinkypunk

    lol what did you expect from M$ ?

  • voivodul

    Now I don't think that they didn't devote for their products but they actually don't have the ability to attend to subtlety at all. And honestly, all microsoft product lacks a sense of art due to their failure in paying attention to details. Don't get me wrong though - windows does has its unique style in aethetics.

  • JC

    I Know More Bugs Where I Can Post Them.

    Regurds,

    Jeet Chowdhury (From CHIP.IN)

  • VG

    ^^ Post theme in "Bug Report" section at MeraWindows forum.

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