Here is a review of what’s inside till now in the new upcoming Windows 7. Mind it this is a PDC Pre-Release ad doesn’t have the full feature set as of the final version.
There is now a revamped taskbar, with chunky thumbnail icons, full-screen application preview on mouse hover, and "jump lists" – pop-up menus that expose key features directly from the taskbar, provided that the application was coded to support them, and recently opened documents for any application.
The system tray is now customizable to suppress notifications, annoying for developers but empowering for users. And as for the UAC which led to Vistas downfall is now in form of a slider allowing users how much nagging they want.
Vista’s sidebar is now gone, and gadgets now appear on the desktop itself. Windows Explorer has a new feature called Libraries, where a library is a group of folders which you can search as if it were one location.
A new feature that can be seen is the New DEVICESTAGE, a control center tailored for a specific device, In Windows 7, via which device vendors can customize what happens on a connection. And this DeviceStage can be updated anytime, giving vendors individual capacity to update their drivers and release patches etc.
Additional features supporting touch are also incorporated, and Microsoft is making sure to compete in the market windows 7 is compatible with Netbook’s and Notebooks as well.
Several New features for business users include BitLocker to Go, which encrypts data written to removable drives such as USB keys, and Direct Access, a feature that requires Server 2008 R2, which enables users to access internal network shares over the Internet without using a VPN, secured with IPSec.
Here is a video, courtesy of NeoWin.net about the UI of Windows 7
A new rather sleek XP styled StartMenu Bar is back in windows 7, Microsoft taking lesson’s from XP.
And off course the internet explorer 8 being a regular part of the release.
A look at the new Security Centre
What do you think, will Microsoft be able to change the way users think and perceive about windows, after the downfall of Vista? Leave your Comments…
