Microsoft just announced that the upcoming Windows 9 will,
in fact, be called Windows 10. Crazy days. So let's pull out 10 of the
very best new features from Microsoft's upcoming Windows XP killer.
Talking
about the new name, Terry Myerson - executive vice president of
Microsoft's Operating Systems Group - said that the Windows 9 name
"wouldn't be right" given the new One Microsoft internal strategy. Hence
the move to Windows 10.
The Windows 10 release date is slated for "mid-next year" as previously estimated. There was no confirmation as per the rumour that Windows 9 might end up being free. Starting tomorrow Microsoft will start distributing a Technical Preview build of Windows 10 via the Windows Insider Program.
Belfiore says phones are a "natural step forward" - so expect to see Windows Phone 10 debut in 2015.
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Consumer Preview will be coming "early next year" - we reckon it will
coincide with CES 2015. Microsoft says it will have more for developers
at its Build 2015 conference in April when it will talk more about
universal apps. That almost certainly means Windows 10 won't be launched
in April.
The current build of the new OS is Windows
Technical Preview 9841 and is currently at a very early stage.
Previously codenamed Threshold, there is currently no Internet Explorer
or consumer features like a media player.
1. There's loads of stuff for touch, but it's different stuff
Designed
to appeal to experts and novices alike, Microsoft was at pains to point
out that it hasn't given up on touch with the new OS. The Charms bar
remains for the moment although we expect it to die if you're using a
non-touch PC (check out Continum below).
Microsoft says
it wants to support touch users who have persevered with Windows 8 and
"evolve" the touch UI. (Translated: That means it is changing quite a
bit.) The task switching will no longer work on the left. So with that
and the charms going, that's goodbye to most of the problem with Windows
8 - and a whole philosophy down the pan.
Microsoft's
Joe Belfiore said at the preview: "We want Windows 7 users to feel like
they upgraded from a [Toyota] Prius to a Tesla, but they don't need to
learn a new way to drive."
2. It's BACK!
As
we've covered before, the e most noticeable change is the new Start
Menu, which looks somewhat like the old start menu. It brings some
features from the Windows 8.1 Start Screen, such as live tiles, and can
be resized.
3. Another new Task View (the Windows 8 flippy thing has gone)
Now
the Windows 8 task switcher has been unceremoniously dumped, there's a
new Task View in Windows 10, too, so users can switch between virtual
desktops.That's because Microsoft now recognises that novice users use
the taskbar rather than switching in other, cleverer, ways such as
Alt+Tab (which also now switches between desktops).
4. Snap Assist helps you snap windows
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new Snap Assist feature also helps users work out which way is best to
snap apps to. You can snap windows into new screens and tile Windows -
just as you've been able to since Windows 2.0 or maybe 3.0.
5. The Command Prompt enters the 21st Century
Another
quite amazing feature for those of us that use it is that the command
prompt is now getting keyboard shortcuts! So you will be able to paste
in your commands! Hardly groundbreaking, but actually pretty exciting.
6. Improvements to Windows Explorer
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new Home location is the new default view in Windows Explorer. There's
also a Share button on the Windows Explorer taskbar (we really hope this
is in the context menu, too).
7. Continum - the special one
This
is the best new thing we found out today. Continum is an on-the-fly
mode for 2 in 1 devices that can automatically change mode if it detects
there is suddenly no keyboard attached. So, for example, a back button
appears to help you navigate the Desktop with touch if the keyboard is
removed. We reckon the charms will also disappear in non-touch mode,
although we've heard conflicting news about that.
8. Windows 10 Universal apps
Windows
10 will also usher in a new app model - Universal Windows apps. Windows
Universal apps are the new name for Metro apps/Modern apps/Windows
Store apps. Take your pick on those old monikers, they've got a new one!
Presumably (although we don't know as yet) that these will also work on
Windows Phone. Windows 10 will be able to run on all devices from
phones to servers and there will be a single app store across the lot.
All older Windows Store apps will work with Windows 10.
9. Modern (sorry, Universal) apps now float on the Desktop
The
new Universal apps also work on the desktop and 'float' in their own
Windows. Microsoft wants to banish the separation between the Modern UI
and the Desktop.
These 'modern' apps on the desktop have a
... icon for more options - replacing the commands that used to be in
the charms on the right-hand side of the screen.
10. Windows 10 has lots for Business and Enterprise
Microsoft
says it hopes to appeal to business with this release of Windows, more
so than Windows 8 ever did. Belfiore said they were "starting the
dialogue with businesses today".
To be honest, it needs
to - Windows XP is now ancient and unsupported, while precious other
businesses want to make the leap away from Windows 7. But part of the
reason why Microsoft is demonstrating the OS without all the consumer
features is to show enterprises what the OS is capable of at this stage.
This
version of Windows will have plenty of other features for enterprise,
including a customised store and protection for corporate data. Mobile
Device Management will be able to be used for all devices.
Windows 10 will keep personal and corporate data separate
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