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<span style="color:#e67e22;"><em><strong>Note: </strong>We are collecting all forms of feedback on the CCleaner interface and user experience in this thread. Thanks - Stephen (Piriform)</em></span>
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CCleaner’s interface and functionality is outdated. I think you should eliminate LangSecRef’s 3022 = Internet, 3023 = Multimedia and 3024 = Utilities. You should add another tab for browsers between the current, Windows and Applications tabs. All Windows related things should go under Windows, all browsers should be under Browsers and all other applications under Applications.
If you don’t use the Winapp2.ini file in CCleaner, there is not much in the program. All known privacy cleaner programs wipe locked files and swap file on system reboot, but no such option in CCleaner. You should provide an option to wipe the Recycle Bin from the context menu and an option to add the context menu in File Explorer.
Hi, I have another proposal on how to improve the interface . After performing the cleaning action in Cleaning Complete window appears the same list of files which were selected to be deleted after analyze action. I'd like to see this list with icons in grayscale, not in color, to distinguish at glance that the cleaning operation was completed. Or, at least, please disable the Run Cleaner button after the clean action! :-) Thanks!
We have long planned to update the interface with some major improvements. Big topics we are looking at are:
Too little space is dedicated to the Analyze/Clean results, which is a really important part of the interface
The cleaning rules are ever-present, but they are only needed some of the time
Useful features are hidden too deep in the menus
Cleaner rules could be grouped more clearly (e.g. System, Internet, Office)
You should be able to save cleaning profiles for performing different types of clean (and we should have some defaults to get you started)
We could be more proactive in suggesting actions that will improve your performance (files/folders that are taking up a lot of space, unused applications, old drivers)
We break a lot of UI design conventions, leading to lots of undiscovered features in the interface (e.g. did you know you can right-click an individual cleaning rule to run only that one?)
The interface feels a little dated and aesthetically indistinct
The interface is not built with accessibility in mind (e.g. not fun for those with visual impairments)
In the meantime, feel free to keep your suggestions for improving the interface coming!
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(e.g. did you know you can right-lick an individual cleaning rule to run only that one?)
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I've always found that feature handy as right clicking will allow you to do a one off clean of an unselected rule, without having to select, run, deselect.
PS. I'm not sure about right-lick though, is this a new user control interface?
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Inspired by another topic "<a href="<___base_url___>/topic/51080-ccleaner-sloooow/" rel="">CCleaner Sloooow</a>" and more in line with functionality and usability:
How about having Wipe Free Space automatically disable itself after it's ran, since it's easy to forget to disable it?
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Sounds good. Can you explain in a few more words what your primary use case is for this? A 'user story' is a great format for expressing what's needed concisely and without ambiguity. For example:
As a user,
So that <I can accomplish X / I can avoid Y / my day isn't ruined by Z>
I want <a new feature/change>
You can write multiple stories to explain multiple desires.
E.g. below are two stories about a single feature that give insights into the raw utility of the feature but also the specific contexts and use cases a user may have:
Securely delete files from my PC's disk
As a privacy-conscious user,
So that I can be confident my system isn't sharing private information about me,
I want a feature that thoroughly erases the data I tell it to.
Wipe Free Space as a one-off task
As an occasional user of the Wipe Free Space feature,
So that I only irreversibly delete files when I want to,
I want an option to enable Wipe Free Space on a 'per clean' basis.
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CCleaner’s interface and functionality is outdated. I think you should eliminate LangSecRef’s 3022 = Internet, 3023 = Multimedia and 3024 = Utilities. You should add another tab for browsers between the current, Windows and Applications tabs. All Windows related things should go under Windows, all browsers should be under Browsers and all other applications under Applications.
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If you don’t use the Winapp2.ini file in CCleaner, there is not much in the program. All known privacy cleaner programs wipe locked files and swap file on system reboot, but no such option in CCleaner. You should provide an option to wipe the Recycle Bin from the context menu and an option to add the context menu in File Explorer.
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and the color of the choosed tabs. not white with lightgrey. the choosed tab should be the same dark color as the choosed tabs on the left side. better for all eyes. clearly framed fields...
- cleaner -> tabs
- tools -> startup tabs
- tools -> browser plugins tabs
- tools -> duplicate finder -> include and exclude tabs
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Wipe Free Space should be removed from the Advanced tab. The Drive Wiper option under Tools is sufficient.
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That would probably 100% fix what I mentioned a few posts up located here. That's a definite way to make sure it isn't accidentally left enabled.
I would have thought most of those extensions were already covered (but not sure).
be careful with the BAK extension, Office 2003 and 2007 (not sure with the more recent 365 versions) would break if that extension was cleaned from their program folders.
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be careful with the BAK extension, Office 2003 and 2007 (not sure with the more recent 365 versions) would break
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Yes the opa11.bak file. I've personally zipped a copy of it in place just in case I ever try a disk cleaning tool that doesn't know it should be whitelisted, because deleting it will make it necessary to perform an Office repair install.
Don't know if your still taking suggestions, but it would be nice if you could remove the SSE2 requirement that was added in 5.27 (unless it was already removed) so that older laptops/desktops can run newer versions of CCleaner again.
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Don't know if your still taking suggestions, but it would be nice if you could remove the SSE2 requirement that was added in 5.27 (unless it was already removed) so that older laptops/desktops can run newer versions of CCleaner again.
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