Windows 8 is the next version of Microsoft windows, a timely of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use of personal computers. Its user interface has been changed to make it better suited for touch screen input in addition to the traditional mouse, keyboard and pen input.
Microsoft un reviled new Windows8 features and improvement on September 13, 2011 in the build developer conference. Microsoft also released a developer preview build (build 8102) of windows 8 for the developer community to download and start working with. This developer preview includes tools for building “metro style apps” such as Microsoft window SDK. For metro style apps, Microsoft visual studio11.
New features
Windows 8 will contain a new user interface based on Microsoft’s design language named metro .with the new change, the start menu was replaced in favor for the new start screen, where there are files that contain shortcuts to applications, metro style application and updating files, similar to windows phone.
A new authentication method allows users to sketch in three different places over the picture to login instead of typing password.
Another features expected to be introduced on windows8 USB 3.0 support.Windows8 will come Windows store, online market place for buying, selling and advertising applications.
Windows8 can be from a new USB connected drive, such as a flash drive this feature is called Togo.
Windows8 comes with two new recovery functions. Refresh and reset. With both make a complete restore than a reinstallation. The former keeps all the setting and a file of user interact and only reverses all changes to Windows files to its original state while removing all installed programs applications.
There is no start menu in Windows8, but you can search as if it was still there. Hit the start button on keyboard and start typing. The results you see on the screen are for application, so you don’t have how to go swiping through the files to launch programs.
You can pick apps that you can search directly here, including social and music apps and Internet Explorer which searches on Bing.My favorite was the socialite app for facebook and Tweet@rama for twitter. The following pictures are the screen shots of these apps.
Internet Explorer to runs in Windows8 metro interface as well as in the desktop. Few changes are added like the address bar on the bottom and the new tab. Launch on the top.
Windows8’s multi touch on screen keyboard is a big improvement over what you get in windows7. It is also as an excellent and to correct for common mistakes.
Multitasking is lot more easily on Windows8. We can pause multiple tasks to speed up the required process. This is new features available on Windows8.
Well these are some of the new features i experienced on windows 8. The version i checked out now is just the trial version or developers edition. If you want to experience windows 8, just follow the below link:
You can choose between 32bit and 64 bit OS.Hope you enjoyed reading.. :)
-Clifford
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