5 Things Windows 10 Left Out

Windows 10 has got everyone excited, it’s not only a huge improvement from Windows 8, but it is an all-around quality experience.

And as impressed as we’ve been with Windows 10 so far, it doesn’t quite have EVERYTHING we wanted. There are a few fixable things missing from the initial release that Microsoft should consider adding in…

1. The ability to tag and colour highlight files

Windows 7 actually included a file-tagging functionality, which a lot of people don’t know about, but that ability appears to have vanished in Windows 10 for some strange reason. Seems like it would be an easy add, not so?

2. Improved Skype integration
While Skype is officially an important part of the Windows 10 ecosystem, it doesn't yet work seamlessly with all the aspects of Windows 10. Most notably, it doesn't seem to communicate with the Action Centre (Windows 10's notification panel), while other messaging apps do. This may very well be the fault of Skype, rather than on Windows 10.

3. Some version of “Continuity”
Continuity is the name that Apple applies to the seamlessness between its mobile and desktop devices. This includes things like the ability to start reading an article or email on your iPhone and then pick it up exactly where you left-off on your MacBook.

While this feature is indeed kind of cool, the Continuity feature that would be really useful would be the ability to send messages or take calls directly from your PC when you're nearby (something iPhone users can do on their Mac). It would be particularly wonderful if we could do this without needing a Windows phone, but we'll take what we can get.

4. A male voice on Cortana
Yes, we all love Cortana, But what about Cortez? Cortana is just a robot lady voice without the ability to change gender and accent. We need some variation in our digital assistants!

5. No DVD support
Native DVD support was one of the surprising features that will be disappearing in Windows 10 (Microsoft says that DVD support will require "separate playback software"). I know that we are living in an age where this is easy enough to work around, but come on, what if we need to watch our old DVDs, Microsoft?

We all really like Windows 10, and it is obviously a great improvement from all the previous versions, but there are definitely a few small things missing!

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