Microsoft has officially announced the Windows 10 operating system Windows 8 is going to continue and will be released to the public next year. In terms of appearance, Windows 10 is a combination of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Windows 10 presents a number of new features and allow the application to run on all types of hardware, be it phones, tablets, to PCs.
"Windows 10 will provide the right experience to the right device at the right time," said Terry Myreson, Executive Vice President of Microsoft Operating Systems. "Windows 10 will run on a wide type of device that ever existed." Later, the user interface will be different for each type of device. The picture above is a combination of Windows 7 and 8 that blends design elements from each OS.
Display the start page "Metro" and combined traditional Start Menu button, so no more big boxes on the user's desktop. "Tiles and the icon displayed is a blend of classic applications and a new universal application," said Joe Belfiore, vice president of Windows. However, the Live Tiles is still present and can be adjusted in size users.
"In Windows 8, when users run modern applications, will be felt in different environments. Duality we do not want it. We want the user PC with mouse and keyboard input interfaces are enjoying familiar with them," said Belfiore.
In Windows 10, there is a universal search in the start menu. Not only local results, this search will also show search results from the Internet. In addition, Microsoft also added the "Task View", which will help the users in the affairs of multitasking. Much like Expose in OS X, this feature allows the user to switch to a complication that is being executed.
For those of you who are familiar with the Windows OS, this feature such as the keyboard shortcut Alt + Tab or Win + Tab. But the difference, Task View feature enables applications displayed simultaneously by dividing the screen up to four applications. For example, the user opens MS PowerPoint on the right hand side of the screen, the left side of the screen while opening MS Word or browsing with Internet Explorer. According to Belfiore, this function made the task can be done more quickly and easily.
Microsoft also does not ignore touch input features. Belfiore said the Charms bar in Windows 8 presented to Windows 10 with a number of improvements. "We want to support Windows 8 users who have touch the machine and get a lot of benefit from it," he said. For hybrid devices like the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, Microsoft added Continuum mode which facilitates the transition from laptop to tablet mode.
"What you get is a device that operates with the simplicity of a tablet, but can be changed again to the air-PC experience," said Belfiore.
Microsoft is preparing "Insider Programmer" for those who want to try Windows 10 This program will be open from October 1 and aims to allow users who want to taste the new OS. Windows 10 will be officially rolled into the consumer at the end of 2015, Microsoft will announce more new features in Windows 10 early next year.
Source: PhoneArena