Many people claimed that Microsoft didn’t listen to users’ feedback at all when it came to favors of Windows 8.
Microsoft announced the next version of this week, dubbed Windows 10.
Windows 8 had it rough. It existed for a post-desktop world that (still)
hasn't quite materialized, met by a sea of people who weren't asking
for something that new and strange. That's why even though it feels like
a regression, Windows 10 is still such a marvel. It's a step backwards
into what Windows 8 was supposed to be.
Windows 10 will run across an incredibly broad set of devices – from the
Internet of Things, to servers in enterprise datacenters worldwide.
Some of these devices have 4 inch screens – some have 80 inch screens –
and some don’t have screens at all. Some of these devices you hold in
your hand, others are ten feet away. Some of these devices you primarily
use touch/pen, others mouse/keyboard, others controller/gesture – and
some devices can switch between input types.
Start menu:
The familiar Start menu is back, but it brings with it a new customizable space for your favorite apps and Live Tiles.
The familiar Start menu is back, but it brings with it a new customizable space for your favorite apps and Live Tiles.
Everything runs in a window:
Apps from the Windows Store now open in the same format that desktop apps do and can be resized and moved around, and have title bars at the top allowing for maximize, minimize, and close with a click.
Apps from the Windows Store now open in the same format that desktop apps do and can be resized and moved around, and have title bars at the top allowing for maximize, minimize, and close with a click.
Another new feature, which is not yet part of the Windows 10 preview
build, is called "Continuum." Continuum will allow users with two-in-one
devices who can connect and disconnect keyboards to more easily
transition between the different modes. When a keyboard is disconnected,
a back button will appear on the task bar to help users to more easily
navigate.
Windows 10 will deliver "one application platform," said Myerson, as the slide seen in the image below appeared behind him to display a variety of devices: a smartphone, a phablet, tablets and laptop computers, a desktop and a TV with an Xbox One Kinect below it.
Windows 10 users will be able to resize the Start menu as well as the tiles within it, and the Start menu will include universal search that also brings in results from the internet. The OS will also allow for Snap mode, which debuted in Windows 7 and also appears on the Xbox One, to be used with both desktop and Modern, touch-focused apps.
Windows 10 will deliver "one application platform," said Myerson, as the slide seen in the image below appeared behind him to display a variety of devices: a smartphone, a phablet, tablets and laptop computers, a desktop and a TV with an Xbox One Kinect below it.
Windows 10 users will be able to resize the Start menu as well as the tiles within it, and the Start menu will include universal search that also brings in results from the internet. The OS will also allow for Snap mode, which debuted in Windows 7 and also appears on the Xbox One, to be used with both desktop and Modern, touch-focused apps.
