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At the D9 Conference last week, Microsoft showcased its next generation Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” whcih it said is “reimagining” from the chip to interface. The demo showcased ways in which Microsoft has reimagined the interface for a new generation of touch-centric hardware.  Windows 8 comprises fast launching apps from a tile-based Start screen that replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps. It features Live tiles with notifications, showing always up-to-date information from apps and supports fluid, natural switching between running apps. Users can look forward to a snap-and-resize feature for apps to the side of the screen for better multitasking while web-connected and web-powered apps have been built using HTML5 and JavaScript. Windows 8 also builds in a fully touch-optimized browsing experience feautring the hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10.Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President, Windows Experience said the touch-optimized interface works well with conventional input devices as well, ensuring that Windows 8 would straddle different classes of hardware and devices. As part of the technical preview, Mike Angiulo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware and PC Ecosystem at Microsoft, demonstrated Windows 8 optimization for newer touch-centric hardware, including tablets and the operating system's ability to work across both x86 and ARM-based architectures. “Our aim with ‘Windows 8’ is to make the user experience a natural extension of the device, from the time you turn on your PC through how you interact with the applications you know and love,” Angiulo said. “This represents a fundamental shift in Windows design that we haven’t attempted since the days of Windows 95, presenting huge opportunities for our hardware partners to innovate with new PC designs.” |
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